October has been a productive month at Row.so! We've introduced new features and improvements to help you build, manage, and monetize your directories more efficiently. From Google Maps imports and content moderation to enhanced SEO and email integrations, these updates give you more flexibility and control over your directory.

Here's what's new this month.

✨ New Features

Google Maps Auto Import

Import business listings from Google Maps directly into your directory. Search by keyword or location to discover relevant businesses and populate your directory faster.

Custom Blog Author

Customize author information for individual blog posts to better represent your content creators and align your blog with your brand identity.

Review Approval

Take full control of reviews published on your directory. Review and approve submitted reviews before they become publicly visible.

Comment Moderation

Manage comments from a centralized dashboard. Organize and moderate comments across pending, approved, rejected, and spam statuses to maintain a high-quality community.

Edit Your Own Listings

Allow users to manage and update their own directory listings directly from their profiles, making it easier to keep information accurate and up to date.

Resend Email Integration

Connect Resend to send emails from your directory using your own email provider configuration. Improve email deliverability and manage transactional emails with greater flexibility.

Mailgun Email Integration

Integrate Mailgun to send emails from your directory through your own email infrastructure. Choose the email service that best fits your workflow and deliverability requirements.

External Link Click Tracking Toggle

Choose whether to display external link click counts on listing detail pages with a simple toggle in your design settings.

⚡ Improvements

Directory SEO & Performance Upgrade

We've strengthened the technical SEO foundation of your directory with support for custom domains, primary host redirects, enhanced structured data, and cleaner SEO configurations. These improvements help search engines better understand your content and index your directory more effectively.

Improved SEO, UI & Performance

We've continued refining Row.so's interface, page rendering, and overall performance to deliver a smoother experience for both directory owners and visitors, while helping your directory perform better in search results.

More Flexible Email Delivery

With support for Resend and Mailgun, you have more flexibility in configuring email delivery for your directory. Use your preferred provider to better manage sending infrastructure and deliverability.

💜 Thank You

Your feedback continues to shape the future of Row.so. Many of these updates are driven directly by suggestions and feature requests from our community.

Have an idea for what we should build next? Share it on our Roadmap.

Thank you for being part of the Row.so journey. Keep building, growing, and turning your directory into a business!

Build a directory that makes money.

Hi Appsumo community!

Thank you so much for your continued support and for being part of the Row.so journey!

We’ve recently added new Lifetime Deal plans directly on the Row.so website, giving users more flexibility to build and manage additional directories as their projects grow.

Whether you’re building niche directories, growing your own directory business, or managing multiple projects for clients, we now have more options to suit your needs.

✨ What’s new?

• Higher-tier plans: For users who need to build and manage more directories.

• Unlimited plan: Perfect for indie makers and agencies who want to build as many directories as they need.

• More flexibility to grow: Choose a plan that fits your needs and business goals.

👉 Explore the new Lifetime Deal plans here:
https://row.so/lifetime-deals

Our goal is to make it easier for everyone to build and grow profitable directories with Row.so.

If you already own a Row.so deal through AppSumo and need more directories or want to upgrade to an unlimited plan, feel free to check out the new options on our website.

Have questions? Reach out to us via email or live chat support on Row.so. We’re always happy to help you find the right plan for your needs!

Thank you again for your trust and support. Your feedback and encouragement motivate us to keep improving Row.so every day!

Richard & the Row.so Team

We've been shipping a lot of improvements to Row.so over the past few weeks, based heavily on feedback from our community.

Row.so is becoming more than just a directory builder. You can now build richer directories, create content, attract organic traffic, monetize your audience, and give visitors much better ways to explore your listings.

Here’s what’s new.

💰 More Ways to Monetize Your Directory

You now have more options to turn your directory into a business.

New Payment Integrations

Row.so now supports:

• PayPal

• QPay

• Stripe

• Lemon Squeezy

• Polar

You can use these payment integrations for paid listings, memberships, featured placements, and other monetization models.

