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We take inquiries about advertising and sponsored articles (introductory articles written on request) from makers, shops and services in golf equipment.
What we accept
- Sponsored articles: an article that introduces your product or service the way this site writes, by reading the official spec numbers side by side
- Ad placements: a placement for a fixed period on articles that match the topic
Our terms
- The article opens with "PR" and names the company that asked for it (under Japan's stealth-marketing rules in the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations)
- We write only official published numbers and third-party measurements with a source. We don't write impressions from shots we haven't hit, or made-up reviews
- We write the weak points, and who shouldn't bother buying it
- Ranking positions and the Gear Nerd's Pick never change for payment (How we rank)
- If we find an error in a number after publishing, we fix it and note it in the update history
What we decline
- Requests for claims we can't back up, such as "guaranteed distance," "No.1" or "lowest price"
- Requests to remove the PR label or make it less visible
- Requests to put other products or companies down
- Requests to set a ranking or a rating
How it works
- Send your company name, contact name, the product or service name and what you have in mind through the contact form
- We reply with whether we can take it and a quote. We also share recent figures such as reader numbers at this point
- You send official materials and we write the article. To check facts, you can see the draft before it goes live (we don't take requests to rewrite the rating)