Marketing tools
PressDrop
Turn your product URL into a press release and distribute it through a newswire subscribed to by 500+ news sites.
- Category
- Marketing tools
- Stage
- Growth
- For
- Solo founders, indie hackers, bootstrapped startups, and early-stage founders without a PR team.
About
Automated press release distribution for indie founders. Turn your product URL into a professional press release and distribute it to 500+ news sites.
Features
- Problem
- Founders may not know how to turn a product page into a press release.
- How it works
- Reads a supplied product or company URL and creates a draft using site information, including its logo and images.
- Result
- A free, editable draft; five drafts are free.
- Why
- Starts with information the founder already has rather than requiring them to write a release from scratch.
- Problem
- A generated announcement may need corrections before publication.
- How it works
- Lets users edit the release, change the logo and article image, and keep the release within 500 words.
- Result
- A release the founder can approve before paying.
- Why
- Founder review gives users control over the story that will be distributed.
- Problem
- Solo founders may not have access to broad distribution.
- How it works
- After payment, sends the release through a newswire subscribed to by 500+ news sites; an editor reviews the draft and distribution usually occurs within 24 hours.
- Result
- A syndicated release, with publication pickup varying by outlet.
- Why
- Provides distribution without pitching journalists or hiring a PR agency.
- Problem
- Customers need to verify where an announcement appeared.
- How it works
- Provides a live report listing sites that carried the release, with domain ratings and potential audience figures.
- Result
- A shareable record of placements and reported metrics.
- Why
- Makes the reported distribution inspectable rather than asking users to rely on a reach claim alone.
- Problem
- Some founders want a lower-cost way to be mentioned without commissioning a full release.
- How it works
- Offers Shared Drop, which includes a brand mention and link in a release shared with two other founders.
- Result
- A shared syndicated mention; the site lists Shared Drop from $39.
- Why
- Allows participation when a founder does not need or have news for an individual announcement.
- Problem
- A founder may want to show visitors that their coverage is verifiable.
- How it works
- Provides an “Appeared on” trust badge that links to the public distribution report and can be embedded on a site.
- Result
- A reusable coverage signal linked to the report.
- Why
- Lets visitors inspect the record instead of relying on an unsupported badge.
Product questions
What does PressDrop do?
PressDrop turns a product or company URL into an editable press release and distributes it through a newswire subscribed to by 500+ news sites. It is a self-serve alternative for founders without a PR team, with one-time paid distribution and public reports showing where a release ran.
Who is PressDrop for?
Solo founders, indie hackers, bootstrapped startups, and early-stage founders without a PR team.
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