The agent prepares everything, but nothing goes out until the customer approves it, from inboxes they connect.
Trade-off: links arrive in weeks rather than days.Case study · 04 BacklinkBot
Link building is slow, manual work.
Make it visible and verifiable.
A done-for-you directory submission service and an AI backlink agent for founders of new products—every submission tracked, every pitch approved, and every link checked live.
SUBMIT↓PITCH↓VERIFYBB
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Product
Directory submission service and an AI backlink agent
Built for
Founders of new SaaS and AI products
Model
One-time directory packages; monthly plans for the agent
Live
The problem 01
New sites have no authority, and earning it is a grind.
A new product starts with almost no backlinks, so search engines—and increasingly AI answers—have little reason to trust it. The usual first step is submitting to directories, which means hundreds of forms, sign-ups, and approval queues, with no clear record of what actually went live.
Once a site has a base, the links that matter come from pages that already rank for its keywords. Getting those means finding the right pages, the right person, a pitch worth answering, and follow-ups—work most founders would rather not do themselves.
Requirements 02
Do the tedious part, and prove every result.
- Choose directories that fit the product, not a fixed blast list
- Flag which directories pass a dofollow link and which are paid
- Document every submission with its URL, status, and live link
- Nothing is emailed without the customer’s approval
- Send from the customer’s own inboxes, ramped up slowly
- Stop after two follow-ups, and never pitch the same person twice
The system 03
Read the site→Pick keywords→Scan results→Judge each page→Find the person→Write the pitch→Follow up→Verify the link
Two products, one ladder: directories first, then pages that rank.
Below a Domain Rating of about 30, directories give a site a base to build on, so the service picks the best fits from a checked database and submits to each one by hand. Above it, the backlink agent takes over: it runs daily on the customer’s keywords, finds pages already ranking for them, scores each for authority and topical fit, finds and verifies the owner’s address, drafts a pitch that quotes their page, and follows up on day 3 and day 7 before stopping.
Directory databaseSubmission trackerRanking-page prospectingFit scoringContact verificationApprove-first outboxLive-link checksDR trackingStripeOpen PageRank
Under the hood 04
A directory database that’s kept current
The service picks from 1,289 directories, each recorded with its submission method, whether sign-in is needed, approval time, Domain Rating, and whether it passes a dofollow link—681 do, and 348 also have a DR of 30 or more. The whole database is re-checked, so the free top-100 list a founder gets reflects what’s actually live.
An agent that explains itself
Every page the agent finds is scored for authority and topical fit, and it records why each one was kept or dropped. It skips anyone already pitched, verifies the address before writing, and drafts pitches that reference the target page. Drafts wait in an outbox where the customer can edit, approve, or skip each one.
Key decisions 05
Each directory listing comes with a live proof link; agent links are checked live, dofollow, and on the pitched page, then re-checked weekly.
Trade-off: verification is ongoing work, not a one-off.Directory packages are a single Stripe payment with a full refund if not delivered—no subscription.
Trade-off: revenue per customer depends on upsell to the agent.Directories below DR 30, the agent above it—with monthly DR tracking so customers can see where they stand.
Trade-off: DR is a third-party proxy, not a ranking.What’s live 06
A live service and agent, with proof for every link.
- Free ranked list of 100 directories for any site
- Directory packages for 100+ and 200 submissions
- Submission tracker with a live link per listing
- AI backlink agent with an approve-first outbox
- Weekly link re-checks and monthly DR tracking
- Reported on the site: 77 founders have paid for submissions
Need work that proves itself? 07
Let’s build systems
you can verify.
If your product depends on results customers need to trust, let’s talk about building the evidence into the workflow.
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