Candy Bird welcomes original, genuinely useful articles about home improvement, real estate and everyday living. Please read these guidelines before you pitch.
Topics we accept
- Home repairs, maintenance and troubleshooting
- Renovation, interior design, flooring, paint, kitchens and bathrooms
- Energy efficiency, insulation, windows, solar and sustainable materials
- Gardens, outdoor living and landscaping
- Real estate: buying, selling, renting, moving and home finance
- Home-related family, pet, safety and lifestyle topics
Quality rules
- Original, unpublished content written for our readers, not for search engines.
- Accurate information with links to reputable sources for facts, costs and statistics.
- Clear, practical writing with useful headings, and safety warnings where a task carries risk.
- No invented quotes, experts, reviews, statistics or personal experiences.
- AI-assisted drafts are acceptable only if a human has fact-checked and edited them. We may decline content that reads as unedited AI output.
- Images must be your own, licensed or free to use, with descriptive alt text.
- We may edit submissions for accuracy, clarity and length, and we may decline any submission.
Links
- Links must be relevant to the article and point to legitimate, working, family-friendly websites.
- Paid or commercial links are marked in line with search engine guidelines (for example with
rel="sponsored"). - Keep links to a small number per article. Links to authoritative references are encouraged.
Content we do not accept
- Casino, gambling, betting or sweepstakes content
- Cannabis, CBD, THC, vaping or other drug-related content
- Adult content, weapons, payday loans, crypto investment schemes, or anything illegal, misleading or hateful
- Content that gives specific legal, financial or medical advice in place of a qualified professional
How to pitch
Email thewebico@gmail.com with your proposed topic, a short outline and links to two or three previous articles. Please put “Guest post” in the subject line.
All contributions follow our Editorial Policy.