Maven Launches Category Sponsorship for Merchants

SEATTLE - Jan. 25, 2017 - PRLog -- Maven Exchange, Inc.  ("Maven"), which is a mobile and web, social earning platform, continues to expand its offering to support merchants interested in accessing the influential user base.

Maven is the first of its kind: a solution that lets people earn money by recommending products and services to others. People who love to shop can now monetize their taste and shopping expertise in an easy, natural way. Maven is designed to be fun and intuitive for users of popular social media sites.  Our users create boards of products from "in-network" merchants. These boards can be shared via email and blog as well as social networks such as Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook. When people click through and buy a product from the retailer, the product recommender earns a commission. Bloggers and social influencers find the platform fun, engaging, and profitable.

To help both merchants and user, Maven has recently launched Category Sponsorship. Merchants can now purchase placement on Mavenx.com to get in front of influencers as they create their product collections intended for sharing across their social connections. With over 10 categories and nearly 30 slots, merchants can assure that the influencers will be targeted while in the process of curating boards that relate to their brand. Maven also features the brand in multiple monthly newsletters to increase awareness for the brand's program.

Officially launched in December, Maven CEO Jess Waldeck explains the process. "It was important to measure the success of our placement. Maven is not a traditional shopping sites and therefore the traffic metrics are not comparable. But our placement puts a brand in front of an influencer that is a gateway to millions of followers, friends, and family. Not only that, it is placed in a position on the site when he or she is curating the items to go onto their chosen board which is intended to be shared across social media, email, blog and more."

The early results are encouraging. A placement will influence product inclusion to a newly create board. In fact, early calculations show that products from merchant Category Sponsorship are finding their way onto boards over 3 times more than those that are not engaged in Category Sponsorship

Placements are available and are quite affordable ranging from less than a few hundred dollars a month.

Available at https://www.mavenx.com.  The Maven network supports nearly 3,000 retailers today and pays up to 30% commission on sales.  Maven is looking for influencers interested in earning through commission and Share Events as well as merchants looking for return on their influencer campaign and advertising dollars.

About Maven Exchange, Inc.

Maven is a mobile and web, social earning application.  We serve social influencers who want to earn by recommending brands and products to their followers and friends.  Maven has operations in Seattle and Chicago. Please visit https://www.mavenx.com.