Category-exclusive inventory beside the trading desk.
Eight founding slots. One partner per category. Placement next to Session Desk, Signals, Journal, and research. Never inside rankings, Edge Score, or journal integrity.
Partners cannot buy signal order, Edge Score, search, filters, or journal outcomes. Independence policy.
Thrive is journal + market intelligence for CEX perps with read-only sync. Not an exchange, bot, wallet, or custodian.
Founding Partners
All eight category slots open.
No logos until a category is reserved or sold.
Founding rates while inventory is open.
List prices lock category exclusivity. We do not invent pageviews, MAU, or subscriber counts. You buy proximity to a shipped trader workflow: research, plan, paper, journal.
What the slot includes.
Decision adjacency
Session Desk, Signals context, Journal export surfaces, tools, and research hubs. Not unrelated banners.
Category exclusivity
One partner per category at founding rates. No shared shelf auctions.
Labeled craft
Sponsored or Presented by only. Clear separation from organic rows. No casino chrome.
Customer benefit required
Every package must ship something traders can use. Logo-only buys are declined.
Slot specs
Surfaces, best for, and hard nos per category.
01
Session Desk Presenting Partner
Best for: Brands that want primary association with Thrive research loop.
Surfaces
- Presented by on Session Desk (marketing and in-app where policy allows)
- Share-card attribution on research loop explainers
- Flagship presence on /partners and selected research hubs
Customer benefit: Funds free tools and research surfaces traders already use.
Category lock: Exclusive across Session Desk presenting surfaces.
02
Exchange Partner
Best for: One CEX that wants serious perpetuals traders (Binance / Bybit / OKX class).
Surfaces
- Exclusive Connect / sync partner module on journal and connections docs
- Labeled partner strip on relevant trading research
- Verified deep link to exchange onboarding (partner-supplied, compliance-reviewed)
Customer benefit: Clearer read-only sync path for that venue. Thrive remains read-only. No order routing.
Hard no
- Pay-to-rank signals
- Implying Thrive executes trades
- More than one exchange at founding rates
03
Perps / On-chain Venue Partner
Best for: One perp DEX or on-chain venue complementary to CEX research.
Surfaces
- Labeled module on DeFi / perps research clusters
- Opportunity-style Act on venue drawer (labeled), separate from CEX sync
Customer benefit: Traders who research on CEX intel and act on-chain get a verified path.
Hard no
- Competing with Exchange Partner messaging
- Custody claims
04
Market Data Partner
Best for: Funding, open interest, liquidations, order-flow, or market-data vendors.
Surfaces
- Methodology / sources callout
- Sponsored enrichment on free tools (funding, liq heatmap class pages)
- Editorial partner line on data-heavy research
Customer benefit: Richer free calculators and signal context without paywalling core journal.
05
Tax & Reporting Partner
Best for: Crypto tax / reporting products (Koinly, CoinTracker class).
Surfaces
- Official journal export partnership module
- Labeled CTA after CSV / exchange sync flows
- One co-authored journal to tax guide per quarter
Customer benefit: Less spreadsheet hell. Export from Thrive journal into a reviewed tax workflow.
Hard no
- Thrive does not give tax advice. Partner copy must say so.
06
Education Partner
Best for: One prop or education brand that teaches process, not guaranteed signals.
Surfaces
- Academy / Learn adjacency (labeled)
- Curriculum cross-links where relevant
Customer benefit: Structured learning next to the desk, without signal-seller spam.
Hard no
- Guaranteed returns
- AI bot that prints claims
- Unpaid signal shilling
07
Portfolio / Tracker Partner
Best for: Non-custodial portfolio or PnL trackers that complement the journal.
Surfaces
- Post-journal track elsewhere labeled module
- Research footer on performance/analytics posts
Customer benefit: After-trade tracking that does not replace Thrive journal.
Hard no
- Wallet custody
- Seed phrases
- Deposit here claims
Partners cannot buy rankings.
Commercial modules stay separate from signal order, Edge Score, search, filters, journal scoring, and leaderboard outcomes. Labels stay visible. If a sponsor module fails, Session Desk, Signals, and Journal keep working.
- No pay-to-rank
- No unlabeled native rows
- No invented traffic metrics on this page
- No programmatic ad network
- Creatives: logo, short benefit line, verified HTTPS destination
- Review: commercial + compliance + creative. No automated approval.
Looking for creator referrals instead? See Affiliates (15% / 12 mo). Partners and Affiliates do not replace each other.
Founding Partner application
Tell us the category and the trader benefit you want to ship.
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