A 269-site business directory whose free tier is an explicit link swap: their badge on your homepage buys one dofollow back.
sumodir.com
Eligibility
Who SumoDir accepts
You need
Their badge on your homepage or footer before the form will open
A live website URL
A 256-character description and a markdown introduction
A 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, 1MB each
You'll be rejected if
Cryptocurrency
Adult content
Gambling
Illegal services
SaaS toolsStartupsAI toolsDeveloper toolsMarketing toolsLocal businessesProfessional services
What you actually get
One dofollow link from a listing page on a directory of 269 sites, in exchange for a badge you have to keep. Their crawler rescans for it, so this is a standing trade rather than a one-off submission.
How to submit to SumoDir
1
Pick a plan
Three cards: free, $15 premium, and a $49 AI-written review article. The free card states the badge requirement up front rather than hiding it.
2
Place the badge, then verify
Choosing free replaces step 1 with a badge panel. Paste their snippet on your homepage or footer, enter your URL and press Verify. Nothing else opens until that passes.
3
Fill the details
Link, name, categories, tags, a 256-character description, a markdown introduction of up to 3,000 characters, a 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, and two policy checkboxes.
4
Verify the badge a second time
Submitting the details creates the record and shows a second badge panel, this time with a snippet pointing at your new listing URL rather than their homepage. The status reads Submitting until Verify passes, then Verified.
5
Submit and wait
Submit & Wait puts it in the queue. The success page quotes up to 30 days for a free review, against the two weeks the pricing card promises.
SumoDir requirements
Their badge live on your homepage or footer, kept permanently
Live website URL
Description, 256 characters maximum
Introduction, up to 3,000 characters of markdown
Square icon and a 16:9 image, PNG or JPEG, 1MB each
Contact email
Gotchas
The badge is not a step you can defer: choosing the free plan replaces the form with a verify panel, and nothing else opens until their checker finds the badge on your site.
Their crawler rescans for the badge on a schedule and their own copy says the listing is deleted if it goes missing, so this is a permanent commitment for one link.
The two turnaround figures do not agree: the pricing card says reviewed within 2 weeks, and the page you land on after submitting says free reviews may take up to 30 days.
Let your agent submit to SumoDir
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the SumoDir playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.
What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 8 SumoDir rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 6 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that SumoDir looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: $15 one-time skips the badge, the queue and buys three dofollow links plus an AI-written description; a $49 AI review article is sold separately.
Types it into SumoDir in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to SumoDir?".
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SumoDir FAQ
How long does SumoDir approval take?
SumoDir's typical time from submission to going live is up to 30 days.
How much does it cost to submit to SumoDir?
SumoDir has a free submission option plus paid placement ($15 one-time skips the badge, the queue and buys three dofollow links plus an AI-written description; a $49 AI review article is sold separately).
Does SumoDir give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on SumoDir carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 45.
Does SumoDir require a backlink to your site?
Yes, SumoDir expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from SumoDir?
Cryptocurrency; Adult content; Gambling; Illegal services.