How to list your website on Buttondown
Newsletter with a public web archive of each issue, your description and links back to your site.
- Link
- Mixed links
- Cost
- Free plan
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Week 4 onwards
Short answer
Buttondown is free to start, with paid plans, and some profile links are followed and some are nofollow. To get listed, sign up for free (no credit card needed); it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on Buttondown
- Step 1: Sign up for free (no credit card needed).
- Step 2: Name the newsletter and add a description, your website and social links in settings.
- Step 3: Write and send a first issue so the archive has content.
- Step 4: Share the public archive link.
You need
An account and at least one published issue; the free plan covers up to 100 subscribers.
Good to know
The description link, web-footer links and some in-issue links were nofollow; other in-issue and social links had no rel. Going past 100 subscribers or adding features costs money.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- buttondown.com
- Category
- Publishing
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- When to do it
- Week 4 onwards
- Position
- 19 of 25 in Publishing
About the link
Some links on the profile are followed and some are nofollow.
Best for
- Creators
- Startups
- SaaS
- Small businesses
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Questions about Buttondown
Are Buttondown links dofollow?
Partly. Some links on Buttondown profiles are followed and some carry rel="nofollow".
Is Buttondown free?
Buttondown has a free plan and paid upgrades. Check what the free listing includes before you start: on some sites the website link comes with a paid plan.
How much work does a listing on Buttondown take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to Buttondown: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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