Launch catalog / Playbook
Thank John
Conditional free route ai-directory
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
What the free route requires
- Free listing requires a backlink to thankjohn.com on your site ('Backlink to our site is required')
Requirements
- AI tools only — the directory is exclusively AI products
- Reciprocal link to thankjohn.com required for the free plan
- Free plan gets: 1 dofollow link, permanent listing, ~2-day review; no featured placement, no customer support
- Only the Free plan was visible on /get-started at fetch time
Prepare before opening the form
- A link back to https://thankjohn.com/ placed on your website before submitting
- Tool name, URL, description, logo/screenshot, category, pricing model (Free/Freemium/Paid/One-Time/Usage-Based/Free Trial/Contact)
Workflow
- Add the backlink to your site
- Open https://thankjohn.com/get-started and choose the Free plan → SUBMIT
- Fill the submission details
- Reviewed and listed within ~2 days if approved
Watch for
- Backlink requirement is explicit — remove it and the listing may be pulled
- Directory contains low-quality/NSFW-adjacent entries (e.g., OnlyGFs.ai) — brand adjacency is weak
- No featured option shown on the free plan card
- Site is named after John McCarthy (father of AI) — indie directory, unknown operator
What counts as live
The tool appears in Latest AI Tools / its category page on thankjohn.com with a dofollow link
Not verified
- Exact submission form fields (SUBMIT leads to a form not fully rendered in fetch)
- Whether paid/featured plans exist beyond the free card
- Whether the reciprocal link is verified before or after listing