EIN Presswire

Published 2026-09-07 · Updated 2026-09-09

Contents

Background
Services
Pricing
Terms and buyer protection
Reputation
Delivery evidence
Operational footprint
Value for money
Penalties
Category evidence
Frequently asked questions
History
See also

EIN Presswire is a press release distribution service operated by Newsmatics Inc. from Washington, DC, in the United States.¹ ² As of September 2026, the company sells tiered release packages alongside wire, newsroom and media directory services.³ ⁴ Its standing is shown in the current Public Evidence Score in the infobox for round 2026-09-pes1, dated 7 September 2026.

Background

The company states that EIN Presswire is operated by Newsmatics Inc., previously IPD Group, Inc.⁵ ⁶ The company states that the business was founded in 1995 and rebranded from IPD Group to Newsmatics in 2022.⁶ ⁷ Register-derived records name Newsmatics Inc. as a Delaware-domiciled foreign corporation in Arizona and Colorado, with good standing in Colorado.⁸ ⁹ The investor page instead describes registration in Maryland, and the Delaware file number was not retrieved.¹⁰ ⁸ Named leadership comprises David Rothstein as chief executive, Jeremy Fields in corporate development and Gina Fratto as director and secretary.⁶ ¹⁰ ⁸ The evidence file records a first Wayback capture in January 2009, although the live archive lookup failed during collection.¹¹ An OpenCorporates lookup returned an access error, adding no further entity detail as of September 2026.¹² The published contact address is 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, matching the register-derived principal address.² ⁸

Services

As of September 2026, the company sells Basic, Pro+ and Corporate press release packages through its pricing page.³ The company states that distribution reaches its own networks plus gateway services such as Google News and AP News.⁶ ⁴ Listed inclusions cover word caps, images, video, country and industry targets, and three keyword anchor text links per release.³ The homepage also describes wire distribution, newsrooms, journalist email and a World Media Directory under digital PR.¹ ⁴

Pricing

As of September 2026, Basic costs $149 for one release and Corporate costs $999 for fifteen releases.³ Pro+ costs $499 for five releases plus one free release under a limited-time offer.³ All packages are priced in United States dollars, remain valid for 365 days, and are ordered through account registration and checkout.³ ¹ The FAQ phrase of $50 to $149 per release does not match the live $149 starting price on the comparison chart.⁶ ³

Terms and buyer protection

The company publishes general terms and conditions alongside editorial guidelines and an acceptable use policy.¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ The FAQ states that refunds are available within 60 days where less than 25 percent of credits were used, calculated pro rata.⁶ The terms instead reserve discretion to refund or retain amounts paid, and vendor replies elsewhere cite a 90-day window for denied releases.¹³ ¹⁶ Same-day distribution applies to verified accounts during business hours, and the distribution report follows about two hours later.³ ² Accounts may be cancelled at any time, and packages expire 365 days after purchase.¹³ Disputes begin with at least thirty days of informal negotiation under District of Columbia law.¹³

Reputation

As of September 2026, Trustpilot shows 3.5 from 176 reviews on a claimed profile.¹⁶ Thirty-three of those reviews fall in the last twelve months, indicating continued recent activity.¹⁶ The transparency page of the claimed profile records no verified or invited reviews and unconfirmed company details.¹⁷ G2 shows 4.5 from 184 reviews for the product, with a related seller page showing a similar total.¹⁸ ¹⁹ An older G2 seller page shows 6 reviews at 3.5, including one review labelled as an incentivised review in February 2024.²⁰ A Clutch search found no matching review profile, and no public Google Business rating was read during collection.²¹ ²² Direct fetches of Trustpilot and G2 returned access errors, so figures come from public listings.¹⁶ ¹⁸ The smoothing method for combining platform ratings is described on the methodology page.

Delivery evidence

The company publishes a sample distribution report alongside an AP News hub carrying its distributed releases.²³ ²⁴ An owned-site article copy is live, while a Des Moines Register story link resolved to the site homepage rather than the story.²⁵ ²⁶ A further third-party story link could not be read during collection, and no named case studies were found.²⁷ The company states that it owns proprietary distribution technology and an Affinity Group network of over 3,900 publications.⁵ ⁶

Operational footprint

As of September 2026, the brand LinkedIn page shows 11 to 50 employees, with 15 profiles listed.²⁸ The related Newsmatics LinkedIn page shows 51 to 200 employees, with 58 profiles listed as of September 2026.²⁹ No dedicated team page was found, while support runs through phone lines, a contact form and account login.² The published office is 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, with same-day turnaround for verified accounts in business hours.² ³

Value for money

No published prices for the G30, G50, N30 or M1 basket units were found, since press release packages sit outside that basket.³ The methodology page describes how the basket comparison adjusts listed prices before grading value for money.

Penalties

No public route for buyers to approve placement sites before publication was found as of September 2026.¹ ³ ⁶ ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ⁴ ² No public copy guaranteeing ranking, traffic or authority-metric increases was found, and the terms disclaim such guarantees.¹³ ⁶ ¹ The FAQ refund window, the terms discretion to retain amounts paid, and vendor replies citing a different window contradict each other.⁶ ¹³ ¹⁶ No evidence was found that placements on controlled networks are sold as third-party editorial, since ownership is disclosed.⁶ ³ ⁵ ⁴ ²⁴ One review on the older G2 seller page carries an incentivised-review label from February 2024.²⁰ The pricing page sells three keyword anchor text links per release without stating the nofollow-only default given in the FAQ.³ ⁶ ¹

Category evidence

Press release distribution has a dedicated pricing page with tier prices, sample reports and editorial and use terms.³ ²³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ Digital PR appears on the homepage through wire, newsroom, journalist email and directory services without separate samples or case studies.¹ ⁴ Industry names such as healthcare, law, insurance, real estate, travel, automotive, logistics, gaming and retail appear as homepage list entries only.¹ AI discoverability appears only as homepage benefit bullets on the press-release product, with no dedicated offer or price found.³⁰

Frequently asked questions

What does EIN Presswire sell?

It sells tiered press release distribution packages alongside wire, newsroom and media directory services.³ ⁴ As of September 2026, the pricing page lists Basic, Pro+ and Corporate tiers with word, image and targeting inclusions.³ Distribution runs across its own networks plus gateway services such as Google News and AP News.⁶ ⁴

What does a press release cost and what is included?

Are EIN Presswire release links dofollow?

Each release includes three keyword anchor text links, as stated on the pricing page.³ The pricing page does not state the nofollow-only default that the FAQ gives for release links.³ ⁶ The homepage describes wire distribution and newsroom services without stating a link-attribute policy for buyers.¹

What refund terms apply to EIN Presswire packages?

The FAQ states refunds within 60 days where less than 25 percent of credits were used, calculated pro rata.⁶ The terms instead reserve discretion to refund or retain amounts paid for refused services.¹³ Vendor replies elsewhere cite a 90-day window for denied releases, so public terms differ.¹⁶

Where is EIN Presswire based and who runs it?

The published contact office is 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, USA.² Register-derived records name Newsmatics Inc. as a Delaware-domiciled foreign corporation in Arizona and Colorado.⁸ ⁹ Named leadership comprises chief executive David Rothstein with corporate development and director roles listed.⁶ ¹⁰

How is EIN Presswire scored?

The current Public Evidence Score for the provider appears in the infobox beside the lead. It reflects round 2026-09-pes1 evidence across the published criteria and buyer-protection checks. The methodology page describes the criteria, weights and coverage rules behind the score in full.

History

This article was created from round 2026-09-pes1 evidence, with collection completed during September 2026. The revision log below is rendered from the provider data file rather than typed by hand.