Apps, SaaS, websites, tools and digital products.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Discovery catalogs, launch platforms, marketplaces and builder communities.
PITCHAIDE GUIDES
Last reviewed: August 2026
This guide is published by Pitchaide, a network for Software and Requests discussed below. We’ve included other approaches because the best place to share something depends on what you created and what you want people to do with it.
QUICK ANSWER
Marketplaces
Specialist directories
Portfolio or showcase platforms
Creator platforms
Launch platforms
Communities
Niche industry channels
Your own website
The best option is usually the one where the right people already look for work like yours.
START WITH THE WORK
Templates and guides
Spreadsheets, documents, playbooks, learning materials and downloadable resources.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Creator platforms, marketplaces, niche communities and your own website.
Services
Business services, creative services, practical help and packaged offers.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Marketplaces, professional communities, industry channels and your own website.
Design and creative work
Brand work, visual design, concepts, layouts and creative packages.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Portfolio platforms, communities, marketplaces and niche creative channels.
Systems and workflows
Processes, automation, operating systems, templates and repeatable workflows.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Marketplaces, business communities, niche directories and educational content.
Physical products, prototypes, concepts and ready-made builds.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Product marketplaces, launch communities, niche groups and your own site.
Layouts, strategies, improvement plans and ways of solving real-world workflow bottlenecks.
BEST CHANNEL TYPES
Marketplaces, relevant communities and industry-specific channels.
CHOOSE BY INTENT
Pitchaide supports discovery and enquiries rather than on-platform payments. Choose a sales platform when direct checkout is the interaction you need.
You mainly want the right people to know the work exists.
You need enough space to explain what you made and why it is useful.
You want reactions, testing or conversations that help improve what you created.
You want interested people to contact you and ask about the work.
You need a platform designed to support transactions or direct purchasing.
You want to build an ongoing audience around what you create.
CHANNEL TYPES
Your own website
Useful as the permanent source of truth for what you created and how people can learn more.
Marketplaces
Useful when people are actively browsing things others have created or posted.
Directories
Useful when your work fits a category people deliberately search or compare.
Portfolio and showcase platforms
Useful when presentation, visual proof or a body of work matters.
Creator platforms
Useful when you want a home for downloadable resources, products or an audience around your work.
Communities
Useful for conversations, feedback, relationships and niche discovery.
CURRENT OPTIONS
These platforms serve different purposes. Choose by the kind of work you created and the action you want someone to take, not by trying to appear everywhere.
Launch and community platform
Product Hunt
BEST FOR
Technology products that are ready to launch
A place for makers to share built technology products with a community of early adopters, take part in discussion and gather feedback.
CONSIDER THIS IF
Your creation is a launch-ready technology product and you can participate in the launch conversation.
Portfolio and showcase platform
Behance
BEST FOR
Visual design and creative projects
Publish a project presentation with images, text and other media so people can understand the work and the process behind it.
CONSIDER THIS IF
Presentation and visual proof matter more than direct checkout.
Creator ecommerce platform
Gumroad
BEST FOR
Digital products, memberships, courses and supported services
Designed for creators who want to package and sell digital products, memberships, educational material or clearly described services.
CONSIDER THIS IF
You need direct purchasing for a clearly packaged digital offer.
Creative goods marketplace
Etsy
BEST FOR
Original, handmade or designed items and digital downloads
Suitable for creative goods that meet Etsy’s current rules for items made, designed, handpicked or sourced by the seller.
CONSIDER THIS IF
Your work is a suitable creative or designed good rather than a general software product or service.
Creator shop and support platform
Ko-fi
BEST FOR
Digital or physical products, memberships, commissions and services
Combines a creator page with a shop, memberships, supporter payments and commission or service listings.
CONSIDER THIS IF
You want direct payment options and a home for an audience around your creative work.
Code hosting and collaboration platform
GitHub
BEST FOR
Public code and open source software projects
Public repositories provide a home for code, files, revision history, README documentation and project collaboration.
CONSIDER THIS IF
The thing you created is code and the technical documentation belongs with it.
Software discovery and comparison platform
AlternativeTo
BEST FOR
Software applications people compare with alternatives
Users can suggest software applications with platform, licence, descriptions and tags, subject to the platform’s approval process.
CONSIDER THIS IF
Your creation is software and comparison with existing alternatives is genuinely useful.
SaaS & Workflow Requests Network
Pitchaide
BEST FOR
Useful work that is built, packaged or ready to offer
List your tools across Micro-SaaS, automations, workflows, and developer utilities. Pitchaide supports discovery and enquiries with 0% commission.
CONSIDER THIS IF
You want to share something through a broad network and start a conversation before any agreement or transaction.
THE BROAD NETWORK OPTION
ONE NETWORK · TWO SIDES
Share something useful
Give people another way to discover work you have already created, packaged or are ready to offer.
PITCHAIDE
Connects both sides
Connect it to a real need
Teams can also post Workflow Requests describing what tools they need, creating direct demand for builders.
DISCOVERY
ENQUIRY
DIRECT CONVERSATION
BEFORE YOU SHARE
✓
A clear name
Use a name that makes sense outside the original project or context.
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One-line explanation
Describe what your workflow needs in a few sentences. Get discovered by indie builders with matching tools.
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Who it is for
Describe the person, business or situation that might benefit.
✓
What workflow it helps with
Explain why someone would care.
✓
What already exists
Be clear about what is finished, packaged, available or ready to offer.
✓
Images or examples
Show the work where visual proof would help.
✓
Important limitations
Mention anything a potential user should understand upfront.
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Next step
Make it obvious whether someone should visit a website, purchase, enquire, download or contact you.
You do not need a polished sales pitch. You do need clear answers to ordinary questions.
GIVE GOOD WORK ANOTHER LIFE
A workflow
Originally created to improve one team’s process but useful to similar businesses.
A template
Built for one project but reusable for people with the same task.
A guide
Created to explain a process once but useful as a standalone resource.
A packaged service
Developed through repeated client work and turned into a clearer repeatable offer.
Only share work you own or have permission to distribute or offer.
MATCH THE INTERACTION
Choose a platform whose interaction model matches what you actually want.
SELL DIRECTLY
BEST WHEN
The item has a clear price and can be purchased without much discussion.
START AN ENQUIRY
BEST WHEN
The work needs context, customisation, discussion or agreement before anything happens.
SHOWCASE IT
BEST WHEN
The main goal is demonstrating your work, capability or ideas.
GET FEEDBACK
BEST WHEN
You want reactions or testing before deciding what happens next.
A PRACTICAL START
1
Make sure the work has a clear explanation and permanent home.
2
Choose one platform that closely matches the type of thing you created.
3
Choose one community or niche channel where the right people already spend time.
4
Share the work in a way that fits the context instead of posting the same promotion everywhere.
5
Pay attention to where useful discovery, enquiries or conversations actually come from.
More listings do not automatically mean more useful discovery.
COMMON QUESTIONS