Sponsorship
The rubric is the product. Anything that compromises the rubric is off the table. Everything else is clearly priced below, labeled as sponsored on delivery, and excluded from ranking math. No lock-in, no auto-renew traps, cancel any time.
Rate card
Prices shown ex-VAT. EU reverse-charge applied where VAT ID is supplied. Checkout is hosted by Stripe (being wired up) — no card data touches SupplierSpy servers.
API Commercial License
Written commercial-use license for the JSON API, plus priority support.
or €4.990/yrsave 17%
- Commercial-use license for /api/leaderboard + /api/supplier/:slug
- Priority email reply within 1 business day (vs. best-effort on the free tier)
- First look at new dimensions and rubric changes before public release
- Citation credit in any SupplierSpy-published datasets you cite
- Listed as a "data licensee" on /trust (optional)
Roadmap
- Metered request tiers (free: 1k/mo, paid: 100k/mo) — target 2026 Q3
- Webhook push on ≥2-position rank movement — target 2026 Q4
- Formal SLA with service credits — target 2026 Q4
Cancel any time. Annual prepay = 2 months free (no other catch). The free API stays free and never gets degraded to push this tier.
Annual Partner
One-line answer to "can we just bundle everything non-ranking?"
Bundle of everything non-ranking.
- API Commercial License included (worth €4,990)
- Up to 2 deep-dive sponsored articles per year (worth €5,000)
- One conference-talk sponsorship per year (worth €3,000)
- Direct email thread with the editor for factual-accuracy questions
- Listed as a "Partner" on /trust with a rel="sponsored nofollow" link
Everything above is clearly labeled as sponsored. Nothing in this tier moves the leaderboard.
Deep-Dive Article
Long-form editorial ABOUT your supplier. Labeled sponsored; excluded from the rubric.
Pay once. No subscription, no auto-renew.
- 1,200–2,000 word editorial by the SupplierSpy editor
- "Sponsored" chip above the fold, every outbound link rel="sponsored nofollow"
- Factual review: we verify every claim against public sources
- You get approval on factual accuracy, not on editorial tone
- Excluded from the rubric — does not move the leaderboard
Delivered in 2–3 weeks. Payment on commission, before writing starts.
Conference Talk Sponsorship
Underwrite a talk, panel, or workshop.
Pay once. No subscription, no auto-renew.
- Travel, venue, or recording costs covered
- "Talk sponsored by X" slate at start + end
- Does not influence talk topic or selection
- Does not move the leaderboard
Event-specific. We coordinate logistics with the conference organiser.
How we price. The API tier is the recurring piece because that is where we carry real infrastructure cost (webhooks, SLA, support). Deep-dives and conference talks are priced per unit of writer/producer effort. Job slots are a flat fee because the distribution cost is constant. The annual bundle exists because a few partners asked for one line item; the discount reflects the real cashflow value of prepayment, not a psychological anchor.
What we don't do. No minimum terms, no cancellation fees, no auto-renew traps, no prorated clawbacks. If you cancel a monthly subscription on day 29 of 30, the next month doesn't bill — that's the whole mechanism. Annual prepay is non-refundable after 14 days (EU distance-contract withdrawal window), documented up front, no surprises.
What we will never accept
Paid ranking manipulation — moving a supplier up or down the leaderboard for money.
Paid removal — accepting a fee to take a supplier off the list.
Score-movement fees — accepting money to raise or lower a specific dimension score.
Affiliate commissions tied to rank position — "$X per signup if you're in the top 3" kind of deals.
Exclusive featured-supplier slots inside the ranking — "Ranked #1, brought to you by…".
Hidden disclosure — sponsored content that is not labeled as sponsored above the fold.
Reciprocal review trades — we do not trade coverage for coverage.
Minimum terms or auto-renew traps — no "locked in for N months", no silent renewals. Monthly means monthly.
Labeling policy
Any sponsored content carries four protections, all simultaneously, no exceptions:
- Sponsored chip positioned near the URL bar (first visible element in the URL-bar-adjacent area — so it is visible before any content loads below the fold).
- Every outbound link in sponsored content uses
rel="sponsored nofollow". This is the FTC-aligned convention and it also keeps the link out of ranking signals for search engines. - A disclosure callout lives above the fold, named the sponsor, and named the cash relationship in plain English — no "in partnership with" euphemisms.
- The content is excluded from the rubric. Sponsored coverage cannot move a leaderboard position, cannot feed a dimension score, and cannot influence spike detection.
FTC §255 alignment
The labeling policy is designed to exceed the US Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 C.F.R. §255). In plain English: anyone reading a sponsored SupplierSpy page should be able to tell, in the first second, that money changed hands — from the chip, the callout, or both. If a reader has to scroll to find the disclosure, we did it wrong and we want to hear about it at /corrections.
Current status
Zero sponsored relationships. SupplierSpy has not accepted money from any supplier, platform, or adjacent vendor at any point in its operating history. The leaderboard today is 100% editorially determined from public signals. If that ever changes, this page flips first and every affected page gets the chip above the fold.
Questions before you subscribe?
Write hello@supplierspy.com with "sponsorship" in the subject. We reply within one business day. Please read the "will never" list above first — if you are asking for anything in that column, the answer is already no and a polite one-line reply is all you will get.