Bottle

Bottle is an Oxford digital public-relations agency selling earned-media campaigns plus ongoing search retainers. It trades publicly as Bottle Digital PR under the registered British company BOTTLEPR LIMITED. Its current Public Evidence Score appears in the infobox for round 2026-09-pes1, dated 7 September 2026.

Background

BOTTLEPR LIMITED stands recorded as active on the Companies House register under number 04933450.¹ Company incorporation dates to October 2003, while the registered office still sits in Oxford.¹ Directors Natasha Hill and Colin Cather are both recorded as co-owners on the register.^{2 3} The company about page also names a non-executive director absent from current register officers.^{3 2} The company domain was registered in October 2015 and first archived in January 2016.^{4 5} A published slavery statement still shows a former Oxford address that was superseded in 2023.⁶ LinkedIn describes a privately held Oxford agency founded in 2003 with thirty employees listed.⁷

Services

The Fame and Findability retainers cover story planning, media outreach, plus monthly authority reporting.⁸ Hero campaigns, always-on media relations, and influencer work extend the core retainer offer further.^{9 10} Dedicated search, content, and generative-engine optimisation services sit alongside the core media practice today.^{11 12 13} All company link building runs through journalist outreach chasing purely earned editorial mentions today.¹⁴

Pricing

As of September 2026, the contact page asks for at least £6,000 monthly investment.¹⁵ The figure is described as a minimum budget rather than a fixed product price.¹⁵ The online storefront listings show US$0.00 with carts, which are not commercial unit prices.⁸ A free thirty-minute strategy consultation is offered online without any spending commitment required upfront.¹⁶ The retainer programmes each carry six- or twelve-month minimum terms before rolling onward thereafter.⁸ The storefront US$0.00 figures contrast sharply with the £6,000 monthly minimum on the contact page.^{8 15}

Terms and buyer protection

No public terms-of-service page was found anywhere, while two likely addresses both returned errors.^{17 18} Audits complete in two to three weeks, while campaigns run eight to twelve weeks.⁸ First journalist pickups are described as arriving during the second or third month.¹⁹ No refund term, replacement promise, or dispute route was published anywhere in the public record.²⁰

Reputation

No Trustpilot profile was found in web searches for the company domain name itself.²¹ Google Maps displays a rating of five with no visible review count for the listing.²² The G2 and Clutch directories stayed blocked throughout, so no profile outcome was confirmed.^{23 24} No platform alert or sanction could be observed anywhere without a single readable profile.²¹ The smoothing method for combining platform ratings is described on the methodology page.

Delivery evidence

Six published named case studies report coverage and link counts for household consumer brands.²⁵ The Gousto campaign gained over fourteen hundred links, while Harringtons gained nearly three hundred.^{26 27} The named outlets lack article addresses, so no single placement was opened and checked.^{26 28} Direct outreach to journalists for earned editorial coverage is the stated delivery model here.¹⁴

Operational footprint

The company about page names twenty people, while LinkedIn lists thirty employees overall today.^{3 7} Public contact routes comprise email, a telephone line, a web form, and bookable consultations.^{15 16} The stated company office is The Loft at Tyndale House, Cowley Road, Oxford, England.¹⁵ No placement service-level promise was published anywhere, only indicative product timeframe statements instead.¹⁹

Value for money

No published prices for the defined guest-post, niche-edit, or monthly-package basket units were found.¹⁴ The published retainer minimums describe monthly budgets only, not per-link units with authority floors.¹⁵ The methodology page describes the standardised price-basket comparison behind value-for-money assessment across all providers.

Penalties

No public route to approve placement sites before publication was found as of September 2026.^{29 14} The company AI blog calls visibility promises a red flag and urges reader scepticism.³⁰ No headline buyer-protection promise contradicted by legal or footer text was found as of September 2026.^{17 20} No evidence was found that any placements land on sites the provider itself controls.¹⁴ No matching review profile was found anywhere, so no platform alert was ever observed.^{21 23 24 31} Placement link attributes are unstated for earned coverage, with no hidden default shown anywhere.¹⁴

Category evidence

A dedicated link-building page scopes earned outreach but without listing any unit prices there.¹⁴ The core digital-PR approach carries the £6,000 minimum alongside multiple named case studies.^{10 15 25} A dedicated generative-engine page covers AI visibility audits, citation building work, plus entity management.¹³ The business-contact copy addresses major brands but still without any dedicated industry category page.¹⁶

Frequently asked questions

What does Bottle sell?

It sells Fame and Findability retainers covering story planning, media outreach, plus monthly authority reporting.⁸ Hero campaigns, always-on media relations, and influencer work extend the core retainer offer further.^{9 10} Dedicated search, content, and generative-engine optimisation services sit alongside the core media practice today.^{11 12 13}

What does Bottle charge?

As of September 2026, the contact page asks for at least £6,000 monthly investment.¹⁵ The figure is described as a minimum budget rather than a fixed product price.¹⁵ The retainer programmes each carry six- or twelve-month minimum terms before rolling onward thereafter.⁸

Are Bottle links dofollow?

Placement link attributes are unstated for earned coverage, with no hidden default shown anywhere.¹⁴ All company link building runs through journalist outreach chasing purely earned editorial mentions today.¹⁴ The named outlets lack article addresses, so no single placement was opened and checked.^{26 28}

What terms and turnaround apply?

No public terms-of-service page was found anywhere, while two likely addresses both returned errors.^{17 18} Audits complete in two to three weeks, while campaigns run eight to twelve weeks.⁸ No refund term, replacement promise, or dispute route was published anywhere in the public record.²⁰

Where is Bottle based and who runs it?

BOTTLEPR LIMITED stands recorded as active on the Companies House register under number 04933450.¹ Directors Natasha Hill and Colin Cather are both recorded as co-owners on the register.^{2 3} The stated company office is The Loft at Tyndale House, Cowley Road, Oxford, England.¹⁵

How is Bottle scored?

Its current Public Evidence Score appears in the infobox for round 2026-09-pes1, dated 7 September 2026. The methodology page gives the full published specification behind the current Public Evidence Score. Value for money is reflected in the current Public Evidence Score, which renders from the published price basket.

History

This article was created in September 2026 from round 2026-09-pes1 evidence, and the revision log renders from data.

See also

• Best digital PR agencies
• Best link building services
• Digital PR
• Domain authority
• Methodology