What You Get at Every Tier
Compare features across all five vendor tiers. Apex Partner included — roadmap items (Verified Purchase badges, custom landing pages, and others) marked separately.
Vendor Tier Comparison
What each tier delivers today. Apex roadmap items marked separately with target timeline.
| Feature | Free | Verified | Featured | Elite | Apex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | |||||
| Directory listing | |||||
| Approved COA required for listing | Required | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Forum posts/month | 0 | 2 (Vendors only) | 8 posts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Reply in journals (when @tagged) | |||||
| Public COA quality grade | |||||
| Public weight accuracy display | |||||
| Public vendor replies to reviews | |||||
| COA Verified badge | |||||
| Discount codes | |||||
| Advertising | |||||
| Sidebar ads | |||||
| Category banner ads | |||||
| Homepage featured section | |||||
| Analytics | |||||
| Affiliate click tracking | |||||
| Traffic source breakdown | |||||
| Review score breakdown | |||||
| Ad performance (impressions, CTR) | |||||
| Discount click tracking | |||||
| Forum engagement stats | |||||
| Data export (CSV) | |||||
| Historical trend comparison | |||||
| SEO Benefits | |||||
| Public listing page (indexed) | |||||
| Sitemap priority | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| JSON-LD structured data | |||||
| Dofollow backlink to your site | |||||
| Review rich snippets (stars in Google) | |||||
| Homepage crawl equity | |||||
| Embeddable COA Verification widget | |||||
| Apex Marquee Exclusives | |||||
| Top banner (image / GIF / 5–30s video) | |||||
| Priority 24-hour COA review | |||||
| Featured homepage spotlight | |||||
| Direct founder access (1 business day SLA) | |||||
| Private Apex Slack + quarterly Roundtable | |||||
| White-glove COA upload service | |||||
| Reciprocal homepage footer logo (dofollow) | |||||
| Custom partner-specific badge | |||||
| Monthly newsletter lead-story slot | |||||
| Apex Roadmap | |||||
| Verified Purchase badges on reviews | Q3 2026 | ||||
| Free annual COA re-scoring under v3 | When COA v3 ships | ||||
Items marked Stage 2 are scheduled for build immediately following this update. Items marked Q3 2026 are platform roadmap. Operational perks (founder access, Slack, Roundtable, white-glove COA upload, COA review priority) are delivered today via direct founder communication while the corresponding automated UI / queue is built out.
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