Hello, and thank you for your interest in guest posting with POWR! We're thrilled you're interested in contributing to the growth of small businesses online!
Outline
- Topics and contributor fit
- Article requirements
- Submission process, fees, and timeline
- Editorial rights
- Content hosting policy and guest post labeling
Topics and contributor fit
POWR readers are ecommerce entrepreneurs running Shopify and Wix stores.
They install our apps because they want connected marketing tools they can run themselves: forms, popups, payments, and email that share one customer record underneath, so every interaction builds on the last.
The POWR blog exists to help our users grow their businesses using POWR products. Guest contributions from our community of experts are welcome, but they need to serve that goal.
That means:
- Strategic recommendations for ecommerce operators
- Posts about integrations that actually exist and work with POWR
- Use cases that show merchants what's possible with POWR tools
Content that isn't relevant to our audience or our products won't be published.
Guest posts should help these operators own their customer relationships. Every submission must specify which platform it targets: Shopify, Wix, or another platform POWR supports.
Posts targeting more than one platform are accepted, but the draft must explicitly address each platform's setup, constraints, and workflow rather than defaulting to generic advice that glosses over the differences.
Who should pitch
We prioritize contributions from ecommerce operators, agency practitioners, and platform specialists with hands-on experience. Freelance content marketers are welcome to pitch, but drafts must reflect real operator insight, not surface-level research.
Topics we accept
We accept posts that help ecommerce merchants improve their conversion and that tie to the POWR product suite: lead capture, onsite conversion, cart recovery, email marketing and lifecycle sequences, payment collection, checkout workflows, customer data and repeat-purchase strategy, and Shopify and Wix app workflows and integrations.
Two requirements apply to every accepted post:
- At least one backlink to a relevant POWR app
- No content that pushes readers toward competing products or away from POWR
Topics we no longer accept
- Generic small business content that doesn't touch ecommerce
- Broad SEO or content marketing tips without a store operator's lens
- Social media tactics not tied to selling
- Website design or UX topics without a conversion angle
- AI or productivity generalist content
Article requirements
- 1,200 words minimum
- Single H1 under 70 characters
- Meta description under 155 characters
- Introduction and conclusion
- Proper H2 and H3 hierarchy
- H2s framed as questions answered in the first sentence below them
- Numbered H2s followed immediately by the numbered list
- 4 or more images at 1200px width, with alt text and source credit
- Author bio with headshot
- Cited sources for every stat or claim
- At least one subject matter expert quote with source
Backlinks
- 4 or more external backlinks, DR40+ preferred (evidence of recent organic growth acceptable below that)
- 3 or more internal links to existing POWR articles or app pages
- At least one CTA and one banner in every post that link to a POWR app
- Anchor text must match destination topic
- Links to your own company are fine when native to the story, not advertorial
- POWR follows Google rel attributes and may relabel or remove links that fail these conditions
- Malicious links result in immediate rejection
Accuracy and originality
- No fabricated or unsourced statistics
- Plagiarism check screenshot required at submission
- Duplicate content or previously published work is grounds for rejection
- Check the POWR blog first to confirm no similar article has been published in the last 12 months
- Drafts must be human-written. AI-assisted research and outlining are fine. AI-generated prose is not, and will be rejected on sight.
Submission process, fees, and timeline
How to submit
All drafts and pitches go to info@powr.io. Include the target platform (Shopify or Wix), the working title, a 2- to 3-sentence summary, and the full draft with images.
Review and publishing timeline
- 2 to 4 weeks for editorial review
- Publishing dates are assigned based on editorial capacity
- More complete drafts get scheduled faster
- Once accepted, the author receives a publish date and a link on the day it goes live
Fees
Guest publishing is free when the submission adheres to these guidelines, and the standard review timeline applies. Two paid options exist:
Expedited publishing (skip the review queue)
- $100 for a Friday through Sunday publish date
- $150 for a Monday through Thursday publish date
Editorial rework fee
- $12 per page, only charged when a submission fails to meet these guidelines and requires POWR editorial time to bring it up to standard
Editorial rights
POWR reserves the right to edit accepted drafts for length, clarity, brand voice, SEO, and factual accuracy before publishing. Substantive changes are shared with the author before the article goes live. Headlines, meta descriptions, and internal linking are set by POWR editorial and not open to revision.
Content hosting policy and guest post labeling
This is a change from our previous guidelines. Prospective authors should read this section before submitting.
We do not host guest content indefinitely
POWR reserves the right to unpublish, refresh, consolidate, or repoint guest posts starting 12 months after the original publish date.
Reasons include content freshness, topical relevance, SEO performance, and portfolio cleanup. Advance notice is not guaranteed.
If you need a permanent home for the article, publish it elsewhere. Submissions to POWR are for a limited placement window.
Every guest post is labeled as a guest post
Accepted articles carry a visible "Guest Post" tag and a byline crediting the external author. Ghostwriting under a POWR staff byline is not available. This keeps editorial ownership clear and protects reader trust.
