Partner With BitsFromBytes

Last updated: May 24, 2026

BitsFromBytes is an independent technology publication relaunched in April 2026 after a multi-year dormancy. Our editorial focus covers fifteen consumer and prosumer technology categories — cybersecurity, web hosting, artificial intelligence, software tools, smart home, computing, gadgets, gaming, green tech, 3D printing, maker culture, streaming, tech how-to, tech news, and daily puzzles — for an English-speaking audience concentrated in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

This page documents how brands, agencies, and publishers can work with us commercially: what we accept, what we don’t, what it costs, and how to reach the right person.

Who we work with

We work with companies and agencies that have a genuine product or service in the technology space and want to reach an informed reader. We do not work with content farms, link-resale operations, gambling and adult-content advertisers, or brands whose primary positioning conflicts with our editorial standards (predatory financial products, anti-scientific health claims, products built primarily on deceptive marketing).

We have existing editorial relationships with brands across every category we cover. We do not have exclusivity arrangements with any brand. Every commercial inquiry is evaluated on the merits of the proposal, not on the existing roster.

Audience and reach

BitsFromBytes was founded in 2013 and reached a peak monthly audience of approximately 29,500 visits before going dormant in 2020. We relaunched in April 2026 under new editorial leadership and are rebuilding the audience with a publishing cadence of five evergreen articles per day plus one daily puzzle bonus article.

Current state of the publication, as of May 2026:

  • Domain authority: 48 (Moz scale, verified May 2026)
  • Editorial team: 15 named expert authors plus the BitsFromBytes Research function
  • Publishing cadence: 5 evergreen + 1 puzzle bonus article per day
  • Audience geography: 70% North America, 20% UK and Australia, 10% global English-speaking readers
  • Inbound link profile: Includes editorial links from NYT, Forbes, WIRED, The Guardian, MIT, IEEE, and Wikipedia carried over from the site’s 2013–2020 era
  • Indexed pages: 142 (and growing daily)
  • Categories covered: 15 verified WordPress categories, each owned by a single named author

Audience reach metrics are in active rebuild following the April 2026 relaunch. We will share current Google Analytics 4 figures under NDA for serious commercial inquiries, and we update this page quarterly as the audience grows.

What we offer

We accept guest contributions from companies that have substantive editorial value to add to one of our categories. A guest contribution is a piece of writing that meets our editorial standards and addresses a topic our readers care about, contributed by an external author who is named and credentialed in the byline.

We do not accept “guest posts” that are thinly disguised brand promotions, listicles built around the contributor’s own product, or content that exists primarily to host an outbound link. We also don’t accept anonymous or pseudonymous guest content — every guest contribution is bylined by a real person whose credentials we can verify.

A guest contribution carries one in-content link to the contributor’s site, plus standard author byline and bio. The article is labeled as a contribution from a guest expert. We retain editorial control: our editor reviews the draft, requests revisions where needed, and reserves the right to decline publication if the piece falls short of our standards.

Rate: Starting at $400 per published guest contribution. Rates rise for contributions in our highest-CPC categories (cybersecurity enterprise, web hosting business, accounting software, B2B SaaS) and for placements in articles or category hubs with established traffic.

Editorial product inclusion

We periodically receive requests from companies whose products we have not yet evaluated for inclusion in a relevant Best-Of roundup. Inclusion is editorial — we test the product against the criteria laid out in our How We Test page and decide whether to add it. Inclusion is not guaranteed; we won’t compromise the integrity of a roundup by adding a product that doesn’t earn its place.

For brands willing to submit a product for evaluation, we offer a fast-track review process that prioritizes the evaluation against our standard backlog. The fast-track fee covers our reviewer’s time, the test environment costs, and the editorial review process. The fast-track does not guarantee inclusion or favorable coverage. If we test the product and decide it doesn’t fit the roundup, we tell you that and we explain why.

Rate: Starting at $500 per fast-track product evaluation. Higher for enterprise products requiring license access (SIEM, EDR, enterprise password management, business hosting), and for evaluations that require longer test windows (smart home gear with 21-day windows, 3D printers with full calibration cycles).

