Partnerships
Fewer, better commercial moments.
We sell a small amount of premium, directly-sold inventory that answers something a collector is already trying to do. Every placement below carries a defined format, a disclosure rule, a frequency cap and a measurement plan before it can be booked.
Five ways to work with us
Sponsor media
Book inventory across the podcast, the newsroom and the app — every placement with a defined format, disclosure rule, frequency cap and measurement plan.
Enquire →Underwrite research
Fund a study or the Hobby Pulse panel. Underwriters are named; they do not review wording, results or the decision to publish.
Enquire →Join the industry council
A standing seat for operators, manufacturers and marketplaces shaping what we measure and publish about the collecting economy.
Enquire →Commission custom work
Commissioned research, category briefings and bespoke content produced to the same method and disclosure standard as our published work.
Enquire →Activate at Collector Station
Retail display, sampling, live events and content capture at the Collector Station flagship in Downtown Easley, SC.
Enquire →What you are buying under
- Payment never changes editorial coverage, ranking or conclusions.
- Research underwriters are named. They do not review wording, results, or the decision to publish.
- Sponsor creative is never blended with card values, research findings or editorial headlines.
- No advertisement is placed between a purchase confirmation and its fulfilment information.
- Every placement is frequency-capped and can be dismissed by the reader.
- One campaign ID reports across web, app, newsletter and shows, deduplicated.
Available now
In-feed native card
Home · browse · search · article pages
- Format
- Native card — headline, subline, image and a call to action, in the content grid.
- Disclosure
- Rendered with a visible “Sponsored” label; outbound links carry rel="sponsored". Never blended with card values, research findings or editorial headlines.
- Frequency cap
- Per-user-per-day and per-session caps set on the placement and enforced at serve time.
- Measurement
- Impressions, viewable impressions and clicks, recorded per serve against one campaign ID shared across web, app and newsletter.
Top banner
Home
- Format
- Billboard strip directly below the hero. Height reserved before the call resolves, so it never shifts the page.
- Disclosure
- Rendered with a visible “Sponsored” label; outbound links carry rel="sponsored". Never blended with card values, research findings or editorial headlines.
- Frequency cap
- Per-user-per-day and per-session caps set on the placement and enforced at serve time.
- Measurement
- Impressions, viewable impressions and clicks, recorded per serve against one campaign ID shared across web, app and newsletter.
Mid-page banner
Home
- Format
- Mid-page banner served after scroll, in its own frequency-cap bucket separate from the top banner.
- Disclosure
- Rendered with a visible “Sponsored” label; outbound links carry rel="sponsored". Never blended with card values, research findings or editorial headlines.
- Frequency cap
- Per-user-per-day and per-session caps set on the placement and enforced at serve time.
- Measurement
- Impressions, viewable impressions and clicks, recorded per serve against one campaign ID shared across web, app and newsletter.
In development
Supported by the ad platform and not yet renderable, so we will not book it as live inventory. Tell us if you want it and we will tell you honestly when it lands.
Podcast host integration & audio insertion
Collector Nation Podcast
Host-read integration or inserted audio on the flagship show, with an optional companion card beside the player.
Player companion card
Podcast pages
Companion unit beside the player. Never interrupts playback.
Video pre-roll / mid-roll
Video and podcast pages
Pre-roll or mid-roll video against original programming.
Request a briefing
Tell us which of the five you are here for and the enquiry reaches the right desk.