Become a Sponsor
I've been thinking about ways to support this newsletter and I’d like to try and offer a limited sponsorship slot in each issue. If you've got a product, app or service you think my design-focused audience (~40k subscribers, ~30k opens per issue) would genuinely enjoy, this could be your chance to reach them in a meaningful way.
Each sponsorship includes an image, some friendly text, and a clear button to bring readers right to your door.
After purchasing a sponsorship slot please email desk@pixelresort.com with the following
A 2048x1024px Header Image
A short paragraph from you (maximum 600 characters)
A link and a button text
First Sponsor Case Study: Realmac Software
Dan Counsell — maker of Clear, RapidWeaver, and Elements — was the first to sponsor the flarup.email newsletter. Here’s the edition with the sponsorship:
He spent $499 for a single sponsorship, and here’s what happened:
The newsletter went out to 40,302 designers
It got a 43% open rate (17,358 opens)
Dan received 244 clicks to his app Elements
219 unique visitors were tracked via Plausible
Average visitor stayed over 1 minute and viewed almost 2 pages
His effective cost per click was around $2
For comparison, most newsletter sponsorships tend to land between $2–5 per click depending on audience quality — this landed comfortably in that range, with the bonus of highly targeted, creative traffic.
If you’ve got something cool for creatives, this could be a good fit. Interested? Book a sponsorship slot.
Tips & Disclaimers:
Pairing your sponsorship with some sort of deal or discount for the reader usually gets the best results.
Track your link and do share the results with me. I want to be able to offer the best value for my Sponsors. Also happy to give a shout out to a succesful sponsorship on social media.
I can’t guarantee specific results with this method. There’s some awareness in being exposed to 40.000 readers, but at the end of the day whether or not they convert is up to the individual offers.