For brands whose product is already a fit for one of our published articles but isn’t currently linked, we accept paid link insertions where the link is genuinely relevant to the article’s topic and to the reader’s intent at the section of the article where the link appears. We do not insert links that are off-topic, that compete with the existing recommendations without justification, or that would mislead a reader about the relationship between the linked product and the article’s verdict.

Inserted links are reviewed by the editor responsible for the category before they go live.

Rate: Starting at $150 per link insertion, scaling with the article’s traffic and the category’s commercial value.

Display advertising

We will offer display banner advertising on selected high-traffic article categories beginning Q4 2026, after the audience rebuild has reached scale that justifies inventory. Brands interested in banner placement for the Q4 2026 launch and beyond can register interest at the contact address below and we will respond with the rate card when inventory becomes available.

Newsletter sponsorship

The BitsFromBytes weekly newsletter is in development for launch later in 2026. Sponsored placements within the newsletter will be available at launch. Register interest below to be on the launch list.

What we don’t sell

We don’t sell editorial verdicts. If we test a product and we don’t recommend it, no payment changes that outcome. We may agree to retest a product after a major version update — we periodically do this anyway when a product’s positioning has shifted meaningfully — but we don’t restructure a recommendation around a brand’s preferred narrative.

We don’t sell positions in our Best-Of articles. A “Best VPN 2026” article ranks the products based on our testing methodology and our editor’s judgment. A sponsored placement is not a path to a higher position in that ranking.

We don’t sell editorial silence. We don’t withhold unfavorable coverage in exchange for advertising spend, and we don’t pull existing articles in response to commercial pressure.

We don’t sell SEO link schemes. We don’t participate in private blog networks, link exchanges, or anchor-text laundering. Our outbound links from sponsored content carry the appropriate sponsored rel attribute. Affiliate links carry the appropriate nofollow and sponsored attributes per Google’s guidance.

How sponsored content is labeled

Every piece of sponsored content on BitsFromBytes is labeled in three places:

  • A visible label at the top of the article identifying the sponsoring brand and the nature of the relationship
  • Schema markup that surfaces the sponsorship to search engines (creativeWorkStatus and disclosure properties)
  • A consistent footer note on the article restating the disclosure

When a sponsored article includes outbound links to the sponsor’s properties, the links carry rel="sponsored". When an editorial article includes affiliate links to a product (whether sponsored or not), the affiliate relationship is disclosed at the top of the article and the link carries rel="sponsored nofollow".

We use this labeling because it’s the right thing to do, because Google’s guidelines require it, and because readers deserve to know the commercial context of what they’re reading. Hidden sponsorship is a category of content fraud, and we don’t engage in it.

Editorial standards every sponsored piece must meet

A sponsored piece is held to the same editorial bar as any other article on the site. That means:

  • The contributing author is named, with verifiable credentials
  • Every factual claim is sourced
  • The writing is original to BitsFromBytes — not republished from elsewhere, not auto-generated, not spun from another article
  • The piece adds something a reader couldn’t get from the brand’s own site or marketing materials
  • The piece adheres to our published Editorial Policy
  • The piece links responsibly to primary sources where claims would otherwise be unsupported

When a draft falls short of these standards, our editor returns it with specific revisions requested. We do not publish drafts that fail review, and the inability to reach an acceptable draft is not grounds for a refund of work already done.

How to reach us

For commercial inquiries — sponsored contributions, product evaluations, link insertions, banner registration, newsletter sponsorship registration — email partnerships contact@bitsfrombytes.com. Include in your initial message:

  • Your name, role, and the company you represent
  • The product or campaign you’d like to discuss
  • The category on BitsFromBytes you believe is the best fit
  • Your timeline and budget range
  • Any specific articles or placements you have in mind

We respond to commercial inquiries within three business days. Initial conversations are typically by email; we schedule a call when the proposal warrants it.

For editorial questions — pitches, story leads, expert interviews — use editorial [at] bitsfrombytes.com instead, not the partnerships address. The two addresses go to different people and mixing them slows things down on both sides.

For corrections, see Corrections.