How to Submit to The AI Hunter ($120 a Listing)
The AI Hunter (theaihunter.com) is an AI tools directory of 272 listed tools across 22 categories (its own sitemap's count), built on dedicated review pages, running in its current form since late 2024. Listing is sold in three one-time tiers: Basic at $120, Silver at $220 and Gold at $620, with a free path behind a stated 15-day turnaround. The Basic Plan's headline bullet, and the only link promise anywhere on the site, is "One Do-follow Link".
This guide adds what the pricing cards don't: on the 18 live listings we checked (including the three most recently updated), every external link was nofollow and many Visit buttons route through the site's own affiliate redirects (paid listings aren't labeled, so a paid dofollow we didn't see can't be ruled out); the same page prices sponsorship at $120 in the table and $140 in the FAQ; the homepage's "1000+ AIs" claim is contradicted by its own sitemaps; the Terms call fees non-refundable; and the domain isn't tracked on FrogDR, so there's no independent Domain Rating to quote.
$120 at The AI Hunter buys one listing in one directory, sold on the promise of one dofollow link. Submitator's $79 plan submits you to 100 directories you pick in the dashboard, each with its DR on screen, dofollow as the stated focus, badges handled. Their one door costs one and a half of our whole 100-directory plans.
The AI Hunter at a glance
| Feature | The AI Hunter |
|---|---|
| What it is | AI review directory, current form since 2024 |
| Domain Rating | Not tracked on FrogDR |
| Size | 272 tools, 22 categories (own sitemap) |
| Plans | $120 / $220 / $620 one-time |
| Same page's FAQ | '$140 is a one-time price' |
| Link promise | 'One Do-follow Link' ($120 tier) |
| Links found | Nofollow on all 18 pages we checked |
| Refund | Fees 'non-refundable' per Terms |
Plans per its /submit-ai-tool/ page, July 2026: 'Basic Plan' $120 ('Dedicated Product Review page', 'One Do-follow Link', 'Listing on Category Pages', 'Free Updates'), 'Silver Plan' $220 ('Top 4 Listing on Alternative Pages', 'In Top 4 on Category Pages'), 'Gold Plan' $620 ('Dedicated Sidebar Banner 30 days', '2 Blog Post Submissions'), each labeled 'One -Time' (spacing theirs) with no checkout (all buttons lead to the contact form). The FAQ on the same page answers 'How much does sponsored listing cost?' with '$140 is a one-time price for a sponsored listing on Theaihunter.' Free listing exists ('a TAT of 15 days'). On the 18 live listings, one category page and one alternatives page we checked, every external link carried rel=nofollow and many Visit buttons were nofollow /go/ redirects through affiliate links; paid listings aren't labeled, so we can't rule out a paid dofollow we didn't see, and the rel attribute is theirs to change. Terms state fees are non-refundable and name no governing law or address; the footer entity '© 2025 Theaihunter LLP' has no registry record we could find. Per its site when last checked (July 2026).
How to submit to The AI Hunter, step by step
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Pick a tier, or the free queue
Basic $120, Silver $220, Gold $620, all one-time, or the free path: 'if you have a useful AI tool that is helpful for our audience, you may contact us to list it here. However, free listing has a long waiting time before it goes live.'
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Use the contact form (there's no checkout)
Every plan's button is Contact Now, leading to the contact form. The FAQ still says to 'fill the submission form above', but the submission form that archived copies show in early 2025 has been removed; the contact form is the only intake.
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Settle price and payment in the thread
The table says $120; the same page's FAQ says '$140 is a one-time price for a sponsored listing on Theaihunter.' Whatever number you land on, the Terms are explicit that paid fees are non-refundable, and no refund-if-rejected exception is published anywhere.
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Wait out the queue
Their stated speeds: 'live within 24 hours' for sponsored listings, 'a TAT of 15 days' for free ones. The listing itself is a real dedicated review page, and the site does update some of them ('Free Updates' is a bullet on every tier).
"One Do-follow Link", checked
The Basic Plan's headline bullet is one line long: $120, one-time, "One Do-follow Link". So we pulled the raw HTML of 18 live listings in July 2026, including the three most recently updated pages, plus a category page and an alternatives page. The result was unambiguous: every external link we found carried rel=nofollow. Not one dofollow external link, anywhere we looked. Many Visit buttons don't even point at the tool's site directly: they're nofollow /go/ redirects that pass through The AI Hunter's own affiliate links, tagged with partner IDs. The honest caveat: paid listings aren't labeled, so we can't prove no buyer ever received a dofollow link. But when a directory's only link promise is a dofollow link and the live pages we checked show none, the burden of proof sits with the seller, and the rel attribute is theirs to flip either way.
