Sponsorship And Ad Value Calculator
Price your website, newsletter, social, podcast, or event sponsorships with confidence. Start from CPM benchmarks, adjust for your audience’s engagement, fit, and exclusivity, and leave with a range you can defend.
CPM baseline equals impressions per placement divided by 1,000, times your CPM, times the number of placements.
Recommended price multiplies the baseline by the format premium, the engagement multiplier, niche fit, buyer intent, audience type, and exclusivity. It then subtracts any volume discount (10% at 3 placements, 15% at 6, and 22% at 13), applies your custom adjustment, and adds flat-fee add-ons.
Engagement multiplier comes from your rate: below 0.5% is ×0.5, 0.5% to 1% is ×0.7, 1% to 2% is ×1.0, 2% to 3% is ×1.1, 3% to 5% is ×1.25, and 5% or more is ×1.5.
Negotiation range runs from 15% below to 15% above the recommended price.
Need Help Packaging Your Sponsorships?
We can help you build sponsor packages, a media kit, and a pitch that shows the value of your audience before you ever name a price.
This calculator gives directional guidance based on common pricing approaches. Final pricing should reflect your brand, past performance, advertiser demand, and the scope of what you deliver.
