skills/sales-fazier/SKILL.md
Fazier platform help — product discovery and launch platform for indie makers with daily launches and community voting. Covers free submission (DR81 dofollow backlink, 15-day review, badge required), Lite ($19 instant publish), Premium ($39 guaranteed DR81+ backlink + 15-day promo), Super ($99 top placement), daily launch feed, upvoting, leaderboards, and Substack newsletter (5,000+ subscribers). Use when you want your product listed on Fazier, wondering if the DR81 backlink justifies the cost, not sure whether free or paid tier is worth it, or deciding between Fazier and other indie maker directories. Do NOT use for multi-directory launch strategy (use /sales-launch-directory). Do NOT use for Product Hunt launches (use /product-hunt-launch).
npx skillsauth add sales-skills/sales sales-fazierInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Helps the user submit to, optimize listings on, and get the most from Fazier — a product discovery platform for indie makers featuring daily launches, community voting, and DR81 dofollow backlinks.
If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated knowledge.
Ask the user:
What do you need help with?
What's your product?
What's your primary goal?
If the user's request already provides most of this context, skip directly to the relevant step. Lead with your best-effort answer using reasonable assumptions (stated explicitly), then ask only the most critical 1-2 clarifying questions at the end.
If the request maps to a different skill, route:
/sales-launch-directory/sales-producthunt/sales-email-marketing/sales-checkout/sales-audience-growthOtherwise, answer directly from the Fazier reference below.
| Detail | Value | |---|---| | URL | fazier.com | | Founder | Falak Sher (@FalakDigital) | | Model | Daily product launches with community voting and leaderboards | | Free submission | Yes — 15-day review, must display badge on your site | | DR | 81 (LaunchDirectories) | | DA | 26 (Moz) | | Backlink (free) | Dofollow (requires badge on your site) | | Backlink (Premium) | Guaranteed dofollow DR81+ | | Monthly visits | ~658 (estimated) — small but growing | | Categories | Products, Side Projects, Info Products | | Leaderboards | Weekly and monthly top products | | Newsletter | Substack, 5,000+ subscribers | | Based in | Pakistan | | API | None public |
| Option | Cost | What you get | |---|---|---| | Free | $0 | Listed within 15 days, must add backlink badge to your site, eligible for homepage featuring, launch + featured badges | | Lite | $19 (was $29) | Publish immediately or schedule, high-authority backlink for top 3 daily, homepage featuring guaranteed, social media promotion, no badge required | | Premium | $39 (was $59) | All Lite + 15-day platform-wide promotion, guaranteed DR81+ dofollow backlink, premium badge, free Product Hunt Launch Checklist ($39 value) | | Super | $99 (was $79) | Top homepage placement for 15 days, all Premium features |
| Feature | Description | |---|---| | Daily launches | Products featured chronologically — Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month | | Upvoting | Community votes determine product popularity and ranking | | Leaderboards | Weekly and monthly top products by votes | | Manual moderation | Every submission reviewed before publishing — filters spam/low-effort | | Categories | Products, Side Projects, Info Products — broad indie maker focus | | DR81 dofollow | One of the highest free dofollow backlinks from any startup directory | | Substack newsletter | 5,000+ subscribers, weekly marketing hacks + top products | | Indie maker focus | Designed for solo founders and small teams — less competition from big companies |
| Aspect | Fazier | Uneed | Open Launch | TinyLaunch | ProductBurst | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | DR | 81 | 74 | 65 | 60-71 | 46 | | Backlink type | Dofollow (free w/ badge) | Dofollow (free) | Dofollow (conditional) | Dofollow (Top 3 or $39) | Dofollow (free) | | Free tier | 15-day review + badge | Queue wait | Queue wait | Weekly batches | Instant | | Paid skip | $19 Lite (instant) | $29.99 skip-the-line | $12 premium | $39 premium | Featured fee | | Guaranteed backlink | $39 Premium | Free (all tiers) | $59 SEO tier | $39 Premium | Free | | Newsletter | 5K subs (Substack) | 15K subs, 40% open | No | 11K subs, 33% open | No | | Monthly visits | ~658 | 42K-71K | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | | Focus | Indie makers | All tech products | All startups | Indie makers | All startups |
Good fit:
Not ideal:
?utm_source=fazier&utm_medium=directory&utm_campaign=launchNote: DR81 dofollow is among the highest free backlinks from any startup directory — higher than Uneed (DR74), Indie Hackers (DR75), and F6S (DR74). Only Product Hunt (DR91) and Hacker News (DR91) significantly exceed it. The trade-off is the badge requirement and 15-day wait.
