Editorial Standards
Sponsored Content Guidelines
MadeOnSol publishes sponsored partner content under /sponsored/, clearly labeled and visually distinct from our editorial blog. We retain final editorial control on every piece — no exceptions.
What we publish
- Educational content useful for non-customers (tutorials, technical guides, original research)
- Case studies with verifiable data
- Honest comparisons backed by sources
- Technical deep-dives where the sponsor is the natural expert
Auto-reject (no rewrite, 75% refund)
- Pure marketing copy or sales pitches
- AI-generated content without substantial human edits
- Plagiarism or content republished from elsewhere
- Unsubstantiated superlatives ("best", "only", "fastest")
- Off-topic content (we are Solana-specific)
- Below minimum word count for the tier
- Promotes scams, hacks, mixers, or wash-trading
- Affiliate-style links in the body (sponsor CTAs only in the footer card)
- Sponsor mentioned more than 7 times in the body
Word count requirements
| Tier | Price | Min words | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | $99 | 800 | 1,000–1,200 |
| Standard (+30d Featured) | $250 | 1,200 | 1,500–1,800 |
| Premium (+90d Featured + Newsletter) | $500 | 1,800 | 2,000–2,500 |
Under 800 words is auto-rejected without rewrite — that's a press release, not an article.
Link policy
All links to the sponsor's own domain carry rel="sponsored"per Google's paid-content guidelines. We do not sell dofollow links — protecting our domain's SEO health is a hard line.
- Maximum 3 sponsor-domain links per post (1 intro · 1 body · 1 footer card)
- Links to legitimate references (Solana docs, GitHub, data sources) are normal dofollow if genuinely cited
- Affiliate / CTA traffic routes through our
/go/[slug]tracker (noindex,nofollow + click analytics) - No direct affiliate links in the body — all conversion CTAs sit in the footer sponsor card
Disclosure & visibility
- Persistent "Sponsored Article" banner at the top of every piece
- Sponsor card at the end of the body with logo + tagline + Visit CTA
- JSON-LD schema.org markup with explicit
sponsor+disclosurefields - Excluded from our editorial blog feed, newsletter, and RSS
- Listed in a separate section of our sitemap
Rewrites & refunds
- One free rewrite cycle if your first draft doesn't meet our standards. We send concrete feedback within 5 business days.
- Second rejection or unresponsive partner: 75% refund (25% editor fee covers time invested)
- Auto-reject criteria above: 75% refund, no rewrite offered
- Once published, all sales final — articles stay online permanently
How to start
Browse the tiers on /advertise, check that your topic fits Solana-relevance, and send us a pitch via our contact formwith: working title, 2-3 paragraph outline, data/source you'll cite, and your tier preference. Pitch turnaround: 2-3 business days. Once approved, you pay and submit the draft.