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Publish your DTC brand where AI engines look.
Get Your DTC Brand Featured — and Cited by AI
Publish your brand story on E-commerce IQ, the selective publication built for the AI answer era.
Get featured on E-commerce IQ — the publication DTC founders use to build credibility and become the source AI engines cite. You write your brand’s story, we review it to our editorial standard, and we publish it structured to be found by buyers and quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews.
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What is E-commerce IQ?
E-commerce IQ is a selective editorial publication for direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, built for the era where being cited by AI matters more than being seen. Founders get featured by submitting their own brand stories, which our editors review and publish — structured so the brand is found in search and quoted by AI answer engines. It is not a press-release wire: every piece is editorially vetted, and not everything gets in.
Why get your DTC brand featured here?
Anyone can pay a wire to publish anything — which is exactly why those placements stopped meaning anything. E-commerce IQ is different on purpose. Being featured here gives your brand three things a press release can’t:
- Credibility you can point to. Real editorial coverage on a vetted publication — not a press-release dump. Link it, cite it, build on it.
- Visibility where buyers actually look now. Every piece is engineered for AI answer engines, so when someone asks about your category, your brand is in the answer.
- A standard worth being held to. Because we’re selective, getting in actually says something.
The IQ Standard: not everyone gets in
Every submission is editorially reviewed. We check that it’s credible, accurate, and worth publishing — and we publish fewer, better stories so the credibility you’re here to earn stays real. Sponsored and brand-submitted content is always clearly labeled. We protect the standard because protecting it is the entire value.
How to publish your brand on E-commerce IQ
- Create your account. Free. Set up your contributor profile.
- Get a credit. Buy a single credit or a pack. Your credit unlocks the submission form — so you know the cost before you write a word.
- Write and submit. Submit your article about your brand. It enters our review queue privately — nothing goes public until we approve it.
- Editorial review. We approve it, or we send it back with clear notes on exactly what it needs to reach publish-ready. You revise and resubmit on the same credit.
- Published and optimized. On approval, we publish it, structure it for AI citability, and send you the live link.
Choose how you publish
Standard Submission — [$29] You write the article, we review and publish it. Includes editorial feedback and as many revisions as it takes to reach publish-ready. Best if you’re confident writing your own story.
Submit + Improve — [$49] You bring the draft, our editors review and apply the edits — polishing it to publish-ready for you. Best if you want it sharp without doing the rewriting yourself. The fast lane to a stronger piece.
Also available: boost any published piece to a Featured homepage slot for 5 days, or join as a Brand Member for ongoing coverage and a permanent brand page.
The terms
- Credits are non-refundable.
- Every submission is editorially reviewed. We may request revisions or decline content that doesn’t meet our standard.
- A decline is never a dead end — we tell you exactly what’s needed, and you can revise and resubmit on the same credit.
- A credit is forfeited only if a submission is abandoned.
- Standard Submission includes editorial feedback and revisions. Submit + Improve includes our editors applying the edits for you. Neither includes writing an article from scratch.
- All brand-submitted content is clearly labeled as such.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get my DTC brand featured on E-commerce IQ? Create a free account, buy a credit to unlock the submission form, write an article about your brand, and submit it. Our editors review every submission and either publish it or send it back with notes on what it needs. On approval, we publish and optimize it for AI citability.
Is E-commerce IQ a press release distribution service? No. E-commerce IQ is a selective editorial publication, not a press-release wire. A wire publishes anything anyone pays for; we editorially review every submission and decline what doesn’t meet our standard. That selectivity is what makes being featured here credible.
Do I have to write the article myself? For a Standard Submission, yes — you write your brand’s story and we review, refine through notes, and publish it. If you’d rather not write it, choose Submit + Improve: you provide a draft and our editors polish it to publish-ready for a higher fee.
How much does it cost to get published? Publishing is priced per credit, with single credits and discounted packs available. Standard Submission covers writing your own piece; Submit + Improve, at a higher tier, includes our editors applying the edits for you. Featured homepage slots and Brand Memberships are available as add-ons.
What happens if my submission is declined? A decline is never a dead end. We tell you exactly what the piece needs to reach publish-ready, and you revise and resubmit on the same credit — no extra charge. A credit is only forfeited if you abandon the submission. Credits are non-refundable.
Will being featured on E-commerce IQ help my brand get cited by AI? That’s the entire point. Every piece is structured for answer engine optimization — clean, sourced, schema-supported content that AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews can read and quote. Being published on a credible, AI-legible publication increases the odds your brand appears when buyers ask AI about your category.
Who is E-commerce IQ for? E-commerce IQ is for direct-to-consumer founders at any stage — starting brands that need to look credible, validating brands that need proof in front of the market, and growing brands that want to own the conversation in their category and be the brand AI recommends.
What makes a submission get approved? Submissions are approved when they’re credible, accurate, genuinely useful or newsworthy, and written to publication quality. We’re looking for real brand stories, not thin promotional copy. If a piece isn’t there yet, we tell you what to fix rather than rejecting it outright.
Are credits refundable? No. Credits are non-refundable. However, you never lose a credit to a decline — declined submissions come with editorial notes and can be revised and resubmitted on the same credit. A credit is only lost if a submission is abandoned.
