# Directory Submission

When the user wants to submit a product or app to directories, curated lists, launch...

- Repository: https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills (1071 stars)
- Category: Mobile
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill directory-submission -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill directory-submission -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill directory-submission -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill directory-submission -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

When the user wants to submit a product or app to directories, curated lists, launch platforms, or app stores, and needs ready-to-paste copy per platform. Reads root contextus.md when present. Also use when the user mentions "directory submission," "get listed," "app store listing," "submit to directories," "curated list," "best tools list," "Taaft," "Product Hunt," "directory ads," "newsletter feature," "directory campaign," "tailor description per platform," "Shopify App Store," "Chrome Web Store," "navigation site," or "product directory." For Product Hunt launch day tactics (hunter, first comment, timing), use product-hunt-launch. For full 0→1 channel planning, use cold-start-strategy.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Channels: Directory Submission

Guides submitting products, tools, or apps to directories and launch platforms.

**On each invocation**: On **first use** in the conversation, output the complete response (Introduction, Importance, Methods, Collaboration Channels, Rules, Avoid, Action). On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip (e.g., "just do it", "skip intro", "I already know"), go directly to Action.

Directory submission is a core channel for cold start, see **cold-start-strategy** for full launch planning. Directories offer more than listings: free/paid listings, ad placements, newsletter features, social promotion, and marketing campaigns. Platform types: AI tools (e.g. Taaft), product launch (e.g. Product Hunt), review platforms (e.g. G2), app stores, niche directories.

## Why Directory Submission Matters

*Platform examples are illustrative only. No affiliation, partnership, or endorsement implied.*

| Benefit | Description |
|---------|--------------|
| **Backlinks** | Quality directories pass link equity; improve domain authority and rankings. Focus on high-authority directories (DA 50+); avoid low-quality link farms. |
| **Real traffic & conversion** | Referral traffic from directories converts. ~42% of businesses report increased referral traffic after submission; referral conversion ~1.8% (B2C), 1.1% (B2B), 1.3% (SaaS). Use UTM to track; proper attribution can improve measured conversion by ~23%. |
| **Social proof for brand search** | When users search your brand name, directory listings (e.g. Product Hunt, G2, Taaft) often dominate SERP. Third-party presence signals legitimacy; consumers check 5-7 sources before deciding. Verified badges and consistent NAP across directories boost trust. See **serp-features** for SERP feature types. |

## Current Best Practices

The rest: https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/channels/community/directory-submission/SKILL.md