About us
Who runs 3rd Unicorn Marketplace
A marketplace for sponsored placements on publications we own or manage ourselves, run by a UK company you can look up.
The company
3rd Unicorn Marketplace is run by 3RD UNICORN LTD, the SEO agency behind 3rdunicorn.com. The company is incorporated in England & Wales, company number 17490143 (see the Companies House record), with its registered office at 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX.
What we sell
Sponsored placements: sponsored articles and sponsored mentions on publications 3rd Unicorn owns (our network of 50 titles) or manages directly. Every article is written for the title it appears on and used once. Every title in the catalogue shows an S–D grade with the reasons behind it, and the source and date of each metric; how we grade explains the method.
We sell to businesses only. We don't sell rankings, traffic or undisclosed links.
How we make money
From the placements themselves (on network titles we are the publisher, so the listed price is ours) and from the fees when you add funds: 8% platform fee, plus a payment-method fee: card fee 5.5%, crypto processing fee 1% (USDT/USDC), no fee for bank transfer. On managed sites, a sensitive niche also adds the site's own niche rate and a 15% platform surcharge for compliance review and the UK licence check, shown as its own line. That's all: no checkout fee, no subscription and no withdrawal fee. See pricing.
Editorial independence
Every paid placement is disclosed as sponsored, and links to the sponsor carry rel="sponsored". Sponsors see the draft of their own post and can correct facts about their product; the desk keeps the rating, criticisms and conclusion of any review. Our titles' editorial coverage can't be bought, and buying a placement doesn't influence it. The rules, including what we never accept, are in our editorial policy.
The guarantee
Published placements stay live for at least 12 months, or you receive a full refund. Submitted via IndexNow and sitemap on publication; if not indexed within 30 days we re-submit, and at 60 days we move the piece to another title at no cost. If a published placement goes offline within the guarantee period, we restore it within 7 days of your report. If we can't, we move the piece to another title of equal band within 14 days at no cost. If neither happens, you receive a full refund. Non-refundable once published, except under this guarantee. The refund policy has the details.
How to reach us
Email support@3rdunicorn.com about orders, payments or your account; we reply within one business day, Monday to Friday, UK hours. Questions about a specific order are fastest as a message on the order page. The contact page lists every way to reach us.