Advertise on RaleighFreebies

Reach Raleigh-area locals who are actively looking for something free or cheap to do, eat or save on this week, next to listings people trust because every one is checked.

Where we are today (honestly)

We launched in October 2026, so we're early. We don't publish traffic or subscriber numbers yet, because we won't quote numbers we can't back up. We'll add real figures here once we have them. Launch prices below reflect that.

Figures as of Nov 2, 2026, counted automatically from the site each time it's rebuilt.

• Coverage: Raleigh first, plus Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Wake Forest, Zebulon and the rest of the Triangle.
• Readers: locals and families searching for free things to do, kids-eat-free nights, free museums, happy hours and seasonal deals.
• Channels: this website, the weekly Top 10 Free This Weekend (on the web, and as a free email every Thursday) and @RaleighFreebies on X (a new account).
• Standards: every listing is checked against the business's or organizer's own page. How we verify.

Launch rate card

Free listings are always free ($0). Any real, verifiable deal or free event is listed after we confirm it on your own page. Paying never changes this.

Online booking and payment aren't open yet: use the form below and nothing is charged. Placements are invoiced and paid manually, one period at a time; nothing is billed automatically. The newsletter slot is not sold before the email reaches 250 confirmed subscribers.

Founding partner: what you get

Founding partners are the first local businesses to back RaleighFreebies while it's new. Same $99/month launch price; here's exactly what it covers:

• A sponsored listing for 4 weeks. One active offer at a time, pinned near the top of the category page that matches your offer and one related guide in that category. You can swap in a new offer when the old one ends (we check each one on your own page first).
• A “Presented by” block on one evergreen guide that matches your category for the month: your business name, one line and a link, clearly labeled as sponsored.
• Launch price locked for your first 3 months only. Months 1–3 are $99/month. From month 4, renewal is at the rate published on this page at that time, and we'll tell you that rate in writing before you decide to renew.
• No long-term contract and no automatic billing. Each month is invoiced separately and paid manually before it starts. Nothing renews or charges on its own: to stop, simply don't pay the next invoice (or tell us), and your placement ends on its scheduled end date.
• One active sponsored listing per category at a time. Spots are limited so readers never see a page full of ads. If your category's spot is taken, we'll offer you the next open start date.
• A plain click report at the end of each month (see below).

How advertising works

1. Inquiry. Send the form below. Nothing is booked or charged.
2. Review. We check that your offer is real and current on your own page and fits our rules below. If it doesn't, we'll tell you why.
3. Approval. We agree the package, start and end dates and the exact wording with you before anything is published.
4. Payment. Online booking and payment aren't open yet. For now we send an invoice for each period, and you pay it manually before your placement starts, only after you've approved it. There is no automatic billing.
5. Publication. Your placement goes live on the agreed start date, labeled “Sponsored”, and comes down automatically on the end date. We'll pull it early only if the offer stops being honored.

Edits while your placement runs

• Sponsored listing (weekly): 1 edit per 7-day period, verified before it's published (offer text, dates or photo).
• Sponsored guide (monthly): Up to 3 edits per month, each verified before it's published (your line or link).
• Founding partner (monthly): Up to 3 edits per month, each verified before it's published (listing and guide line combined).
• Newsletter slot: you approve the wording before the issue goes out; it can't change after it's sent.
• Every change is verified on your own page before it's published. Fixing a mistake we made never counts as an edit.

What we report

When your placement ends we send you the number of clicks from your sponsored listing or guide block to your own page, day by day. That's the only number we report. We don't track views, impressions or who clicked, and we don't use cookies or tracking pixels, so we won't quote figures we can't measure.

What a sponsored listing looks like

Sponsored content rules

• Always labeled. Paid placements say “Sponsored” and paid links are marked as sponsored. “Our pick” is editorial and can't be bought.
• Relevant placement only. A sponsored listing appears only in the category that matches the offer (a restaurant deal under food deals, a family event under kids and family), and a “Presented by” block only on a guide in that same category.
• Your photos. Any photo you send must be yours or one you have permission to use, and you let us show it with your placement. We'll use our category illustration if you don't send one.
• Same standard. Sponsored offers must be real and current, and we verify them on your own page like any other listing. We'll pull a sponsored listing if the offer stops being honored.
• Not in the newsletter or on X: alcohol, supplements and weight-loss products.
• No paid reviews. Free listings stay free, and paying doesn't buy coverage of anything else.

Interested?

Tell us about your business and we'll get back to you. Booking and payment aren't open yet, so nothing is charged and there's no commitment.

Download the one-page media kit (PDF). Same facts and launch rates as this page; nothing in it is a traffic claim.