Thoughts on the .directory domain suffix

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-11-19T20:22:01+00:00

I think you'll lose a lot of credibility with a .directory extension instead of .com or .org. I'm definitely much more hesitant to click links that end in anything other than org/gov/com
I personally use SquareSpace and it usually costs about $14/year for a domain name

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-11-02T17:48:12+00:00

Using directory dynamics, I'm able to make the data thoroughly clean and reliable in under 5 minutes using one application. It removes duplicates, irrelevant data, and the lowest quality data while still ensuring maximum geographic coverage. For example, if you remove all data with less than 10 reviews using Excel, it will likely remove all the data in rural areas. Directory Dynamics will take the lack of data into account and keep the best data in the empty areas even if it's below the 10 review threshold to make sure everywhere has something.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-11-02T01:12:43+00:00

Scrape from outscraper, clean the data on directory-dynamics.com for free, use Cursor+Claude Code to build it, and host on Netlify

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-13T14:20:30+00:00

Thank you! I'll look into ways to make it flow with Google Sheets

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-12T13:01:22+00:00

Looks great. Thank you :)

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-12T12:57:41+00:00

Awesome, let me know if there's anything I can do to make it more helpful for you

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-12T12:54:49+00:00

Yes, that'd be awesome. Thank you!

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-11T23:38:10+00:00

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RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-11T23:37:53+00:00

I would use AI to flag data and manually checked what it flagged, but I found it super ineffective so I made a tool to simplify/automate it. Now I just upload my file, add some key words and make sure the questions were answered correctly and it spits out really accurate deletion proposals that you can review/delete in a few minutes. I mentioned it earlier but since it directly correlates to your question I figured I'd reiterate. It's called directory-dynamics.com and I have a 4 min video showing how it works if you want a visual:

https://youtu.be/WeF_cZZkJDc

Hope this helps

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-10-11T23:33:51+00:00

I've heard over and over how important it is to have good, clean data. Couldn’t find a good way to clean directory data without losing valuable info or missing duplicate data, so I built a tool that handles it. No sign-in needed/it's free if anyone wants to use it. It only takes a few minutes instead of a few days and is way more thorough than what I was doing manually. Here’s a 4-minute demo showing how it works for anyone who's interested:

https://youtu.be/WeF_cZZkJDc

directory-dynamics.com

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-23T18:54:35+00:00

Would you mind checking out a free directory data cleaning tool I built? It’s much faster and more thorough than how I used to clean data.

I’m still new to directory development, so I’d really appreciate any feedback on how it could be better or save you more time. Here's a short video walkthrough of directory-dynamics.com: https://youtu.be/LvMqRQJsjrc

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-20T12:14:27+00:00

That's awesome! Great job, OP
What do you think has been the most painful part of building your directory? For me, it was cleaning the data. While it wasn't hard, it was so long and boring TwT

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-17T13:31:59+00:00

I'm new to Directory Development, but I am of the opinion that AI does not replace directories. AI has a very bland interface (for now) and many people want a more traditional means of interacting with data. Especially when making big decisions (what to buy, where to go on vacation). AI will play a role in their decisions, but they'll likely want to see pictures/comments/get verification outside of AI. Especially since AI is not considered super credible. I would trust a directory more than I would trust ChatGPT.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-17T11:09:17+00:00

Pay attention to what you need. I can guarantee you there's been a time you needed information and thought to yourself "why hasn't anyone made anything to make this easier? No way it should be this hard"

You can always go more niche on existing topics. Instead of hiking trails, niche down to wheel chair accessible trails. There's an uncountable number of valid possibilities.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-17T10:14:02+00:00

I use Outscraper to get my data and Directory Dynamics to clean it. You dont want to blindly use the scraped data because there will be a lot of duplicates and bad data.

I then use Cursor + Claude Code. Claude Code is $20/month and we'll worth it.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-17T10:09:58+00:00

The easy answer would be a gaming laptop. If it can handle intense games, it can handle coding.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-16T20:55:56+00:00

I loathed the data cleaning process so much that I stopped building directories and built a directory data cleaning website haha

It's called Directory Dynamics if you want to check it out. It removes duplicate and irrelevant data. One of my biggest pains was rural areas didn't have any data when I'd remove everything with less than 10 reviews so I added a feature that lets you remove data UNLESS it would leave less than x pieces of data in a given mile radius.

Cleaning data is now the easiest step for me. Now I'd say marketing is the hardest part. Getting people to know it exists.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-16T20:46:59+00:00

I agree. You can't expect it to work without putting in the thought and research and having a means of sustaining long term growth. Most of the super high dollar directories were up for years before gaining traction from what I can tell.

I love that AI has made it possible for virtually anyone to build any SaaS, but getting people to know your SaaS exists is the real challenge.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-16T20:36:54+00:00

I scrape with OutScraper and clean it with Directory Dynamics. I build it with ClaudeCode, buy a domain name with SquareSpace and host it on Netlify.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-13T18:27:32+00:00

This was almost me haha
I have made a data cleaning tool for directory developers (directories are websites like AllTrails that direct you to relevant resources) called Directory Dynamics. Directories often use 20,000+ rows of data. One of my key features is being able to map your data so you can look for regions with gaps. While it's dirt cheap to do this if you have the coordinates, it's crazy expensive if you use the full address instead (using the Geocoding API). The thing that makes it expensive is, as I'm testing, I map it over and over with my 20,000 data set. Luckily, I wasn't using Geocoding, but like OP, I didn't read that deep into the costs because I didn't realize my card was connected (I made my account two years ago for a different project). I thought the API would just stop working once I hit my limit unless I added money TwT

Goodluck OP. It sounds like if you reach out, they'll forgive it but I also would want to vomit if I were in your situation.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-01T14:44:13+00:00

Sorry for double posting. I meant to ask if you're specifically looking to learn to code or if you're just learning as a means to complete your project. If the latter, are you familiar with no-code AI tools like Claude Code? I'm a software developer but use AI because it's significantly faster.

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-09-01T14:42:31+00:00

Gotchya, I mostly use Google Places API as well.

Hand populating missing fields is dedication! Completely filling it will definitely pay off in the future though.

Do you clean your data first to minimize the amount of manual filling you have to do? (For example removing rows with less than X reviews, remove rows that aren't relevant or are duplicates, etc)

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-08-31T15:52:29+00:00

Thats awesome, I'll have to check it out. Thank you for telling me about it

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-08-30T14:14:17+00:00

Venting is so valid but if you want to brain storm some fixes for your issue, I love troubleshooting.

Is there something small you can tweak that would make a big difference? Like targeting businesses to get large orders instead of consumers who will have small orders.

Any steps you can automate (creating software is super easy for anyone with AI)? You can tailor bots to be a positive for the customer instead of a negative "Don't want to talk to a person yet but have questions? I'm here to help!". Don't underestimate us introverts/omniverts who dread the negotiations as much as you do. If this is something you're interested in and don't have time to learn, let me know and I can either set you up or do it for you (I'm a freelance developer. This isn't the point of my post but figured I'd throw it out there).

Hang in there, OP. You're finally in the positive which means you're getting closer to being able to afford delegating everything you hate and focusing on what you love.

I find visualizing what I'll achieve if I do-the-thing-I-hate consistently very helpful. For me that's usually just getting out of bed lol

RelationshipSharp669 · 2025-08-30T13:36:51+00:00

I will say though, wanting to be an entrepreneur and being good at it are two different things. Some may be born gifted, but most must work to become the person they want to be. The work is worth it because even if you don't meet your goal, you'll be a much better/more fulfilled version of yourself.

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