The listing that links to a competitor
One find from that sample deserves its own paragraph. On the FantasyGF review page, both Visit buttons point to candy.ai's signup with The AI Hunter's affiliate tag. That's a different product. FantasyGF's own domain isn't linked anywhere on its own listing page. We'll state it plainly and let you draw the conclusion: on at least one live listing, the "Visit" traffic goes to a competing tool whose affiliate link earns the directory a commission.
$120 in the table, $140 in the FAQ
The pricing page disagrees with itself. The cards say $120, $220 and $620. The FAQ on the same page answers "How much does sponsored listing cost?" with "$140 is a one-time price for a sponsored listing on Theaihunter." Archived copies explain the mismatch: in early 2025 the page had no pricing table, just a submission form and the flat $140 answer. The table arrived later, the FAQ never got updated, and the submission form the FAQ still references was removed. There's no checkout on any tier; you email through a contact form and settle terms in the thread. None of this is disqualifying by itself. It does tell you how much attention the sales page gets.
"1000+ AIs", 272 listings
The homepage claims "1000+ AIs in over 50+ AI categories." The site's own sitemaps list 272 tool pages in 22 categories. The same homepage advertises a Video Generators category with "62 AIs Listed"; that category's own page titles itself "49 Best AI Video Generators 2025". And the pulse is uneven: the blog holds ten posts, the newest from July 2025; the newsletter's latest issue shipped September 16, 2025; the navigation's Newsletter link points at a subdomain that no longer resolves; and the footer still reads "© 2025 Theaihunter LLP". Fair credit alongside: the review pages themselves are real editorial work (the ElevenLabs review airs user complaints about credit burn rather than cheerleading), and a couple dozen listings were genuinely updated in 2026. Someone maintains the reviews. The business around them looks less tended.
Non-refundable, and no name on the site
The Terms say it outright: paid listings are a "non-refundable fee". There's no refund policy page, no refund-if-rejected exception, no governing law, no address. Stretches of the Terms read like the classifieds template they came from, warning users about "the intended sale, purchase of any goods or services" on a site with nothing to buy, and the privacy policy points to "my account status page" on a site with no user accounts. The footer credits "© 2025 Theaihunter LLP"; we found no registry record for an LLP by that name. No person is named anywhere on the site either, though its own artifacts point somewhere: every newsletter issue is bylined Dhiraj Das, and the site's ElevenLabs redirect carries a personal affiliate ID. A solo operation behind an unnamed storefront isn't a crime. Paying one $120, sight unseen, non-refundable, for a link type we couldn't find on its pages, is a bet.
One listing for $120, or 100 directories for $79
Now the math this guide exists for. $120 at The AI Hunter buys one listing in one directory, with no independent DR to its name and a dofollow promise we couldn't observe. $79 at Submitator submits your product to 100 directories you pick from the catalog in your dashboard, each with its DR on screen (the catalog runs up to DR 93), which works out to about 79 cents per directory. Their one door costs one and a half of our entire 100-directory plans, four of our $29 plans, and their $620 Gold tier costs nearly eight of our top plans. Dofollow links are the stated focus here (DR 40 to 90 directories), badges are installed and kept live where directories require them (that's what unlocks Startup Fame at DR 83, Fazier at DR 81 and Turbo0 at DR 79), the whole batch goes out in 24 to 48 hours with a live link per completed listing, rejections are credited back +1, and the refund is a 30-day money-back with a policy behind it, against their "non-refundable".
| Feature | The AI Hunter | Submitator |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $120, one listing | $79 for 100 directories |
| Links | 'One Do-follow Link'; 18/18 nofollow found | Dofollow focus, DR 40–90 |
| Checkout | None; contact-form sales | Self-serve, one-time |
| Delivery | '24 hours' paid, 15 days free | 24–48h, whole batch |
| Refund | Fees 'non-refundable' per Terms | 30-day money-back |
Submitator does not submit to The AI Hunter; the comparison is what the money buys. The Links cell compresses our July 2026 check: the Basic Plan's bullet promises one dofollow link, while every external link on the 18 live listings, one category page and one alternatives page we sampled carried rel=nofollow, with many Visit buttons routed through nofollow affiliate redirects; paid listings aren't labeled, so a paid dofollow we didn't see can't be ruled out, and the rel attribute is theirs to change. Submitator's $79 plan covers 100 directories you pick (plans from $29 for 30), badges handled, live link per completed listing, rejections credited +1, 30-day money-back refund.
