Welcome to DirectoryToolkit
Everything you need to build and grow your directory — guides, tools, training, and a team to lean on. Start free, and only pay for what helps you take the next step.
What's Inside
DirectoryToolkit is organized into four areas so you can find what you need without getting lost. Browse to whichever fits where you are right now.
① The Tiers
Memberships, software bundles, and support channels you can subscribe to and grow with over time.
② The Tools
Visual assets, channels that promote you, widgets, themes, and templates you can pick up one at a time.
③ The Team
When you'd rather not do it alone -- done-for-you builds, coaching, and a community to grow alongside.
④ The Training
Courses, live events, and downloadable resources -- learn at your own pace or get hands-on.
How the Tiers Work
Every part of DirectoryToolkit starts with a free option. There's no trial countdown and no credit card required to begin — the free tier is genuinely useful on its own.
From there, each step up the ladder adds more capability, deeper support, or richer content. You never need to start at the top, and you can move up (or sideways) whenever the next level becomes worth it for you.
① The Tiers
Three ways to grow with us over time. Membership opens platform access, bundled benefits from every column, and the affiliate program. Suite is the curated business software directory you can browse to find the right tool for the job. HelpDesk is your support channel -- from self-serve articles up to a direct line.
Membership
Become an insider. Every step up the ladder unlocks more of the platform, deeper peer access, and a bigger cut of the affiliate program when you bring others in — turning your network into a recurring income stream as you grow.
Suite
A full directory of business software -- both ours and others -- sorted into easy-to-browse categories so you can find exactly what you need to augment your directory or run your business. Discover, compare, and find the perfect solution without spending days on research.
HelpDesk
Your support channel -- from self-serve articles all the way up to a direct phone line. Each step up gets you a faster, more personal channel. Higher tiers replace lower ones so you always use the best channel you have.
② The Tools
Visual assets that make your directory look like a million-dollar brand, channels that promote YOU to our audience, and widgets, themes, and templates that snap right into your site. Multimedia delivers the creative, Academy turns our channels into your promotion engine, and Customize transforms your directory's look and feel.
Multimedia
Look like a brand worth trusting from day one. Professional videos, graphics, slide decks, infographics, logos, and complete brand packages give your directory the polish that wins clicks, sign-ups, and second looks -- without hiring a designer or losing weeks to revisions.
Academy
Our channels -- and at higher tiers, we point them at you. Free content anyone can consume, plus a member promotion engine that features YOU through our audience as your membership tier rises.
Customize
Turn the directory you have into the directory you wish you had. Snap in a single widget, refresh your entire theme, or subscribe to ongoing maintenance -- all delivered as drop-in upgrades that install themselves and stay updated automatically.
③ The Team
Stop trying to do it all by yourself. Agency rolls up its sleeves and builds the directory you've been picturing in your head, Consult pairs you with a guide for 1:1 coaching and group sessions, and Community keeps you surrounded by peers who make running a directory feel less lonely.
Agency
Skip the months of trial-and-error. Whether you want a free Q&A, a quick site audit, or a full hand-off where we deliver a launched directory ready to start earning, our team meets you exactly where you are and gets you to where you want to be -- fast.
Consult
When you want someone in your corner. Start with a free discovery call, book a la carte hours, join office hours, work with a small group, or go all in with weekly 1:1 coaching.
Community
Build your network and never run your directory alone. From the free Registry that showcases live directories to summits and conferences that put the whole network in one room -- $10 increments so it's easy to try the next level.
④ The Training
Three ways to level up -- pick the one that matches how you actually learn. University is the full course library from foundation to advanced. Events puts you in live rooms with sharp founders where the breakthroughs happen in real time. Launchpad hands you done-for-you documents that would take weeks to write.
University
The course library covering every part of running a directory. Tiers reflect depth -- from a single Tip up to the full curriculum -- so you can pick the level that matches what you need to learn next.
Events
Live learning, with real people on the other end of the screen. Drop into a workshop, sign up for a sprint, or commit to a full bootcamp -- whichever pace fits your life.
Launchpad
Stop reinventing what other directory founders have already figured out. Battle-tested cheatsheets, ebooks, checklists, workbooks, and full launch playbooks let you skip the blank page, copy what works, and ship faster.