Pay once · own it forever
One charge. No subscriptions, ever.
No monthly fees, no annual renewals, nothing to cancel. Pick a tier, pay it once, and the listing is yours. Every tier ships a dofollow backlink — including the free one.
Kindling
Free
Embed our badge, get listed forever. The trade that built the directory.
- ✓Permanent listing while badge is embedded
- ✓Dofollow backlink
- ✓Eligible for Spark, leaderboard, comments, The Forge
- ✓Standard 24-hour human review
- ✓Category page placement
Ember
$39one-time
Skip the badge. Faster review. Pick your launch day. Everything else included.
- ✓Everything in Kindling
- ✓No badge requirement — listing is permanent regardless of your site
- ✓Priority review (~12 hours target)
- ✓Pick your launch date
- ✓Verified ✓ checkmark on the listing card
- ✓Maker dashboard with click + Spark analytics
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Blaze
$99one-time
Featured for a week. Two Sunday Digest spots. A 50-Spark boost on launch day.
- ✓Everything in Ember
- ✓Featured in Curator's Pick rotation for one week
- ✓Featured in Sunday Digest twice (launch week + 4-week callback)
- ✓One free re-launch credit
- ✓Top-of-category placement for launch week
- ✓Custom outbound CTA copy
- ✓Spark Boost: +50 Spark on launch day
Founder◆
$279one-time
Skip Spark entirely — your listing is in The Forge from day one. Capped at 100. Closes forever once sold.
100 of 100 seats left
- ✓Everything in Blaze
- ✓Auto-induct to The Forge — skip the 250-Spark requirement
- ✓Reserved slot on the /founders editorial page (permanent, indexed, dofollow)
- ✓12 lifetime re-launch credits
- ✓Custom listing styling: gradient border + chosen mark glyph + custom accent
- ✓Direct curator DM line
- ✓50% lifetime discount on future add-ons
One-time charge — never a subscription. 14-day refund, no questions. A dofollow backlink is included on every tier, free ones too.