How to Get Featured in The Manual
The Manual draws about 432,000 monthly visits, holds a domain rating of 77, passes a do-follow link, and publishes in about a week.
Buying intent is the whole asset
The Manual covers style, grooming, watches, cars, fitness, food and drink for a male readership. What separates it from a men's magazine is why people arrive: they are researching a purchase.
That changes what a feature is worth. A general lifestyle title puts you in front of people scrolling. This one puts you in front of people comparing.
A do-follow link at a domain rating of 77 on top of that is unusual. Most sites with this much commercial traffic protect their outbound links.
The routes in
Product coverage. The core format. Gear, apparel, tools, spirits, anything a reader might buy.
Round-ups and comparisons. The title publishes "best of" pieces constantly, which is also what AI engines cite most, as we set out in why AI engines cite listicles.
Expert comment. Trainers, distillers, watchmakers, barbers.
A placed feature, written and approved by you before publication.
About a week
Fast for a site this size. Good enough to sit alongside a product launch rather than trailing it.
Links and indexing
Do-follow at domain rating 77. One of the better links available for a consumer product brand anywhere on our list.
It indexes and AI engines read it. The site accepts crypto as a category, which many consumer titles do not, so a fintech or digital-asset product has a route here that is closed elsewhere.
What gets turned down
Products with no masculine-market relevance. The audience is specific.
Unsupported performance claims, particularly in fitness and supplements.
Thin products. The title reviews, so there has to be something to review.
Who it suits
Men's grooming and apparel. Watches, spirits, knives, luggage, gear of any kind. Outdoor and fitness brands. Crypto and fintech products aimed at a consumer, which have fewer homes than they expect.
The short version
432,000 monthly visits, domain rating 77, do-follow, about a week. A readership that is already shopping, which is worth more than a bigger readership that is not.
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Frequently asked questions
01How do you get featured in The Manual?
Three routes: pitch an editor directly, be quoted as an expert in a piece they are already writing, or use a placement service. We write the article, you approve every word before it runs, and we secure the placement. The Manual draws about 432,358 monthly visits and publishes in about a week.
02How long does it take to get published in The Manual?
About about a week from approval to publication, against a market average of roughly two weeks. Your own review sits inside that window, so a draft waiting on you is not a draft in production.
03Does The Manual give a do-follow link?
The Manual passes a do-follow link, at a domain rating of 77. That is unusual at this size: across our catalogue the larger a publication is, the less likely it is to pass authority.
04What does The Manual cover?
Men's style, grooming, watches, cars, fitness, food and drink, written mostly as recommendations and comparisons. The format is why it suits product brands: the site exists to help a reader choose, and round-ups are also what AI engines cite most often.
