Launch catalog / Playbook
BusinessHunt
Free route directory
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
Requirements
- Account required — magic link or email+password signup at /businesses/add
- Fields: product name, tagline, website, location, description, industry (long LinkedIn-style list), optional square logo under 1MB
- Listing goes live immediately after step 1 ('Business added successfully') — free
- Step 2 'Launch Plan' offers only Premium Launch $39 (marked down from $99): launch scheduling, newsletter feature to ~13k subscribers, guest post with permanent backlink — optional, capped at 5 spots/week
- Sponsor slot: $5/day
Prepare before opening the form
- Product name, tagline, website URL, location, description
- Industry pick from their list
- Optional square logo <1MB
- Email for account creation
Workflow
- Go to https://businesshunt.co/businesses/add and sign up (magic link or email+password)
- Fill product info step (name, tagline, website, location, description, industry, logo)
- Press Next — 'Business added successfully' means the /businesses/<slug> page is live
- On step 2, decline the preselected $39 Premium Launch unless you want the launch event
- Verify under 'Businesses You Manage' in the dashboard
Watch for
- Step 2 presents Premium $39 preselected with no free alternative shown on that step — easy to mistake for required; the listing itself is already free and live
- Homepage didn't render to our fetcher (empty body) — SPA; verify interactively
- Top-3 daily spotlight badges + newsletter features are competitive
- Listing links appear dofollow (noopener noreferrer, no nofollow) per third-party inspection
What counts as live
The business has a public page under businesshunt.co/businesses/ with a 'Visit Website' button and shows in 'Businesses You Manage'
Not verified
- Whether free listings get any promotion without the $39 launch
- Editorial review — is anything rejected post-publish
- Long-term listing persistence
Sources
- Homepage — returned empty body to our fetcher (JS-rendered); verified via third-party walkthroughs ↗
- Add Business — account-gated submission (confirmed in search index) ↗
- SubmitMap walkthrough — signup via magic link or email+password; listing page goes live after step 1 free; step 2 Premium Launch $39 (preselected) buys a launch event, not the page; links rel=noopener noreferrer without nofollow ↗
- backlinks.fyi — 'freemium dofollow target'; daily launch window; top-3 per day earn spotlight badges + newsletter ↗