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Volume VIII · Issue 04 · Rate Card Effective Q1 2025 · New York

Membership & Per-Article Pricing

The rate card for publishers who treat content as infrastructure.

Three membership tiers and a transparent per-article rate sheet, drawn from a roster of 612 vetted writers and reviewed by nine in-house editors — for the 2,400+ publishing teams who have shipped with us since 2017.

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Section A · Membership Tiers

Three tiers, ordered from indie publisher to enterprise content arm.

Every membership includes editorial oversight from a nine-person in-house masthead, the 12-point QA checklist, and a Notion + Google Docs workflow for approving outlines, drafts, and revisions in one thread. Average client retention sits at 31 months — well above the 7-month industry median.

Tier I · Solo

Solo Publisher

$490 / month

For the indie operator shipping one to two articles per month — solo newsletters, founder blogs, niche SaaS publications.

  • 4 article credits per month, rolled over 60 days
  • Access to 612 writers, filtered by domain expertise
  • 2 rounds of editorial revision per piece
  • Single-thread Notion + Google Docs approval
  • E-E-A-T reviewer sign-off on every submission
  • 72-hour standard turnaround · same-day on briefs before 11am ET
Start Solo Membership

Tier II · Studio

Studio Team

$1,890 / month

For the content team shipping a weekly cadence — B2B SaaS blogs, mid-size publishers, agency partners managing multiple mastheads.

  • 18 article credits per month, rolled over 90 days
  • Dedicated senior editor from our nine-person masthead
  • 4 rounds of editorial revision per piece
  • Quarterly editorial planning session · 45 minutes
  • Editorial OS workflow with shared briefs and approvals
  • Same-day turnaround on 73% of orders, internal data on 18,400+ shipped pieces
Start Studio Membership

Tier III · Masthead

Masthead Partner

Custom / quarter

For the enterprise content arm — publisher networks, Dow-listed content divisions, multi-brand media groups running continuous editorial pipelines.

  • Unlimited article credits against quarterly retainer
  • Named editorial director and a four-writer dedicated pod
  • Unlimited revision rounds · Clearscope 90+ guarantee
  • Custom E-E-A-T framework and house style guidance
  • Quarterly Editorial Quality Report, methodology-version 6.2 alignment
  • Onboarding to the State of Long-Form Content benchmark, downloaded 38,000+ times in 2024
Talk to the Masthead

Annual billing receives two months waived. All tiers carry a 4.92/5 average client satisfaction score across 1,104 verified reviews from Q3 2024.

Section B · Per-Article Rate Sheet

Per-article rates, scaled by research depth and editorial review.

Published in the tradition of a magazine rate card rather than a SaaS pricing table. Every order passes the 12-point editorial QA checklist — primary-source citation, plagiarism scan, and E-E-A-T reviewer sign-off — and ships with full transfer of copyright. No bulk discounts, no rush premiums under four hours.

Article Class Word Count Editorial Review Turnaround Per-Article Rate
News Brief & Dispatch 600 – 900 Subeditor pass · 2 rounds 24 hours from $320
Thought-Leadership Essay 1,200 – 1,800 Senior editor · 3 rounds 3 business days from $640
Deep-Research Feature 2,200 – 3,200 Senior editor + E-E-A-T reviewer · 4 rounds 6 business days from $1,180
Pillar Guide & Technical Explainer 3,500 – 5,500 Senior editor + subject-matter reviewer · 5 rounds 10 business days from $2,250

Add-on: Product Review with hands-on methodology, $540 per order. Average shipped article scores 92/100 on Clearscope and ranks in the top-decile for its target keyword inside 90 days, drawn from internal cohort data across 18,400 published pieces.

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The numbers behind the rate card.

Four figures from the Q3 2024 Editorial Quality Report — proof a finance approver can audit before approving a subscription.

92/100 Clearscope average across 18,400+ shipped articles

12-point editorial QA, primary-source citation, E-E-A-T sign-off.

73% of orders ship within 24 hours

Briefs submitted before 11am ET return a same-day draft.

31 mo. average client retention

The industry median for content marketplaces is 7 months.

68% rank top-3 for target keyword inside 90 days

Internal cohort data on shipped pieces against Clearscope target scores.

Methodology: client satisfaction measured across 1,104 reviews (4.92 / 5). Ranking cohort limited to briefs shipped with a stated primary keyword.

Editor's Notes

The questions procurement always asks first.

Plain answers to the mechanics of working with a 612-writer roster — what rolls over, what doesn't, and what happens when a draft lands below the 92/100 bar.

  1. Do article credits roll over month to month?

    Yes — unused credits roll forward for the duration of an active annual engagement. Credits on a month-to-month plan expire 60 days after issue. Membership tiers ship with a pool that scales 1.5× against expected monthly volume, so the average publisher carries a small surplus into the next brief window.

  2. Who owns the work, and how are sources handled?

    Full assignment of copyright transfers to the client on final payment. Every shipped article carries inline primary-source citations, a source manifest in the Editorial OS thread, and a signed sourcing affidavit from the named writer — usable as a rights document for syndication.

  3. What if a draft doesn't make the 92/100 Clearscope bar?

    The credit is not debited until the draft clears the 12-point QA checklist, including Clearscope score, plagiarism scan, and E-E-A-T reviewer sign-off. If a draft underperforms after one round of revision, the assignment is reassigned to a second writer at no additional cost — same brief, fresh eyes, same deadline.

  4. Is there a contract length, and can we scale down?

    Memberships run on a 12-month engagement with quarterly check-ins and a 30-day exit clause after the first quarter. Per-article Briefs have no commitment. About one in nine publishing teams steps down a tier after the first six months — a deliberate reduction, not a cancellation.