Startup Sponsorship Finder 🎯

The smartest way to find brand sponsorships for content creators.

🚀 What Makes This Actor DIFFERENT?

Most sponsorship tools just check pre-defined URL lists. This Actor is intelligent.

❌ What Other Tools Do:

Tool: "Let me check these 20 URLs I memorized"
→ Half return 404 errors
→ Outdated information
→ Same brands everyone knows

✅ What This Actor Does:

1. Google Search: Discovers brands actively sponsoring creators
2. Visit Homepage: Intelligently crawls each brand's website  
3. Auto-Find: Locates actual partnership pages (not guessing URLs)
4. Extract Data: Gets real contact info, requirements, rates
5. Highlight New: Marks emerging brands (2024/2025 launches)

Result: Fresh, accurate, verified sponsorship opportunities you won't find anywhere else.

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💰 Why This Matters

The Problem:

• Finding brand deals takes 10+ hours of manual research
• Partnership pages are hard to find
• URLs change frequently
• You miss emerging sponsors

The Solution:

• ✅ Automated discovery via Google Search
• ✅ Intelligent crawling finds actual partnership pages
• ✅ Always current - adapts to website changes
• ✅ Discovers new brands others don't know about

One brand deal ($1,000-5,000) pays for this Actor for YEARS.

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📊 How It Works

Input

{
  "creatorNiche": "gaming",
  "followerCount": 50000,
  "platforms": ["Twitch", "YouTube"],
  "maxBrandsToDiscover": 50
}

Process

1. Google Search - Finds 30-50 brand websites in your niche
2. Homepage Analysis - Visits each site, looks for "Partnership", "Sponsor", "Creator Program" links
3. Smart Crawling - Follows links to actual partnership pages
4. Data Extraction - Pulls contact info, requirements, rates, type
5. Deduplication - Ensures unique results

Output

{
  "brandName": "Advanced.gg ⭐ NEW",
  "brandUrl": "https://advanced.gg",
  "partnershipPageUrl": "https://advanced.gg/pages/partner-with-advanced",
  "partnershipPageTitle": "Partner With Advanced",
  "targetNiches": ["gaming", "fitness"],
  "sponsorshipType": "Brand Ambassador",
  "estimatedRate": "Contact for details",
  "contactInfo": "partnerships@advanced.gg",  
  "requirements": "Minimum 5,000 followers | Active content creation",
  "discoveredVia": "Intelligent Crawling",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-12-30T20:30:00Z"
}

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🎯 Who Is This For?

• Streamers (Twitch, YouTube, Kick)
• Content Creators (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube)
• Influencers (10K-500K followers)
• Agencies managing multiple creators
• Anyone looking for brand partnerships

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🔥 Key Features

🧠 Intelligent Discovery

• No hardcoded URLs - discovers partnership pages automatically
• Adapts to any website structure
• Works even when brands redesign their sites

🆕 Finds New Brands

• Highlights emerging sponsors (2024/2025 launches)
• Discovers indie brands with better rates
• Catches opportunities competitors miss

📈 Always Fresh

• Real-time Google Search
• Current contact information
• Up-to-date requirements

💼 Professional Data

• Contact emails and application links
• Minimum follower requirements
• Sponsorship types (paid, product, affiliate)
• Estimated rates (when available)

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💡 Use Cases

1. Find New Sponsors - Discover 30-50 brands in 5 minutes
2. Benchmark Rates - See what others charge
3. Competitive Intel - Research competitor sponsors
4. Pitch Preparation - Get verified contact info
5. Market Research - Understand sponsorship landscape

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🛠️ Built For Apify Challenge

Technical Highlights:

• ✅ CheerioCrawler with router pattern
• ✅ Google Search Actor integration
• ✅ Intelligent link discovery
• ✅ Comprehensive schemas
• ✅ Quality Score 65+ optimized

Why It Wins:

• 🎯 Solves REAL pain point (10+ hours saved)
• 💰 Clear ROI (pays for itself with 1 deal)
• 🆕 Novel approach (no hardcoded URLs)
• 📈 Scalable (works for any niche)

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📈 Roadmap

• Intelligent homepage crawling
• Google Search integration
• Multi-niche support (10 niches)
• New brand detection
• Twitter/X brand announcements
• User-submitted deal rates
• Email alerts for new opportunities
• Chrome extension

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🚀 Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run locally
apify run

# Deploy to cloud
apify login
apify push

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📄 License

ISC

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