Custom Online Directories
We design and develop custom web directories, marketplaces and web apps that are intuitive, fast and SEO-friendly.
We Specialize in Custom-Designed Directory Web Applications
Online directories are curated lists of companies or products in a specific niche. Being listed in a directory is often more effective way of marketing a business, as long as the directory is tailored to the goals of their customers.
What’s most important to customers using the directory is finding companies or products that match exactly what they’re looking for, intuitively and efficiently. Oh, and it also needs a lot of traffic.
That’s where we can help.
More Than a Regular Website
A web directory is more than just a static website. It’s a complex, interconnected network of many types of dynamic data.
It takes the combination of tools, experience and skillsets to be easy to use and fast for end users, and to be simple to maintain and able to scale for you, the owner.
Most importantly, as you’re often competing directly with individual businesses in the same space, excellent search engine ranking is critical.
B2B or B2C, Whatever Your Niche
We have experience designing online directories and marketplaces across many niches, for both B2B and B2C. Some examples include:
Core Design
Every directory website we build has these core design attributes.
Search and filter data of any type, interactively
The Features You Want
The online directory or marketplace we design will have all the features you want, and none of the ones you don’t.
Are We a Good Fit for Your Project?
We’re a perfect fit for anyone who wants a premium web application but would rather outsource rather than attempting to build it themselves, or hiring freelance developers and managing them.
Talk to the experts!
Contact UsSEO
Your site will be built for easy indexing by search engines. We can also help you get that coveted first-page ranking.
How to Monetize Your Directory
Unlike typical websites, online directories focus on features which enable monetization with automatically billed, recurring revenue.
Marketing, Maintenance and Support
A Great Option for Additional Income
Many small businesses and individuals are looking for a way to make additional income. Perhaps you’re even considering ditching the 9-5 and creating your own online business. An online directory website can be that perfect source of income.
Experienced Consulting Included.
We’ve not only built many directory web apps, we’ve also operated and sold the businesses behind them. We possess the technical knowhow and the strategic experience to successfully grow a directory business. We can guide you on how to avoid pitfalls and most efficient tactics to reach profitability quicker.
Access to this experience comes complimentary when we work with you on your directory business.
Ongoing marketing support is available through our parent company An Infinite Number of Monkeys.
Pre-Built Templates Don’t Cut It.
If you're serious about making money with your directory or marketplace, go custom.
It’s not difficult to find a range of off-the-shelf templates or directory builders, especially as Wordpress plugins. Like many website template solutions, in trying to be a low-cost, one-size-fits-all solution that works for every business, they end up seeming adequate for most businesses, but a perfect fit for nobody.
The designs are bland, brand-unspecific and look like many other bland sites. They’re difficult and/or expensive to customize. They still require a developer to build and maintain.
Because they attempt to include so many features, implemented in a generic way to appeal to most applications, they’re usually bloated and slow, providing a poor user experience…and boring. Most importantly, they don’t do your brand justice.
And they’re not actually cheaper in the long run.
Request a Proposal
Our proposals are detailed, so we’ll want to set up an online discovery session to learn about your requirements, market, etc.
Provide some basic information and we’ll contact you to set up a brief one-on-one meeting with you.