At this time, Seeking Alpha is focused on supporting and growing the current Investing Groups we have. With this in mind, we have put all new launches on hold for the foreseeable future. We may make a rare exception and consider a potential launch only in the below cases:
- You are currently an active Seeking Alpha analyst in good standing with editorial and have more than 20,000 total followers. You can review these metrics yourself on your Analyst Stats Dashboard.
- You are currently running a paid subscription service outside of Seeking Alpha with the ability to work with us to migrate your paying subscribers to our platform. The base of paying subscribers would need to be substantial enough in revenue to justify our devoted resources for the transition campaign and as we launch and maintain your new service with us.
- In both of the above cases, we would also need confirmation that your subscription service would be exclusively available on Seeking Alpha to avoid any cross-promotion on Seeking Alpha as we don’t allow Investing Group leaders to use our platform to promote outside products.
- A clear and unique value proposition for potential subscribers via your proposed service and the ability to communicate investing ideas clearly, follow your passion, and have a unique methodology.
Revenue for Investing Groups is dependent on the type of subscriber and works as follows.
- New Subscriber: 90% to IG Leader, 10% to Seeking Alpha
- Existing Subscriber: Year 1: 30% to IG Leader and 70% to SA, Year 2+: 50% to IG Leader and 50% to SA.
New Subscriber: No current paid subscriptions or free trials to any Seeking Alpha product, and no paid subscriptions during the previous 12 months. Also, any subscribers who sign up through designated service affiliate links that can be shared offsite and in certain onsite marketing units.
Existing Subscriber: Currently a paying subscriber to any Seeking Alpha product or who was a paid subscriber at any point during the previous 12 months. Also includes any user with a currently active free trial.
More details are available should we move ahead together. Full terms will be shared for your review and sign off before we launch your Investing Group.
If you meet the above benchmarks and are ready to start working on a service, email us at marketplace@seekingalpha.com and include the below information in your email:
- Please state your metrics: “Total Follower” and “Real-Time Follower” numbers on Seeking Alpha. And, again, please do not reach out to us unless you have more than 20,000 total followers.
- Please also calculate your “Follower to Article” ratio (divide the number of your Followers by the number of Articles you have published) and state that metric as well.
- If you don’t have a following or contributor account yet on Seeking Alpha and want to migrate over from another platform, please email us the number of paying subscribers you plan to migrate over as well as a breakdown of what you’re currently charging and your monthly or annual recurring revenue metrics.
- Please explain in 100 words or less the type of Investing Group you would like to run by explaining your specific sector(s) of coverage or your unique methodology. What will be the approach and/or brand of your service? This should be brief. If we move ahead together, we will send you a comprehensive pitch document.
- Please let us know when you feel you’ll be ready to commit to setting up the service. As mentioned above, our onboarding process takes 1-2 weeks and has several stages. Please explain when you would like to get started on setup as well as your ideal launch date.