Advertise through the people your audience already follows.
On Vinylaunch there is no ad auction and no platform sales desk. Every ad is bought through a host — a creator, an artist or a radio station — whose audience fits what you sell. Your money goes to that host and to the artists your ad plays alongside.
How to advertise
1. Find a host whose audience fits
Browse the channels, artists and radio stations on Vinylaunch. A host is anyone whose page carries ads — a creator, an artist, or a station owner.
2. Use their “Advertise with me” button
It opens that host’s own rate card. Pick a format, upload your creative, and choose how many impressions you want. The host reviews it before it runs.
3. Optionally go platform-wide
Want reach beyond one host’s audience? Platform-wide is an upgrade from the same buy: a 25% premium on top of your spend puts your ad into rotation across the platform, and the host you came through is paid for bringing you in.
You’ll need a free Vinylaunch account to buy. Create an advertiser account. Already bought an ad? See your results.
Audio ads pay the artists around them
Audio ads run on free listening and on Vinylaunch radio — between songs, never in the feed or inside a video. Every audio ad dollar splits 46.5% to the artists playing around it, 46.5% to the station or host that carried it, and 7% to Vinylaunch. Only free accounts hear ads on music streaming; every paying subscriber listens ad-free.
Every other case — an ad on a host’s page, inside a creator’s video, or platform-wide — is set out in full on Advertising rates.
Platform-wide reach is an upgrade, not a separate door
There’s no way to buy Vinylaunch advertising without going through a host. To reach listeners across the whole platform, start with a host and add platform-wide to that buy for a 25% premium. The host still earns for bringing you in.
What we promise
Hosts choose their own advertisers
The people who know their listeners decide which ads fit their audience. Your ad lands where it belongs instead of being auctioned against a stranger’s attention.
Matched by genre, never by who someone is
Targeting uses first-party signals only — genre, time of day, the music playing right now. No tracking pixels, no cross-site surveillance, no data brokering. Ever.
A person reviews every ad
Every creative is reviewed by a human before it runs. Nothing goes live on an algorithm’s say-so.
An ad load listeners can live with
Spots are short and frequency is capped, so listeners who aren’t drowning in ads actually hear yours.