For agencies & SEO freelancers
A directory submission list you buy once and resell to every client
Per-client submission services bill you (or your client) every campaign and never tell you which directories they used. DR Launcher does the opposite: for a one-time $69.99 you get the tested map of 50+ paid directories that actually pass DR value — then submit any client you want, charge for the time, and keep the margin. The list is yours for life.
The agency link-building cost problem
Every new client lands on your desk with the same problem: a domain stuck near DR 0 that won't rank until it has some authority behind it. The fastest, lowest-risk first move is directory backlinks — legit paid listings on sites that actually index. You know this. The issue is how you source them.
If you reach for a done-for-you service, the math turns against you fast. Per-product tools charge per campaign — SubmitSaaS bills $45–105 per product, and Listing Bott runs $299–999 a campaign. Multiply that across a client book of ten or twenty domains and you're either eating the cost or marking up a black box you can't even inspect. Neither is a great look when a client asks what exactly they paid for.
The deeper problem: those services don't scale across a roster. Each is priced to be consumed once, per product. There's no asset you keep, no list that gets cheaper the more clients you run it on. You rent the same outcome over and over.
Why a reusable tested list beats per-client services
One purchase, every client
$69.99 once, then submit client after client to the same vetted directories. There's no per-product fee on our end — the cost per client trends toward zero as your book grows.
You own the asset
Lifetime access plus monthly updates. Deindexed directories get pulled and replaced, so the list you resell next quarter is still clean — without you re-auditing 200 directories yourself.
Transparent, not a black box
Every directory shows live Ahrefs DR, price, and whether it needs a badge. You decide where each client's submission budget goes — highest-DR, dofollow, no-strings links first.
Margin stays with you
You bill the client for setup and submission time; the only pass-through is each directory's own $19–99 fee. No service markup skimming your margin on every campaign.
How to package this as a client deliverable
Turning the list into a productized service is straightforward. Buy it once, then build a repeatable play you can run on any client domain:
- 1. Scope the package. Decide how many directories per client (the top 15–25 by DR is a common starter tier) and quote a flat setup fee for your submission time plus the per-directory pass-through.
- 2. Submit or delegate. Each submission takes a few minutes. A VA can run the full list from the directory map; you keep the client copy consistent because you control what gets written on every listing.
- 3. Report with numbers. Hand the client a line-item list of every directory, its DR, and the live link. That's a far more credible report than "we built you some backlinks."
- 4. Reuse next month. Same list, next client. Your cost was already sunk on the first purchase, so every client after that is pure margin on your time.
For the underlying directory-by-directory rationale you can lift into client proposals, the best paid directories for backlinks playbook walks through what makes a directory worth submitting to.
Quality control protects your client relationships
The fastest way to lose a client is to point a spam blast at their domain and watch it earn a manual penalty. A cheap, un-vetted directory list is a liability you're putting your name on. That's the whole reason we test.
We manually submitted to 200+ paid directories and kept the 50+ that actually pass three checks: they index (so the link counts), they're dofollow with no reciprocal badge required (so you're not hanging "link to us and we'll link to you" widgets all over your client's footer), and they pass real DR value. We reject roughly 150 directories for every 50 we keep, and we re-verify monthly — deindexed directories get pulled.
When you can tell a client "every one of these is a tested, indexed, no-strings link, and here's the DR of each," you're selling judgment, not volume. That's defensible work you can stand behind.
The core difference, in one line
We don't submit for you. We hand you the no-BS, tested list of where to submit, and you do the submissions yourself. Every competitor is a done-for-you service charging hundreds — often per product — so the cost recurs on every client you take on. We sell the curated map once and you keep it for life, reusing it across your entire client book.
For an agency that's the whole game: a done-for-you tool is a cost line that grows with your roster; a tested list is an asset that gets more profitable with every client you run it on. If you want to see how we stack up directly, read Listing Bott vs SubmitSaaS, our Listing Bott alternative breakdown, or the SubmitSaaS alternative page. If most of your clients are SaaS or AI tools, the directory backlinks for SaaS page covers the fit.
Get the directory list — $69.99A note on the 10-directory guarantee
Submit to at least 10 listed directories for a domain and it does not show an Ahrefs DR increase within 90 days? Show us the Ahrefs report and we'll refund the $69.99. To be straight with you: the guarantee is on DR, not on keyword rankings — those depend on the client's content too. And the per-directory submission fees ($19–99, paid directly to each directory) aren't ours to refund. But the list itself carries a results-based guarantee, which is more than any done-for-you per-client service puts in writing.
Directory submission list for agencies — FAQ
Can I use one DR Launcher purchase across multiple clients?
Yes. The $69.99 is a one-time purchase for lifetime access to the list — there's no per-product or per-client fee on our side. You submit any client's site to the same tested directories. The only recurring costs are each directory's own $19–99 submission fee, which the client pays for (or you pass through). That's what makes it a reusable deliverable instead of a per-campaign expense.
How is this different from a white-label directory submission service?
Per-client services like Listing Bott and SubmitSaaS charge you (or your client) every single time you run a campaign, and they hide which directories they use. DR Launcher hands you the map once: 50+ tested directories with live Ahrefs DR, pricing, and badge notes per entry. You do the submissions — or have a VA do them — and keep the margin instead of paying a service markup on every client.
Can I show clients exactly which directories they're getting links from?
Yes, and that's a selling point. Every directory in the list shows its live Ahrefs DR, its category, its price, and whether it requires a reciprocal badge. You can build a client-facing line item for each link, set expectations on DR value, and prove you submitted to vetted, indexed sites rather than a spam blast.
Does the 10-directory guarantee apply when I'm submitting for a client?
The guarantee is tied to submitting at least 10 listed directories for a domain. If you do that for a client domain and its Ahrefs DR does not increase within 90 days, show us an Ahrefs report and we refund the $69.99 DR Launcher purchase. See the refund page for the exact terms.