Guides
Directory website guides
Plain-language guides for planning and running a directory website. For help with DirectoryDuck's own screens, see the docs.
How to build a directory website
The decisions to make before you sign up for anything: niche, name, where the listings come from, hosted page or embed, your own domain, and how the directory will earn.
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How to monetize a directory website
The ways a directory earns: featured listings, leads from inquiries, ads and sponsorships, affiliate links and paid listings, and which of them run inside DirectoryDuck.
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How to start a local business directory
Planning a directory for one town or neighborhood: the area and businesses to cover, the first listings, where it lives, bringing the businesses in and how it will earn.
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