Lite ($19) — publish immediately with no badge:
Premium ($39) — guaranteed DR81+ dofollow backlink:
Super ($99) — top homepage placement:
Fazier fits into Phase 2 — Paid fast-track if you use Lite ($19) or Premium ($39), or Phase 3 — Free editorial queues for the free tier. The DR81 backlink makes it one of the most valuable directory submissions by backlink strength — ranking above Uneed (DR74) and below only Product Hunt (DR91) and Hacker News (DR91). Submit free on Day 1 for the queue, or pay $19+ to publish immediately.
Best-effort from research — review these, especially items about features and pricing that may change.
Free tier requires a badge on your site. Unlike Uneed (free with no badge) or ProductBurst (instant free), Fazier's free tier requires you to add a verification badge to your homepage or footer. If you don't want a badge, the Lite tier ($19) removes this requirement.
Traffic is very modest. ~658 estimated monthly visits — this is primarily an SEO backlink play, not a traffic source. Don't expect significant referral visits.
15-day review for free submissions. Manual moderation means your listing isn't instant. Plan accordingly if timing matters.
DR81 is from LaunchDirectories — verify independently. Domain ratings fluctuate and sources can disagree. The site claims "DR 81+" for its guaranteed backlink tier. Verify with Ahrefs or similar after your listing goes live.
Lite tier backlink is conditional. "High-authority backlink for top 3 daily products" — not guaranteed for all Lite submissions. Only Premium ($39) guarantees the backlink.
Pricing shows crossed-out "original" prices. Lite was "$29" now "$19", Premium was "$59" now "$39", Super was "$79" now "$99" (wait — Super went UP?). Pricing display may be marketing-driven. Focus on current prices.
Small community means less voting activity. Daily launches may have fewer votes and less engagement than larger platforms. This can be an advantage (less competition) or disadvantage (less social proof).
Self-improving: If you discover something not covered here, append it to references/learnings.md with today's date.
/sales-launch-directory — Coordinates submissions across 20+ startup directories with sequencing, backlink stacking, and budget allocation/sales-uneed — Uneed platform help (daily voting, DR74 dofollow, 64K+ makers)/sales-openlaunch — Open Launch platform help (open-source PH alternative, DR65 backlinks)/sales-tinylaunch — TinyLaunch platform help (weekly launches, DR60-71 dofollow)/sales-devhunt — DevHunt platform help (developer tool launch, DR57-62 dofollow)/sales-productburst — ProductBurst platform help (daily/weekly rankings, DR46)/sales-solopush — SoloPush platform help (no-pressure indie maker community, DR46)/sales-producthunt — Product Hunt platform help (largest launch platform, DR91 dofollow, 5M+ visits/mo)/sales-do — Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install:
npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-doUser says: "I want to submit my side project to Fazier for SEO backlinks" Skill does:
User says: "Should I pay for Fazier Premium or just do the free tier?" Skill does:
User says: "Fazier or Uneed — which is better for backlinks?" Skill does:
Symptom: Submitted for free over 15 days ago, still not listed Cause: Manual moderation queue may be backed up, or the badge wasn't detected on your site. Solution: Verify the Fazier badge is visible on your homepage or footer. Check your email for any communication from Fazier. If still pending, consider upgrading to Lite ($19) for immediate publishing, or reach out via @FalakDigital on X/Twitter.
