{
  "id": 17316663,
  "title": "We submitted a Bangla POS app to 50 directories. Here is what actually happened.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/we-submitted-a-bangla-pos-app-to-50-directories-here-is-what-actually",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-31T01:17:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/tukri/we-submitted-a-bangla-pos-app-to-50-directories-here-is-what-actually-happened-5bpa"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tukri is a Bangladeshi point-of-sale, stock and dues-book app for small shops. It offers a free plan and works offline. When planning outreach on October 21, 2026, the search console showed only one external link to tukri.bd. The team then tried to get Tukri listed on 50 directories, adhering to specific guidelines. The results, as of October 30, 2026, are outlined below.\n\nSix directories showed a live Tukri page, including Crunchbase, F6S, Peerlist, dev.to, Hashnode, and GitLab. Two of these listings are thin, with GitLab only providing a profile and Peerlist being a project page that hasn't been launched. Each of these six listings used Google sign-in.\n\nThe submission process was not instantaneous. PeerPush put the team in a free queue of approximately three months, while Uneed scheduled the free launch for May 4, 2027. whatlaunched.today provided a launch date of January 27, 2027.\n\nOne directory rejected the submission due to a high rejection rate, accepting only 18% of free listings. Five directories stipulated that free listing requires a link or badge on the homepage or footer. Four of these were paid only. The team did not apply for submission to certain directories due to missing requirements.\n\nSome directories requested information the team did not have, such as a personal work address, customer count, or LinkedIn page. The team's product is an AI-powered POS system, but they could not tick a box declaring it an AI tool. Additionally, two directories required a public repository or public MCP endpoint, which Tukri does not provide.\n\nNine sign-ups halted due to CAPTCHA, bot checks, or sign-in loops, requiring human intervention to pass. Two submissions were stopped for unknown reasons, with G2's Add Product form returning a generic error on six attempts. This form also feeds other platforms like Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice, causing further delays.\n\nThe team refrained from asking for votes or reviews from individuals who had not used the product. They also noted instances where scraped data displayed incorrect information, such as a monthly-revenue badge and starting price. The team corrected these listings to show Bangla script on English pages and prices in Bangladeshi Taka (BDT).\n\nFor future improvements, the team suggests starting with ten sites rather than fifty, thoroughly reading submission terms before creating an account, and logging every site with its next step. This approach allows for resuming outreach after pauses.",
  "summary": "Tukri is a point-of-sale, stock and dues-book app for small shops in Bangladesh. It has a free plan and works offline. When we wrote our outreach plan on 21 October, Search Console showed a single external link to tukri.bd. So we took a list of 50 directories and launch sites and tried to get Tukri listed on every one of them, on free plans only. This is the scoreboard from our own sign-up log,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Tukri submitted to 50 directories, aiming for listings.",
    "Six directories featured live Tukri pages, including Crunchbase and GitLab.",
    "Submission process faced delays, rejections, and CAPTCHA issues."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Mass directory submissions offer diminishing returns for small software startups due to high rejection rates, lengthy free queues, and technical barriers that favor established companies with more public data.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}