New site · Founding sponsor beta now open · Max 2 founding slots
ClipCost answers one high-intent question — “what does an AI video actually cost per usable clip?” — with a calculator and verified pricing for 12 tools. Readers arrive comparing credits, plans and traps, mid-decision. Sponsorship puts your tool in that moment, clearly labelled, without ever buying a ranking.
ClipCost has just launched. Traffic is small today and growing through search pages published twice daily. We are not selling impressions or CPM yet — founding sponsors are buying early, locked-in placement on a buyer-intent pricing site, plus a monthly report that shows exactly what they received (pageviews and clicks, even while modest). When traffic crosses the milestones below, founding prices end for new buyers. Founding sponsors keep their locked rate for 6 months.
Last updated Oct 17, 2026. Traffic and subscriber figures are reported to sponsors monthly from Cloudflare Web Analytics and Kit. We will never quote an audience we do not have.
Founding Sponsor · max 2
Site-wide sponsor placement: a labelled sponsor box on the homepage and beside the calculator, your logo and link, a featured listing, and one Tool of the Week spotlight. Price locked for 6 months, cancel anytime after the first month. Monthly pageview and click report.
Best for: AI video, avatar, clipping and API tools that want early presence as the pricing pages build search traffic.
Featured Tool Listing
A highlighted, labelled “Sponsored” listing in the tools grid and on the relevant comparison/category pages, with your short description and call-to-action. Monthly click report. Cancel anytime.
Best for: newer tools building first visibility with buyers comparing options.
Tool of the Week
One week as the labelled Tool of the Week on the homepage, plus a sponsor slot in that week’s Weekly Credit Check once the list reaches 1,000 subscribers. Before those milestones, Tool of the Week is included as a Founding Sponsor perk instead of sold separately.
Best for: launches, new models and pricing changes.
Newsletter Sponsor
Primary sponsor placement in The Weekly Credit Check, our Kit newsletter on AI video prices and credit rules. Priced per send on opens (niche $30–$45 per 1,000 opens planning band, with a $50/send floor), and only sold once the list is large enough for the placement to be worth buying. Not sold standalone today.
Best for: tools that want a trusted weekly touch with active AI video buyers.
Sponsorship buys placement, never conclusions. Calculator results, cost rankings, “cheapest” tables and tool verdicts are calculated from verified official pricing and are not for sale, not influenced by sponsors, and not changed in exchange for payment. Every paid placement is labelled “Sponsor” or “Sponsored”. If a sponsor’s pricing on ClipCost is wrong, we fix it the same way we fix any tool’s — from the official source.
| Milestone | What changes |
|---|---|
| Today — launch | Founding Sponsor $99/mo (max 2) · Featured Listing $49/mo |
| 1,000 monthly visits | Tool of the Week opens at $149/week |
| 5,000 monthly visits or 1,000 subscribers | Founding beta closes to new buyers; site sponsor $199–$299/mo; newsletter sponsor becomes sellable |
| 10,000 monthly visits or 2,500 subscribers | Site sponsor $299–$499/mo; newsletter bundled weekly sponsorship |
| 10,000 subscribers | Newsletter primary sponsor in the $250–$500/send range; Kit Sponsor Network eligibility |
Milestone prices are planning targets, reviewed monthly against real Cloudflare and Kit numbers. Existing founding sponsors keep their locked rate for their full 6-month term regardless of milestone changes.
Tell us your tool, the placement you are interested in, and your launch or pricing news if the timing matters. We reply with current traffic and subscriber numbers — the real ones — and the sponsors one-pager.
Sponsored placements are labelled and do not affect rankings. ClipCost may also earn affiliate commissions on some tool links at no extra cost to readers; sponsorship and affiliate relationships are disclosed and neither buys a recommendation.