Clear pricing before you pay.

Browse free. Publish when listed.

• Catalog pages are free to browse.
• Submissions start as unpaid drafts (noindex).
• Active listing_2y or listing_5y publishes the profile.
• One profile per registrable domain.

Three SKUs. Flat prices.

2-year directory listing

$15

Directory placement with an outbound site link for 2 years. Support the directory and get discovered.

5-year directory listing

$20

Directory placement with an outbound site link for 5 years. Premium listing for longer discovery.

1-month front-page feature

$50

Featured placement on the front page for 30 days. Labeled, time-boxed, flat price.

Checkout is stubbed until Stripe is configured. Orders activate only after a verified webhook — no invented live charges.

Active listings get a normal outbound site link.

• While listing is active, profile outbound links use rel="noopener".
• Expired or unpaid drafts use rel="noopener nofollow ugc".
• A listing does not guarantee search ranking or traffic volume.

Please link back to hypestar.org.

• Soft request: add a visible link to https://hypestar.org on your site.
• Send the page URL as reciprocalLinkUrl when you list (UI or API/MCP).
• Not a spammy exchange — just support for the directory.

Front-page features are labeled and time-boxed.

• Requires an active directory listing first.
• Shows a clear featured label for 30 days.
• Fixed price — not ranked by spend, not an auction slot.

Traffic counter explains itself.

• “Online” estimates eligible sessions in the last five minutes.
• 24-hour visitors use a rotating salted identifier.
• Profile clicks dedupe the same visitor for 30 minutes.

Safety before scale.

• Shorteners, malware, phishing, illegal, and adult listings are rejected.
• Featured cards stay labeled.
• Owners get correction, appeal, and removal paths.