The route from zero usersto your first hundred
The directory tells you where to submit. This tells you in what order: a product launch checklist arranged as one sequence you can follow top to bottom. It starts with the work that makes a submission worth accepting, then the channels that list you the same day, then the launches that need a date in the calendar.
Every step is free unless it is marked otherwise, and the time next to each guide is the time it actually takes, not the time it takes to read about it.
00Get launch-ready
2h 20mBefore you submit anywhere. Traffic to a broken page is wasted traffic.
01Free directories with no gatekeeping
3h 35mWeek one. Low effort, immediate listings, permanent backlinks.
02The big launches
7h 50mThe days that need a date in the calendar. Pick one, prepare properly, and treat the permanent link as the real prize.
03Communities
2h 30mThe slowest channel on the route and the only one that compounds socially. Nothing here pays off this week.
04Marketplaces and registries
Branch7h 30mOnly some of this phase applies to you. Skip whichever platform your product cannot ship on.
05Compounding visibility
1h 30mWhat turns a launch spike into a slope. Slower than everything above it and worth more a year later.
06Paid, only when it's worth it
3h 30mDo not open this phase until the free channels are genuinely exhausted. Paid amplifies what works and hides nothing.