Symptom: Don't want to add a Fazier badge to your site but want the free listing Cause: Free tier requires badge verification to ensure submissions are genuine. Solution: The Lite tier ($19) removes the badge requirement and publishes immediately. If $19 isn't in budget, add the badge in the footer where it's less prominent — it only needs to be present, not dominant. You can also wait for a sale or promotion.
Symptom: Product listed on Fazier but backlink not appearing in SEO tools
Cause: New backlinks take time for crawlers to discover. Despite DR81, Fazier's low traffic means crawlers may visit less frequently.
Solution: Wait 2-6 weeks for crawlers to discover the link. Manually verify by inspecting your product page on fazier.com for a dofollow <a> tag. If the link is nofollow, check whether your tier includes a dofollow guarantee — only Premium ($39) guarantees it explicitly.
tools
UpViral platform help — viral referral marketing and list-building platform (by Emarky) for viral sweepstakes, giveaway/reward campaigns, pre-launch waiting lists, and milestone referral programs, with REST API (app.upviral.com/api/v1/), callback-URL webhooks, PHP SDK, fraud detection (IP-based suspicious-referral flagging), A/B testing, smart leaderboards, unlockable incentives, and 30+ native ESP/CRM integrations (Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, AWeber, HubSpot, Klaviyo, Intercom) plus Zapier/Make/Pipedream/Integrately/Pabbly. Use when UpViral campaigns aren't tracking referral points correctly, deciding between Starter $79/mo annual (10K leads, 1 brand, NO API) vs Business $119/mo (25K, 2 brands, API + webhooks unlocked) vs Premium $319/mo (100K, 5 brands, dedicated account manager), the API returns errors because you're on the Starter tier where API/webhooks are gated, building an UpViral→CRM or UpViral→data-warehouse pipeline with add_contact / get_leads / get_leads_points / add_points / get_custom_fields / lists methods (uvapikey + uvmethod form-encoded POST), interpreting fraud flags where same-IP referrals get marked suspicious and you must manually activate/delete/blacklist, setting up the Callback URL (webhook) to fire on reward-unlock events, Zapier New Lead / New Reward Unlocked triggers not firing, ClickFunnels/Shopify/funnel-builder integration breaking, the drag-and-drop page builder showing broken widgets or limited customization, the setup feeling long and complicated for your first campaign, or picking UpViral over Viral Loops / KickoffLabs / Vyper / Prefinery / Gleam / KingSumo / ShortStack for a viral campaign. Do NOT use for general newsletter audience growth strategy across all platforms (use /sales-audience-growth), newsletter monetization (use /sales-newsletter), KickoffLabs-specific help (use /sales-kickofflabs), no-code merge-tag newsletter referrals (use /sales-referralkit), SparkLoop paid recommendations (use /sales-sparkloop), or full-stack multi-level Level-1/2/3 referral/affiliate tracking (use /sales-referralhero).
development
ReferralHero platform help — full-stack referral, affiliate, waitlist, contest, and NPS platform with subscriber API, webhooks, Zapier, Mailchimp/Kit/AWeber/Klaviyo/ActiveCampaign/SendLane connectors, coupon codes, multi-level referral tracking (Level 1/2/3), anti-fraud, and 5,000 calls/hour rate limit. Use when ReferralHero campaigns aren't tracking referrals correctly, deciding between PRO $199/mo (10K members, includes API + webhooks) and PREMIUM $399/mo (50K members, adds ReCaptcha + SMS verification), authentication is failing with no_token or X-API-Key header is being ignored, multi-level referral counts (Level 2/3) aren't appearing for downline subscribers, coupon group endpoints return 404 or coupon arrays max out, hitting the 5,000 calls/hour soft limit and getting too_many_calls 429s, the Mailchimp/Kit native integration is double-adding subscribers, webhook payloads aren't firing on confirmation events, importing Stripe customer IDs through transaction tracking, generating reward fulfillment when subscribers cross milestone thresholds (promote/unlock_promoted_reward), comparing ReferralHero against SparkLoop/ReferralKit/Viral Loops/GrowSurf/KickoffLabs for referral marketing, or routing referral data via add_bulk_transactions (500-transaction batch limit). Do NOT use for general newsletter audience growth strategy (use /sales-audience-growth), general newsletter monetization (use /sales-newsletter), no-code newsletter-only referral with merge-tag insertion (use /sales-referralkit), SparkLoop's paid recommendations or partner network (use /sales-sparkloop), or affiliate program strategy across many platforms (use /sales-affiliate-program).
