City + coast Italy Florence · Rome · Amalfi For travel publishers
Publish your travel expertise. Earn when travelers use it.
Apply once, verify, and publish. Build a guide, ship it to the marketplace, and earn when a traveler buys it, or when Atlas plans a trip around it. You keep your work, your audience, and your voice.
Verified publishers Earn per sale + per trip You keep your copyright
How it works
From your expertise to a guide that earns.
Apply, verify, build, publish, then earn when travelers buy your guide or plan a trip around it. No listing fees, no per-guide cost.
- 01
Apply.
~10 minTell us what you’d write, and where you publish today. We read each application and come back with next steps within a few business days.
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Get reviewed and verified.
One-timeWe read each application by hand and accept knowledgeable travelers whose recommendations hold up. Approved publishers then complete a one-time verification (an identity check and a one-time fee) before publishing.
- 03
Build your guide.
A few hoursThe authoring tool turns your notes, transcripts, and past writing into structured entries: hotels, restaurants, neighborhoods, routes. You edit and arrange; the structure does itself.
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Preview and publish.
MinutesSee exactly how your guide reads (cover, entries, byline), then publish when it’s ready. Nothing goes live until you say so.
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Earn when it’s used.
OngoingA cut when your guide sells, and a payout when Atlas plans a trip around it. Track each sale, trip-use, and payout live in your publisher analytics.
Build fast
Import in bulk or one entry at a time.
You’ve already got the spreadsheet of spots, the saved-place lists, the half-written guide. Import the lot at once and it’s organized into a clean, sellable guide, finished in an afternoon, not a month of data entry.
- A spreadsheet, one row per place
- Saved-place lists and maps
- A guide you’ve already published
Quality
Recommendations that hold up.
We don’t just verify who you are; we review what you know. Every publisher is hand-reviewed for genuine expertise, so the recommendations come from travelers who actually know the place.
01
Apply
Pitch what you’d write and share sample work, so we can see the expertise behind your picks.
02
Reviewed
Our team reads each application by hand and accepts knowledgeable travelers whose recommendations hold up. Curation, not open sign-up.
03 Verified
Verified
A one-time identity check and fee confirm the byline is yours; then your work goes live, vetted and credited.
Two ways to earn
Bought as a guide. Or used in a trip.
Travelers buy your guide and read it on its own, or pull it into an Airheart trip, where Atlas plans the days around your picks. You earn either way.
Bought as a guide You earn on the sale
Used in a trip You earn on the trip
Economics
Earn when your guide sells, and when it powers a trip.
You earn a creator-favorable cut on each sale, and a payout each time Atlas plans a trip around your guide. Your rate is set per organization and recorded; we don’t change the deal on you. Track each sale, trip-use, and payout in your analytics.
Case study
From publish to payout.
Verified The guide Tokyo, slowly
How a published guide becomes the trip.
From a notebook of favorite places to a guide travelers buy, and plan whole voyages around. One Airheart publisher, from first entry to first payout.
AT Akiko Tanaka Publisher · Tokyo, slowly Read the case study
FAQ
Straight answers.
What does it cost to become a publisher?
Applying is free. Once you’re approved, there’s a one-time verification fee (an identity check plus a review of your application) before you publish. After that there’s no listing fee and no per-guide cost: publish as much as you want, and Airheart’s share comes only out of sales and trip-use, never out of your pocket.
How do I make money?
Two ways, both creator-favorable: a cut on each sale when a traveler buys your guide, and a payout when Atlas uses your guide to plan a trip. Your rate is set per organization and recorded in your publisher agreement; we don’t change it on you.
Who buys my guide, and how do they use it?
Travelers planning a trip. They can read your guide as a standalone editorial product, or drop it into an Airheart trip so Atlas builds the itinerary around your recommendations. Either way, you earn.
Do I keep my work and my audience?
Yes. You keep your copyright, your byline, and your subscriber list. Buyers can come through your own channels or through marketplace discovery; either way they’re yours.
What happens when I update a guide?
Existing buyers keep their pinned version and see an upgrade prompt. No silent rewrites, no “version 2 is the only one.” Your buyers choose when to move up.