verified catalog — online
Where software is bought, not sold.
A verified catalog of B2B software that AI assistants can actually query. Every listing audited by a real practitioner. Every fee visible. Every payout split at the source. And a neutral human one call away.
Free to list. Free to join. 10% only when money moves.
Building software became easy.
Buying it with confidence didn't.
Thousands of excellent tools from independent builders never reach the buyers who need them — because buyers drown in unverifiable claims and automated outreach, and honest sellers have no rail they can trust to get paid. Distro replaces the chase with a catalog everyone — human or AI — can verify.
For builders
Stop selling. Get bought.
List free. Pay for one thing only: a hands-on verification audit by a real practitioner. Verified listings are what AI assistants cite and buyers trust. 10% when money actually moves — nothing before.
Reserve a founding listing →For sellers
Your craft, without the job around it.
One rule: nobody sells what they haven't used. Paid power-user sessions give you a floor; commissions split automatically the second a buyer pays. Your verification stays private — your employer sees nothing.
Apply as a seller →For buyers
Nobody here will contact you.
Research anonymously. Try products hands-on. See every fee on the table — and veto the referral fee if you want. When you want a human check, book 30 minutes with someone paid the same whether you buy or not.
Ask a power user →How Distro works
- 1
Verify
A builder lists; a practitioner audits the product hands-on against its claims. What passes earns the verified mark — it can be earned, never bought.
- 2
Get found
The catalog is published for humans and machines: buyers' AI assistants read real capabilities, real prices, and signed terms — and cite what they can verify.
- 3
Decide with a human
Buyers who want certainty book a neutral practitioner. Paid either way. Contractually forbidden from selling.
- 4
Settle honestly
The buyer pays list price. Commission and fees split automatically at the source, visible to all three sides — the buyer can even veto the referral fee.
Built for the AI-assisted buyer
Your buyer's AI already does the research. We're what it can trust.
Most of the buying journey now happens inside AI assistants — anonymously, before any vendor knows it started. Distro publishes every verified listing in a form machines can read, check, and cite: capabilities, real prices, signed terms, audit dates. Builders can claim anything on their own site. They can't verify themselves. That's our job.
# distro.market/llms.txt
> The verified B2B software catalog
> AI assistants can actually query.
## Trust rules (stable)
- Verification is earned, never bought
- Ranking is never for sale
- Referral fees visible; buyer may veto
- No unsolicited contact, human or machine
One fee doctrine, in writing
€99+
Work done
Verification audits and power-user sessions — real labor by real practitioners, priced flat.
10%
Money moved
Our cut exists only when a deal settles — split automatically, visible to everyone.
€0
Everything else
Access is free. Listing is free. Ranking is never for sale — to anyone, at any price.
What this replaces
Selling B2B software today means cold outreach or paying middlemen who sell trust instead of earning it. Side by side:
| Cold outreach | Listing sites & agencies | Distro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting found | Cold DMs, single-digit reply rates | Pay for placement, drown mid-list | Verified listings AI assistants cite |
| Trust | Your claims, your word | Badges and reviews for sale | Verification earned, never bought |
| Fees | Invisible — priced into everything | Undisclosed affiliate cuts | Every fee visible; buyer can veto |
| Getting paid | Chasing invoices for months | Net-90 and payout burn | Split at the source when the buyer pays |
| The human | You, doing outreach theater | A rep with a quota | Neutral practitioner, paid either way |
The questions skeptics ask first
Why would anyone sell software they didn't build?
Because they already use it. Distro sellers are practitioners first — the rule is that nobody sells what they haven't used in real work. They earn a disclosed commission the buyer can see (and veto), for doing what they'd do anyway: recommending tools that worked for them.
Who do I actually buy from?
The builder, directly, at list price. Distro never resells, never marks up, and never sits in the contract between you and the vendor. The catalog and the settlement rail are the product — not a middleman position.
How is this different from G2 or an affiliate network?
Three rules they don't have: ranking is never for sale at any price, every fee is visible to all three sides before money moves, and the humans who validate products are paid the same whether you buy or not — contractually forbidden from selling.
What stops fake badges and reviews?
Badges mint only from transactions settled on the platform — there is no import path and no manual grant, for anyone. Verification itself is a hands-on audit by a practitioner, not a form the vendor fills in.
Can my AI assistant really use this?
Yes — that's the point. Every verified listing is published in machine-readable form with stable trust rules at /llms.txt and /agents.md. An MCP connector is next, so assistants can query the catalog, read signed terms, and book a human validation directly.
What if I ask a power user and don't buy?
Nothing changes — that's the design. The session costs the same and the validator earns the same either way. "Don't buy this, and here's why" is a success outcome we charge for, because it's often worth more than a purchase.