Around the Globe

What is Around the Globe?

Launch your startup on a live 3D globe. Your listing becomes a boat sailing the world's oceans. It's free to list, quick to set up and fun to explore. About Most startup directories are a long list of logos that nobody scrolls to the bottom of. AroundTheGlobe is different. Every startup is a boat sailing a real voyage across a live, interactive globe, steering around coastlines and through the open sea. Visitors spin the world, zoom into an ocean and click a boat to find the startup behind it. Listing takes minutes and costs nothing. Paste your website address and AroundTheGlobe drafts your listing from it: name, tagline, description and logo. Check the draft, add the badge to your site to show it's yours, and your boat sets sail. Use cases Launching a new product. Get an early backlink, a public profile and a shareable launch moment on day one. Indie hackers and solo founders. List for free and get found without a marketing budget. Building in public. The share image and boat make your launch post stand out in a feed. SEO and discoverability. Gain a verified backlink and a page in your category that search engines can index. Directory hunters. Add AroundTheGlobe to your launch checklist alongside the other directories you submit to.

Key features

• A live, interactive globe. Every listing is a boat on a real route through open water. Every visitor sees the same boats in the same places at the same moment.
• Built-in analytics. See your listing's views and website clicks over the last 30 days.
• Your own startup page. You get a dedicated profile with your logo, tagline, description, product screenshot, country, X handle and a link to your site.
• Free listing, drafted for you. Paste your URL and your listing is pre-filled from your own site.
• Verified listings. An admin reviews each listing, and verified startups get a followed backlink to their website.