Why a gate makes a listing better
A general directory takes anyone. That is convenient, and it is also why a link from one carries so little. If nothing was checked, nothing was vouched for.
The listings on this page all check something. A trade register wants you to be in that trade. A job board wants an actual vacancy. A student discount site wants a discount that genuinely exists. Each of those is a small barrier, and each of them is the reason the resulting page means something.
The three kinds, and what each one asks
They look unrelated until you notice they share a shape: you do not persuade your way in, you either qualify or you do not.
- Industry and trade registers. list suppliers, members or accredited firms in one sector. The gate is usually membership, a licence or a company registration number.
- Job boards. give you a company profile page alongside a vacancy. The gate is having a real role to advertise, and the profile stays useful after the role is filled.
- Student discount platforms. list brands that offer a verified student rate. The gate is the discount itself, and it has to be real and honoured.
What they are worth
These are not volume tactics. There are far fewer of them than there are general directories, and most businesses qualify for a handful at most. That is the point rather than a drawback.
A supplier register in your own sector sends people who are already looking for what you sell. A job board profile is read by candidates. A student discount listing sends buyers. In all three cases the traffic is the reason to be there, and the link is what you also get.
How to work out whether you qualify
Read the eligibility line before anything else. It is usually one sentence, and it decides whether the next twenty minutes are worth spending.
Where a listing needs a company registration number, an address or a licence, our guide says so at the top. Those are the details people go looking for halfway through a form, and having them ready is most of the work.
What we have catalogued in this category
Of the 493 places in the catalogue, 18 are of this type.94% of those pass a following link, and 83% are ones a beginner can complete without prior accounts or a verified business.
| Market | Platforms |
|---|---|
| 🇩🇰 DK | 11 |
| 🇸🇪 SE | 4 |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 3 |
Counts describe our catalogue rather than the web as a whole. We publish the numbers, not the list: the list is the product.
One of these is on the free tier
No payment and no card. These are the ones you can open and work through today, and they are a fair sample of how the rest are written up.
| Platform | Market | Link | Difficulty | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT-Jobbank.dk | 🇩🇰 DK | dofollow | Moderate | 45-90 min |
What sits behind this
This category is one of 22. The whole catalogue holds 493 places across 5 markets, and every one of them is written up step by step in both English and Danish.
The work behind the list
- 129 of them have been opened and checked against the page that is actually there now, not just imported from a list.
- 130 of them have a link straight to the form, so you are not hunting for it on their front page.
- Authority figures from Ahrefs are refreshed on the first of every month. Last run 1 September 2026.
What we warn you about
A list you scraped yourself will not tell you what does not work. This one does, and that is usually where the hours go.
- 24 of them only count your submission once you have put a link back to them on your own site. That is in the guide before you start.
- 7 of them turned out not to be directories at all. They are flagged rather than deleted, because they can still be an opportunity.
- 5 of them have stopped responding. They carry a warning rather than wasting your time.
- 68 of them pass nofollow. We say so, including when the directory itself claims otherwise.
20 of the 493 can be opened and worked through without paying anything. They are not a selection of the weak ones.
Examples of this kind of platform
Names most practitioners would recognise, to make the category concrete: Trade association registers, Indeed, Student Beans, UNiDAYS, Sector supplier lists.
Common questions
Is a job board listing a link building tactic?
Not on its own. Post a vacancy because you are hiring, and treat the company profile as a bonus. Posting a fake role to get a profile page is both obvious and unpleasant.
We are not in a regulated industry. Are these relevant?
Often not, and that is a legitimate answer. Almost every sector has at least one supplier or member register, but if yours does not, skip the category rather than forcing it.
Do student discount sites work for B2B?
Rarely. They are built for consumer brands with a product a student would buy. If you sell to companies, spend the time on a trade register instead.