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"Unlock Explosive Growth with FREE List of 800+ SaaS Directories and 75+ Launch Sites." This is the supply chain. Every site in this archive arrived on a launch directory via a list exactly like this one — a curated spreadsheet of places to submit your product so that other founders, browsing those directories, would see it and perhaps click through. The dream is organic traffic. The mechanism is bulk directory submission. The result is a portfolio of listings on sites that exist primarily exact ARR figure[redacted] to be submitted to, ranked by Domain Authority, a proprietary Moz metric that Google has confirmed it does not use as a ranking signal. The list is sorted by the metric. The FAQ explains what the metric is. The metric is the differentiator. The metric is made up.

The "Our Sponsors" section is the page's confession. It runs for approximately two full screen-heights and contains badge after badge from the directories and launch platforms the list recommends submitting to: Product Hunt, LaunchBoard, Startups Lab, LaunchList, SideProjectors, MagicBox.tools, Startup Flame, Startup Fast, Startup Benchmarks, Taoshi Tools, RankiiPublic, and dozens more. These organisations paid to appear on a list that tells founders to submit to them. The transaction is: directory pays for placement, founder downloads the list, founder submits to directory, directory gains a listing that makes it look active, directory uses that activity to attract more founders. Lin-k.to sits at the centre of the loop, monetising both directions. The list is free. The ecosystem is not.

"Trusted by 930+ indie makers & vibe coders." The product named its audience. Vibe coders are the demographic whose output this archive documents: solo founders who generate products with AI, wrap them in a ShipFast template, and submit them to 800 directories hoping that the Domain Authority of Startups Lab will carry them to the first page of Google for "AI productivity tool." The testimonial chosen to anchor the social proof section is a tweet by @ilyon reading: "I always enjoy when someone explains why backlinks don't matter anymore and then I check their traffic." This tweet is legible as endorsement (backlinks do matter; check the traffic) and equally legible as sarcasm (they say backlinks matter; check their traffic). The page uses it as proof. The ambiguity is the proof.

"Don't miss this chance!" The urgency is for a free download. There is no expiry, no limited quantity, no reason the list will become unavailable. The "Big April 2026 Update!" note in the hero says they added new sites, deleted obsolete ones, and added a "Priority Sites" column — which means the list is a living document, continuously maintained, never scarce, and available whenever you want it. The FOMO is for a Google Sheet. The three features promised — "Boost Organic Traffic," "Build High Quality Backlinks," "Maximize Brand Exposure" — are the same promises made by every site in this archive, in the same three-card layout, for products that also could not prove the claim. Lin-k.to is not a site that helps you build an AI SaaS. It is a site that helps you market one. The marketing strategy it sells is the marketing strategy every site in this archive already used. It did not just belong in this archive. It helped build it.