[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":14},["ShallowReactive",2],{"writing-row-so":3},{"slug":4,"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"productUrl":8,"productName":9,"scene":4,"published":10,"ogTitle":11,"tagline":12,"html":13},"row-so","\u002Fwriting\u002Frow-so","A directory should earn by tonight","I watched directories burn months in plugins and never collect a listing fee. Row.so is the simple feature — type a niche, go live, charge. Keep 100%.","https:\u002F\u002Frow.so","row.so","2025-07-24","Type a niche. Charge for listings.","Prompt → paid directory.","\u003Cp>A directory looks simple until you try to own one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You need listings, filters, a decent page for each row, a way for people to submit, a way to get paid, a domain that does not embarrass you, and SEO that is not an afterthought. The internet’s answer used to be a pile: WordPress, a theme, a form plugin, a checkout that takes a cut, a spreadsheet on the side, hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did that work. It ate a quarter. It earned nothing. The directory was “almost ready” in the way software is almost ready — forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>The cut\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Row.so is one feature: type a niche, get a directory you can charge for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A prompt like “AI writing tools” becomes a live site — categories, descriptions, a brand you can actually look at. Or you paste a Google Sheet and keep two-way sync. Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem: people pay to be listed, and the money is yours. No platform tax on the listings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grid, upvote list, map locator. Custom fields that turn into filters. The parts that used to be a roadmap are the product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Why teams kept it\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Founders do not want a directory hobby. They want a storefront for a niche they understand. Agencies do not want to assemble four tools for a client who will ask for “just a directory.” They want to ship, put a price on a listing, and keep the revenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I built Row.so because I was done pretending a directory is a weekend. It is a business if the plumbing disappears. It is a graveyard if the plumbing is the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Simple feature\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>If the sentence is “I know a niche and I want to charge for being in the list,” the software should end at that sentence. Prompt. Publish. Price. Keep 100%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest is noise I refused to ship as your night job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1786611279945]