Advertising Disclosure
100CK sells two paid products: Sponsored placement (advertising) and a Business Partner membership (a support/utility subscription). This page discloses exactly what each is, what they cost, and — just as importantly — what they do not do.
What Sponsored placement is
A business that purchases Sponsored placement appears in a clearly labelled "Sponsored" section — on the directory, relevant category pages, and relevant community pages — separate from and shown above the organic (unpaid, alphabetically ordered) results. Sponsored placement is capped at three businesses per category or community at a time. Available monthly ($29/mo) or annually ($290/yr) — see our advertising page.
What the 100CK Partner membership is
A Business Partner membership is a paid support subscription that gives a claimed business owner practical tools: self-serve editing of their own listing (no review queue), a listing analytics dashboard, expedited (not guaranteed) review for Verified status, an embeddable "100CK Partner" badge for their own website, and eligibility to be considered for relevant guides. Available monthly ($19/mo) or annually ($190/yr) — see our partner page.
What neither product does
- Neither grants 100CK Verified status — Verified is earned through our review process, described in our verification standards. A Partner membership can move you up the review queue; it cannot guarantee you pass.
- Neither changes how a business is described, or adds an editorial recommendation.
- Neither affects the order of organic (unpaid) directory results, which are sorted independently of payment.
- "Eligible for guide consideration" means exactly that — consideration, not a guaranteed placement, and it never changes what a guide actually says about a business.
- Sponsored and Partner badges are visually distinct from the Verified badge and are never labelled as anything other than what they are.
Cancellation
Both products can be cancelled at any time; neither has a long-term contract.