Sponsored guide
A guide to your service, in six languages
Send a link or a file about your service, and we write the guide. We check every number against its source. It runs for 12 months in six languages, with an Advertisement label.
We write it
You send a link or a file. We do the research, the writing and the fact check.
Six languages
English, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. Readers find it in the language they read best.
Pay after approval
We reply within one business day. You pay by bank transfer only once we say yes.
Request a guide
About a minute. Send a link or a file, and we ask for the details after we approve.
Package and publish date
Prices before VAT. Banner ads in the same order get 30% off their store price.
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Research, writing, fact checks and translation take about 4 weeks. One sponsored guide goes live each week.
Your service
Your business
After we approve, we fill in the guide details from your link and files. You check them and add sources.
What's included
One price for the guide. Banner ads are optional and 30% off with it.
Sponsored guide₩1,200,000per guide, before VAT
- Research from your links and files, then a guide written by us, in plain language
- Every fact checked against a source you can see
- English, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese
- Live for 12 months, with an Advertisement label in every language
- One fact-check round on the draft before it goes live
- One fact update during the year for a change on your side
- A monthly report: guide views by language and link clicks
Extras
| Another fact update | ₩200,000 |
| 12 more months, one update included | ₩600,000 |
Banner ads with your guide
Add any banner ads from the banner builder to the same order and each one is 30% off its store price, after the bundle and 12-week discounts. With the guide, a top banner for 4 weeks on 3 topics comes to ₩1,424,000 in total; on all 10 topics, ₩1,760,000.
From request to live
- 01
Send a request
A link or a file, a publish Monday and your business. About a minute.
- 02
We review
Within one business day. We check the business, the links and whether the service fits.
- 03
Pay and check details
Pay by bank transfer. We fill in the guide details from what you sent; you check them and add sources.
- 04
We write
Research, writing and our own fact check.
- 05
Your fact check
One round on the draft: send every flag at once, each with a source.
- 06
Translation
All six editions, each checked.
- 07
Live
On your publish Monday at 03:00 KST, for 12 months.
- 08
Monthly report
Guide views by language and link clicks, by email.
How a sponsored guide reads
- An Advertisement label above the title in every language, and "Paid for by" with your name.
- We write it. You check the facts; the title, structure and tone stay ours.
- We print only what a source shows. No earnings promises, no unsourced "No.1" or "best".
- No other ads on the page while it runs.
- Your links carry rel="sponsored", as search engines ask for paid links.
- No clinics or hospitals. Financial products need their ad review number (심의필).
Questions
›What do you need from me to start?
A link or a file about your service, a publish Monday and your business details. We ask for everything else after we approve, and we fill most of it in for you from what you sent.
›Who writes the guide?
We do. You check the facts in one round before it goes live. The title, structure and tone stay ours, as on every Seoulstart guide.
›How long does it take?
The first publish Monday is about 4 weeks after your request: review, payment, research, writing, your fact check and translation into six languages.
›Can I add banner ads?
Yes. Pick "Guide + banner ads" and choose any banner ads in the banner builder. Each one is 30% off with the guide. They can point to your guide or to your own site.
›What if I cancel?
Full refund before we start writing. After we start and before we send you the English draft, we refund half the guide price (₩600,000). Once the draft is sent, the guide is not refunded. A banner ad is refunded in full until it starts running.
›Is the guide marked as an ad?
Yes. Every edition shows an Advertisement label above the title and "Paid for by" with your name, and the page title starts with the same label.
Something else in mind?
Korea-only campaigns, a homepage feature or a custom package: email hello@seoulstart.com and we will reply within one business day.