tools
KickoffLabs platform help — viral marketing platform for pre-launch waitlists, bonus-entry giveaways, milestone-reward referral programs, leaderboard giveaways, and email opt-in bribes with REST API v1 + v2, server-side webhooks (in/out), KOL.js JavaScript library, AnyForm script for custom pages, fraud detection (duplicate_ip / bounced / duplidate_email flags), SMS verification add-on, native ESP integrations (Klaviyo, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Brevo), website builders (Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Weebly), Shopify, Facebook Audiences, Slack, Zapier. Use when KickoffLabs viral campaigns aren't tracking referrals correctly, deciding between Hobby $13/mo annual (500 leads/mo no A/B no reward emails) vs Premium $48/mo (2.5K + A/B + reward emails + tracking pixels) vs Business $99/mo (10K + custom email templates + custom domains + advanced reporting + 3 team) vs Enterprise $202/mo (25K + 5 team + SMS included), API key getting rejected because you embedded it in client-side JavaScript instead of server-side, can't decide whether to use v1 /subscribe vs v2 /tags/:TAG_ID/lead for lead creation, webhook payloads firing with `__fraudulent` flag and you need to interpret the duplicate_ip/bounced/duplidate_email reason codes (yes, duplidate is spelled that way in their docs), AnyForm script not posting to KickoffLabs vs native API endpoint, leaderboard endpoint returning more than 50 leads is not allowed, social_id (kid in share URLs) attribution chain breaking between v1 and v2, contest score vs lead count metrics in the webhook payload are confusing, SMS Verification only available on Premium+ as $50/mo add-on (Enterprise includes), per-month lead cap auto-upgrades at $8 per 1000 overage leads, picking between KickoffLabs and Viral Loops / UpViral / Prefinery / ReferralCandy / Voucherify for viral campaign type fit, or rate limit per tier (10-100 calls/minute) is hitting on bulk imports. Do NOT use for general newsletter audience growth strategy (use /sales-audience-growth), general newsletter monetization (use /sales-newsletter), no-code merge-tag-only newsletter referrals (use /sales-referralkit), SparkLoop paid recommendations + partner network (use /sales-sparkloop), or full-stack referral/affiliate with multi-level Level-1/2/3 tracking (use /sales-referralhero).
development
Routes any sales, marketing, ad, or GTM objective to the right specialized skill and outputs the install command for that skill plus a ready-to-paste prompt packed with the user's context. Asks clarifying questions when the objective is ambiguous, then hands back a copy-paste-runnable next step. Covers prospecting, outbound cadences, deals, proposals, forecasting, deliverability, enrichment, intent, content, coaching, CRO, SEO, launch directories, newsletters, email/SMS/push marketing, chatbots, influencer marketing, social media, employee advocacy, media relations, reviews, data hygiene, B2B advertising, retargeting, affiliate, loyalty, digital products, memberships, webinars, checkout, and platform-specific help. Use when the user has a sales or marketing question and isn't sure which skill to use, or wants a multi-skill sequence with a batch install command. Do NOT use to solve problems directly — this skill only routes.