Less than two-thirds of their price. A hundred times the doors.
Pick your 100 in the dashboard with DR on screen, badges handled, batch submitted in 24 to 48 hours, live links as listings complete. $79 one-time, plans from $29.
One dofollow for $120. We couldn't find one.
Every external link on the 18 listings we checked was nofollow, many routed through affiliate redirects, sold under a page that can't agree whether the price is $120 or $140, on non-refundable terms. Paid listings aren't labeled, so a dofollow we didn't see can't be ruled out. The review pages are real. The promise isn't visible.
FAQ
How much does a listing on The AI Hunter cost?
The submit page shows three cards, all one-time: Basic Plan at $120 ('Dedicated Product Review page', 'One Do-follow Link', 'Listing on Category Pages', 'Free Updates'), Silver Plan at $220 (adds 'Top 4 Listing on Alternative Pages' and 'In Top 4 on Category Pages') and Gold Plan at $620 (adds 'Dedicated Sidebar Banner 30 days' and '2 Blog Post Submissions'). The FAQ on the same page disagrees with the cards: 'Q4. How much does sponsored listing cost?' is answered '$140 is a one-time price for a sponsored listing on Theaihunter.' There's no checkout at all; every plan's button says Contact Now and leads to a contact form.
Are The AI Hunter listings dofollow?
That's the $120 question, literally: 'One Do-follow Link' is the Basic Plan's headline bullet and the only link promise on the site. We pulled the raw HTML of 18 live listings in July 2026, including the three most recently updated, plus a category page and an alternatives page. Every external link carried rel=nofollow, and many 'Visit' buttons don't even link the tool directly; they're nofollow /go/ redirects that pass through The AI Hunter's own affiliate links. The caveat: paid listings aren't labeled, so we can't prove no buyer ever got a dofollow link, but we couldn't find a single dofollow external link anywhere we looked, and the rel attribute is theirs either way.
Is The AI Hunter free to submit to?
Yes, with a wait. Its FAQ: 'Yes, if you have a useful AI tool that is helpful for our audience, you may contact us to list it here. However, free listing has a long waiting time before it goes live.' Elsewhere it quotes 'a TAT of 15 days for free listings' and describes the model as freemium ('While we offer free listing of useful AI tools, we appreciate paid listing as it helps to manage our operations'). Note the mechanics: the FAQ says to 'fill the submission form above', but the form was removed sometime after April 2025; as of July 2026 the only path is the contact form.
How fast do The AI Hunter listings go live?
Its own numbers: free listings run on 'a TAT of 15 days' (their wording), and 'If you want us to make it live within 24 hours, you may contact us for a sponsored listing.' There's no self-serve flow to test either claim against; everything routes through the contact form, and the Terms call paid fees non-refundable with no refund-if-rejected exception anywhere.
Is The AI Hunter legit?
The genuine parts: listings are real dedicated review pages with substantive editorial content (the ElevenLabs review even airs user complaints), some pages were updated in 2026, a free path exists and prices are one-time. The flags: the $120 plan's headline dofollow wasn't observable on any of the 18 pages we checked; the same page prices sponsorship at $120 in the table and $140 in the FAQ; the homepage claims '1000+ AIs in over 50+ AI categories' while its own sitemaps list 272 tool pages in 22 categories; the Terms call fees non-refundable, name no governing law and contain marketplace-template leftovers; the nav's Newsletter link points to a dead subdomain and the newsletter itself last published in September 2025; the domain isn't tracked on FrogDR, so there's no independent Domain Rating to quote; and no operator is named on the site (its own newsletter bylines and affiliate ID point to a solo operator, Dhiraj Das).
Does Submitator submit to The AI Hunter?
No, Submitator doesn't submit to The AI Hunter. The comparison is the point: $120 there buys one listing in one directory, with 'One Do-follow Link' as a promise we couldn't observe in the wild. $79 here is the whole top plan: submissions to 100 directories you pick in the dashboard with each directory's DR on screen (the catalog runs up to DR 93), dofollow links as the stated focus, badges installed and kept live where directories require them, the batch out in 24 to 48 hours with a live link per completed listing, rejections credited +1 and a 30-day money-back refund against their non-refundable terms. Their $120 door costs one and a half of our $79 plans; their $620 Gold door costs nearly eight. Plans from $29.
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100 directories you pick with DR on screen, dofollow focus, badges handled, live links as listings complete. $79 one-time, 30-day money-back.