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Submit to Niche Pursuits
A long-running blog, newsletter and podcast about niche websites, SEO and online businesses. Its readers are site builders, affiliate marketers and bootstrapped founders. There's no directory or launch listing; the way in is its Success Story form, and chosen stories run as posts about what worked for your site, with links to it.
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Niche Pursuits at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Submitting a success story is free. Advertising is sold separately: podcast ads $500 per episode, featured email sponsor $750 per email, site banners $750–$1,500/month, Facebook group 'Ask Me Anything' post $500.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Success story https://www.nichepursuits.com/besmir-bregasi/ links to zerorank.ai and landerlab.io with no rel attribute; page robots meta is index, follow (checked 2026-09-24)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR74
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #185,613
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Niche site builders, SEO and affiliate marketers, and bootstrapped online business founders
- Last checked
How to submit to Niche Pursuits
Open the Niche Pursuits submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Niche Pursuits (Niche site builders, SEO and affiliate marketers, and bootstrapped online business founders), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Niche Pursuits
- Use the Success Story form; the page says to expect a reply in 7 to 10 days, and no reply after two weeks means they won't go ahead.
- There's no income threshold, but they want an honest account of what actually worked for your site or business.
- If selected, you get detailed writing guidelines and write the story yourself; it may also be shared on their social channels or podcast.
- Guest post pitches go through the contact form (choose 'I would like to pitch a guest post'); there is no public write-for-us page.
From Niche Pursuits’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for newsletters that feature tools.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- A two-sentence pitch written for that newsletter’s readers, not a press release
- One concrete detail an editor can quote: a feature, a number from your own product or a use case
- A short link to the exact page you want readers to land on
- A budget and date range, if you’re considering a sponsored slot
Is Niche Pursuits worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Niche Pursuits reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 74 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #185,613: a mid-sized site, inside the top 500,000.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Niche Pursuits
Is Niche Pursuits free?
Yes. Listing on Niche Pursuits is free. Pricing details: Submitting a success story is free. Advertising is sold separately: podcast ads $500 per episode, featured email sponsor $750 per email, site banners $750–$1,500/month, Facebook group 'Ask Me Anything' post $500. We checked on Sep 24, 2026.
Does Niche Pursuits give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Success story https://www.nichepursuits.com/besmir-bregasi/ links to zerorank.ai and landerlab.io with no rel attribute; page robots meta is index, follow (checked 2026-09-24).
How do I submit to Niche Pursuits?
Submit at https://www.nichepursuits.com/success-story/. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Use the Success Story form; the page says to expect a reply in 7 to 10 days, and no reply after two weeks means they won't go ahead.
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Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 24, 2026 to write this page.