Row.so does not take a platform commission on your payments.

Google AdSense

You can now connect Google AdSense directly to your directory.

Add your AdSense configuration and monetize your directory traffic with display ads without building a custom ad integration.

Paid Communities & Paywalls

You can create paid communities and member-only directories where users need to purchase access before viewing exclusive listings or content.

This opens up new use cases such as:

• Premium directories

• Curated databases

• Private communities

• Member-only resources

• Paid research directories

📝 Your Directory Can Now Have Its Own Blog

You can now create and manage a blog directly inside your Row.so directory.

Create, edit, and organize articles from the same workspace as your directory.

Use your blog for:

• SEO content

• Guides and tutorials

• Industry resources

• Announcements

• Supporting content for your listings

This means you no longer need to maintain a separate blogging platform just to build topical content around your directory.

🔎 Better SEO & Social Sharing

We've made several improvements to help your directories get discovered.

Dynamic Open Graph Images

Directory pages can now automatically generate dynamic OG images.

This includes listing pages, categories, blog posts, and other directory pages.

Your links can now look much better when shared on:

• X

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• Discord

• Slack

• Other social platforms

More SEO-Friendly Content

With built-in blogging, dynamic OG images, custom pages, and more flexible directory structures, you can build a larger content ecosystem around your directory instead of relying only on listing pages.

🗺️ Better Local & Map Directories

Row.so now gives you more tools for building location-based directories.

Enable Map Mode to create directories for:

• Restaurants

• Cafés

• Hotels

• Stores

• Coworking spaces

• Events

• Attractions

• Travel

• Local businesses

You can also customize map markers by category, making it easier for visitors to understand different types of locations at a glance.

🎨 More Customization

We've added more ways to make your directory fit your brand and use case.

SVG Icons for Custom Fields

You can now add SVG icons to custom fields.

This makes information such as pricing, features, integrations, amenities, and contact details easier to scan.

Custom Category Icons

Give each category its own icon for clearer navigation and a more polished directory experience.

Custom HTML

You can now add custom HTML to your directory footer.

Use it for:

• Analytics scripts

• Tracking codes

• Affiliate links

• Custom banners

• Third-party widgets

• Custom links

• Other HTML content

This gives you much more control without requiring changes to your application code.

🖼️ Better Ways to Display Listings

We've added several new layouts and viewing options.

Gallery Views

Gallery directories can now use:

• Grid

• Slideshow

• Carousel

This works especially well for:

• Portfolios

• Product collections

• Design directories

• Photography

• Image-heavy directories

• Creative showcases

Grid & Table Views

Visitors can now browse and compare listings using Grid or Table views.

Grid works well for visual directories, while Table is useful when visitors need to compare structured information across multiple listings.

Sticky Action Buttons

Action buttons on listing pages can stay visible while visitors scroll.

This makes important actions such as submitting, visiting, joining, or purchasing easier to access.

👨‍💻 Better Support for Developer & AI Directories

You can now display prompts and code blocks directly inside your listings and pages.

This makes Row.so more suitable for:

• AI prompt libraries

• Developer directories

• API directories

• Code resources

• Technical collections

• Software directories

⚙️ More Flexible Directory Pages

You can now disable individual listing detail pages when you don't need them.

This is useful for simpler directories where visitors should browse listings directly from the main directory or cards without opening a separate detail page.

What's Next?

We're continuing to improve Row.so based on feedback from the community.

Our focus is simple:

Make it easier to build, grow, and monetize a real directory business.

More improvements are already on the roadmap, including better discovery, content, customization, and directory management.

Thank you to everyone who has been testing Row.so, sending feedback, and sharing ideas with us.

If you've requested a feature through the roadmap, there's a good chance it's already influencing what we're building next. ❤️

Build your directory. Grow your audience. Monetize your traffic.

Thanks for being part of Row.so.