Media Verticals pricing is a one-time $3,999 setup fee plus $1,999 per month, billed annually as $27,987 in year one. There is no revenue share, no cap on what you earn, and no commission on advertising, sponsorship, events, memberships, or job board revenue. The fee includes the publishing platform, AI editorial engine, community features, newsletter system, commercial infrastructure, analytics, hosting, and ongoing platform development. The equivalent self-built operation costs an estimated $191,000 to $374,000 per year. Partners typically reach self-sustaining economics within six to twelve months.
Pricing
$1,999/month.
No revenue share. Everything you earn is yours.
A complete industry media operation - AI editorial, modern publishing platform, community features, and commercial infrastructure - for less than the cost of a single hire.
What $1,999/month replaces
Building this yourself costs $191,000-374,000 per year.
MediaVerticals costs $27,987.
2 Industry Journalists
$70,000-120,000/year
AI editorial engine publishing daily with your industry voice and perspective
Web Developer
$30,000-60,000/year
Modern publishing platform, maintained and updated continuously
WordPress Hosting & Security
$6,000-12,000/year
Cloudflare edge-deployed infrastructure - faster, more secure, zero maintenance
Community Platform
$6,000-12,000/year
Integrated forums, directories, and professional networking built into the publication
Newsletter Platform
$3,000-6,000/year
Full email and newsletter infrastructure included
SEO Consultant
$24,000-60,000/year
SEO-optimised architecture, structured data, and LLM-readiness on every page
Content Strategist
$40,000-80,000/year
AI content pipeline with editorial calendar and automated publishing
Ongoing Design
$12,000-24,000/year
Publication design system, templates, and branded assets included
DIY total: $191,000-374,000/year
MediaVerticals: $27,987/year
Compared to advertising
Advertising rents attention.
MediaVerticals builds an asset you own.
Most industry professionals spend far more than $1,999 per month trying to reach the same audience your publication will own. The difference is that when you stop advertising, you have nothing. When you invest in your publication, everything compounds.
LinkedIn Advertising
$1,999 buys roughly 200-400 clicks from B2B professionals. They see your ad once, maybe twice. Next month, you start from zero.
$1,999/month with MediaVerticals builds a publication those same professionals read every day. You own the audience, not LinkedIn.
Newsletter Sponsorship
$1,999 buys a single primary sponsorship slot in someone else's newsletter for one week. One message. One audience you don't own.
$1,999/month builds your own newsletter with your own subscribers. You sell the sponsorship slots - and keep the revenue.
Conference Booth
$1,999 covers roughly a third of a basic trade show booth. Two days of visibility, a stack of business cards, then it's over.
$1,999/month makes you the media partner every event in your industry wants - because you control the coverage.
Sponsored Article
$1,999 buys a single sponsored article placement on an established trade publication. One article, on someone else's site, under their brand.
$1,999/month publishes an entire month of content on your own platform, building your authority and your search rankings.
After 12 months of advertising, you have nothing. After 12 months with MediaVerticals, you have thousands of articles indexed, thousands of subscribers, an active community, and a brand the industry recognises.
What's included
Everything you need to run an industry publication.
Nothing you need to build yourself.
AI Editorial Engine
Daily content generation with a distinctive voice configured to your vertical. News, analysis, opinion, and features - published consistently at a volume no small editorial team can sustain.
Publishing Platform
Server-side rendered, edge-deployed on Cloudflare. Structured for search engines and AI assistants. Includes llms.txt so AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can read and cite your content.
Community Features
Discussion forums, professional networking, industry directories, and peer groups. Integrated into the content experience - not bolted on as an afterthought.
Newsletter & Email
Subscriber management, automated digests, sponsorship slot management, and engagement tracking. Send daily, weekly, or on your own schedule.
Commercial Stack
Display advertising operations, sponsored content workflows, event and awards modules, premium membership tiers, job board, and industry report publishing.
Ongoing Development
The platform evolves continuously. AI improvements, search algorithm updates, new community features, security patches - all handled. You focus on your industry.
