# Directory Submission Fact Pack

Canonical page: https://waitlist.crany.ai/marketing-templates/directory-submission-fact-pack

By Tangenix. Published 2026-10-24. Category: Founder acquisition.

Prepare accurate product facts for a specific directory, checking category, availability and submission requirements before treating a listing as eligible.

## Task

Adapt approved product facts to one directory’s actual eligibility and listing fields.

## When to use

Use this when a legitimate directory reaches people with the product’s task. Start with the destination’s current requirements and distinguish a prepared submission from an accepted public listing.

## Choose another approach when

You are buying a collection of low-value backlinks, plan to invent a launch state or customer rating, or cannot identify a useful audience reason for the listing.

## Inputs

- The directory’s current public eligibility rules and requested fields.
- The product’s approved public facts, real access state and canonical destination.
- Permitted assets, submission ownership and any actual fee or review requirement.

## Template

    Directory / category / checked date: [specific destination]
    Audience reason for listing: [relevant task, not link count]
    Eligibility rule and source: [availability, product type or other actual condition]
    Our current state: [released, limited access or in development]
    Eligibility decision: eligible / uncertain / not eligible
    Field mapping:
    - Requested field: [name]
    - Approved fact or asset: [existing reference]
    - Necessary qualification: [access, prototype or other material limit]
    - Missing fact: [leave unresolved; do not invent]
    Destination URL / journey check: [what a visitor can actually do]
    Logo, image and quotation permissions: [approved uses]
    Fee / term requiring review: [only if present]
    Submission owner / appropriate next step: [prepare, clarify, submit or hold]
    Actual state: prepared / submitted / accepted / live / rejected
    Public listing evidence and correction route: [after verification]
    Do not describe a submitted form as an accepted or featured listing.

## Illustrative example

This is not a Crany customer result. Replace example details with verified facts.

    Fictional example: a founder considers listing a handoff product that currently offers only a waitlist. The pack records that state instead of selecting “available now” to satisfy a directory field.
    For Product Hunt, the founder checks its specific prerelease guidance and notes that an email-signup-only product is not eligible for the homepage. That platform’s rule is not copied into the rules for every other directory. The founder holds any claim of homepage eligibility rather than treating a prepared description as acceptance.
    A different destination requires a working public demo. The pack records that missing prerequisite and an honest next step. It creates no listing, pays no fee and fabricates no reviews.

## How to use

1. Check the particular directory’s current rules and audience relevance.
2. Map its fields to approved facts and expose unresolved eligibility or access gaps.
3. Verify acceptance and the actual public destination separately from submission.

## Checks

- The listing describes current availability rather than the hoped-for roadmap.
- Directory-specific eligibility is not generalized to every platform.
- No review, rating, badge or endorsement is fabricated to complete a field.

## What to measure

Track relevant eligible destinations, rejected or uncertain submissions, factual corrections and verified live listings. Inspect useful referral outcomes separately. Listing count and a platform’s acceptance do not establish backlinks of a particular value, rankings or qualified demand.

## Research and sources

Product Hunt’s10February2025help article prioritizes usable products, allows discretionary prerelease exceptions and excludes email-signup-only products from its homepage. This original fact pack uses that as a destination-specific example, not a universal directory rule.

- [Product Hunt: Can I submit an unreleased product?](https://help.producthunt.com/en/articles/484932-can-i-submit-an-unreleased-product) — checked 2026-10-24. 10February2025 destination-specific prerelease policy, discretionary exceptions and email-signup-only homepage exclusion. No universal directory eligibility or acceptance guarantee.

Prepared with AI assistance. Sources support the stated principles; they do not endorse Crany or guarantee performance.

## About Crany

Crany is an AI marketing co-founder in development for software founders and vibe coders. It is designed to strategize, execute approved marketing and improve based on results. These free resources are usable independently of app access. The public waitlist is at https://waitlist.crany.ai/.