Partner Opportunities

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Advertising your adventure sports event, business or product on The Start List is a super affordable way to get your brand in front of a dedicated audience.

Why Choose The Start List to promote your event, brand or products?

  • Australia’s only independent, dedicated off road cycling, trail running and adventure racing events calendar with over 240 events published
  • We average 10,000 visitors and 500k page views a month
  • Dedicated discipline based content means you target the market you want
  • We consistently rank highest for searches for Gravel Events, Mountain Bike Events, Gravity Enduro Events and many more
  • No artwork required, just supply a hi-res image, text and link and we do the rest
  • Monthly and discount annual plans
  • Value based pricing model for events uses your Adult entry cost, with plans starting from as little as $55 a month!

One Off Event Or Brand Promotions

Looking to promote a one off event or run a short term marketing campaign for your brand?

Options include:

  • Add your event to our “Whats Coming Up Next” section at the top of each discipline calendar from as little as $55 a month!
  • Feature your event in one of our discipline slider headers for maximum exposure.
  • Add an image based call to action to the bottom of our event listings and shortlist posts in your chosen discipline.
Brand the discipline tiles across the site
Add your brand to your chosen discipline calendars header
Add a campaign banner to events
Feature your event at the top of our calendars
Add a custom image, contact points and more to your calendar
Add an image to your profile in the directory
Only show your events at the bottom of your event listings

Organiser Plans

Do you run multiple events every year and want your brand front and center for your chosen disciplines?

Benefits include:

  • Branded organiser page with contact info, bio and filterable calendar.
  • Image background on organiser directory
  • Hide other events in your region and only show your upcoming events
  • All your events are added as featured events
  • 25% discount on call to action banners and headers

*Currently available on Cross Country, Gravity Enduro and Gravel Disciplines only. Note that slider headers are non-exclusive and other organisers can add their events.

Options In Detail

Check out all the options included in our one off and annual plans

Featured Events

Make sure your event gets the prominence it deserves and add it to the top of our discipline calendars, or to the header for total dominance!

Options include:

  • NEW Add your event to the top of our monthly calendars!
  • Feature your event in the header slider on select disciplines!
  • Feature your event in the “Whats Coming Up Next” section at the top of each discipline calendar.
  • Only your events appear in the “Other Events” section at the bottom of your listings (see example) if you are on one of our Organiser plans.
  • One-off event promotion and annual plans that include unlimited events!

Boost Exposure with Header Takeover

Feature your event, brand or product on one of our dedicated headers and make sure you are seen by your chosen target market.

Options include:

  • Exclusive branding of discipline calendar header (see the header at the top of page) with full width image and linked credit & discipline tile on homepage and discipline page.
  • *Slider header (see image) with option to add multiple events or products
  • Choose the discipline that matches your target market

*Currently available on Cross Country, Gravity Enduro and Gravel Disciplines only. Note that slider headers are non-exclusive and other organisers can add their events.

Inline Call To Action Blocks

Feature your event, brand or product at the bottom of all* the events in your chosen discipline.

Options include:

  • Slimline feature block with full width image, call to action and linked button.
  • Double height feature block with sub heading, call to action, description and linked button.
  • Choose the discipline that matches your target market.

*Does not extend to events that are featured as part of an annual plan

FAQ’s

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One Off Promotion Rates

Our monthly pricing model for events is based on the full *Adult entry fee (non early bird) to your events.

Featured Event - Standard1 Entry
Featured Event - Slider2 Entries
Discipline Header Branding3 Entries
Call to Action Banner on Events - Slimline2 Entries
Call to Action Banner on Events - Double Height3 Entries

For non event promotions the entry rate is set to $125 per entry

*Minimum entry fee is set to $55 and is capped for events over $500 AUD

Organiser Annual Plans

Our pricing model is based on the full *Adult entry fee (non early bird) to your events

CLUB PLANCOMMERCIAL PLAN
Cost Per Month1 Entry*2 Entries*
Number of Featured Events5Unlimited
Organiser CalendarFeatured Image
Contact Details
Description
Donation Link
Featured Image
Contact Details
Description
Telephone
Hide Other Related EventsN/AYes
Social Media PromotionYesYes
Newsletter PromotionYesYes
DiscountsN/A25% Discount on headers & call to action banner rates

*Full price single day Adult entry - minimum entry fee is set to $30

Club Plan - A registered cycle club or coach who runs events on their own trail network.  Clubs must be associated with a registered cycling organisation such as Auscyling

Commercial Plan - An individual or business who organises independent cycling events outside of a club or community organisation.