What you can earn
Revenue you keep. All of it.
No revenue share means your economics are simple. Here's what a typical vertical publication generates as it grows - and every dollar stays with you.
$2,300-5,000/month
10,000 monthly visitors - 5,000 newsletter subscribers
Publication approaching break-even on platform costs
$12,500-30,500/month
25,000 monthly visitors - 12,000 newsletter subscribers
5-14x return on platform investment
$30,000-50,000+/month
40,000+ monthly visitors - 20,000+ newsletter subscribers
Platform cost is a rounding error in your P&L
For context: niche B2B newsletter sponsorships regularly command $50-150 CPM. A 20,000-subscriber newsletter sending weekly with a primary sponsor at $100 CPM generates $8,000 per month from that single revenue stream alone - four times your entire platform cost.
The value nobody invoices
Some of the most valuable returns don't show up on a P&L.
Commercial Intelligence
When you're the publication, companies bring you news before it's public. You see deals forming, hires happening, and strategies shifting before anyone else. That information advantage - applied to your own business decisions - can be worth multiples of the platform cost.
Relationship Access
CEOs want to be interviewed. Vendors want to advertise. Event organisers want you as a media partner. Investors want your perspective. You stop chasing meetings. People come to you.
Recruiting Advantage
The best people in any industry read its trade publication. When you're hiring, your brand is already known to every qualified candidate in the market.
Deal Flow
If you're an investor, advisor, or operator in your vertical, being the publication means you see opportunities first. Startups pitch you for coverage. Companies in distress reach out. You become the connector.
$3,999 to launch. $1,999/month to operate.
Zero revenue share. 100% yours.
90%
cost reduction vs building it yourself
$0
revenue share - you keep everything
Weeks
from signup to publishing
Common Questions
Everything you need to know before you start.
Platform configuration for your vertical, AI editorial engine tuning (setting the tone, voice, editorial perspective, and topic focus for your industry), visual branding and design customisation, initial content seeding, and launch support. The setup fee is a one-time cost.
Everything. AI content generation, publishing platform hosting and infrastructure, community features, newsletter and email system, commercial tools (advertising, events, memberships, job board), SEO and LLM optimisation, ongoing platform development, security, and technical support. There are no add-on fees or usage charges.
None. Your advertising revenue, sponsorship income, event ticket sales, membership fees, job board listings, report sales - all of it is yours. We charge a flat monthly fee because we believe aligned simplicity builds better partnerships than complicated revenue splits.
Most verticals go from signup to live publication within 2-4 weeks. The AI editorial engine begins producing content as soon as we've configured it for your vertical, and the platform is ready for traffic from day one.
No. You need industry expertise, not coding ability. The platform is fully managed. You focus on editorial direction - telling the AI what matters in your industry, reviewing content, contributing opinion pieces, and building community relationships. We handle everything technical.
That depends on how involved you want to be. At minimum, plan for 5-10 hours per week for editorial oversight, community engagement, and commercial outreach (selling sponsorships, building advertiser relationships). Many partners treat this as a side project alongside their main business in the early stages, then dedicate more time as revenue grows.
Good - that validates the market. Most incumbent trade publications are built on ageing technology, publish infrequently, have no community features, and are not optimised for modern search or AI discovery. If there's already a publication in your vertical, the question is whether it's good enough to be unassailable. In most cases, it isn't.
Yes. DatingIndustryInsights.com is our flagship vertical, built on the same platform and AI editorial engine available to partners. It competes directly against a 12-year incumbent and publishes daily with a distinctive editorial voice.
You can cancel with 30 days' notice. You retain full ownership of your content, subscriber lists, and community data. We don't hold your audience hostage. We'd rather earn your continued partnership than trap you in a contract.
Absolutely. Your publication runs on your domain with your brand identity. MediaVerticals is the technology behind the scenes - your audience sees your brand, not ours.
The setup fee can vary depending on the complexity of the vertical and any bespoke requirements. We're happy to discuss what makes sense for your specific situation.