Win more business as one of our Certified Suppliers
We work with leading suppliers in the media industry, delivering an annual audit that demonstrates their systems adhere to ABC’s reporting requirements.
View our Certified SuppliersHow do you stand out to media owners?
Media owners rely on a multitude of industry partners to support their business and distribution models.
Although many supplier businesses are well versed in ABC, gaps in understanding and consequent lack of evidence can lead to copies being disallowed at audit. This leads to major headaches for media owners.
Prove your credentials as a Certified Supplier
We deliver an annual audit of your reporting, systems and processes. Upon successful completion, we rely on this for your clients' ABC claims, simplifying requirements for you and your media owner clients.
This saves time and costs whilst greatly enhancing your value as a business partner.
Benefits of being a Certified Supplier
Being a Certified Supplier enables you to:
- Demonstrate your understanding of ABC requirements
- Secure new business
- Simplify the audit process for you and your clients
- Be easily found on our website by media owners looking for ABC-compliant partners
- Show your support of industry agreed standards.
- Raise trust and transparency in your industry
Steps to certification
Registration
Your engagement with us starts with a conversation about your company, what you offer and the types of clients you have.
Pre-Audit
We’ll identify where your service interacts with ABC requirements, explain our definitions and standards, and set up an audit programme which enables us to test your reporting, systems and processes.
Audit
We’ll work with you to deliver your audit. When the work is complete, we’ll supply a private management report indicating performance against key metrics, including recommendations for improvement, if necessary.
Certification
We’ll issue a public certificate detailing the areas we’ve tested. This shows that your reporting meets ABC standards, so we can quickly accept your reports when we’re conducting audits for your clients.
Promotion
We’ll support you to market your achievement.
Why choose us
Expertise
You’ll have the expertise you need to hand.Independence
We’re an industry-owned independent third party auditor. We’ll provide unbiased and objective assessments of compliance.Value for Money
As a non-profit distributing company, our services are cost effective and our audits are designed to be efficient and effective.Methodology
We use a proven and rigorous audit methodology in all our assessments. We take a consultative approach which means we’ll help you understand what’s required, and provide advice to help you secure your certification.Laurent Kayser
Helen Bower
Who can become a Certified Supplier?
Our Certified Suppliers include subscription fulfilment, bulk pick up, digital publishing platforms, and web analytics services (see table below).
All the below have undergone our audit which confirms their systems can support the reporting of data to ABC Standards.
As these companies have been audited and we can place reliance on their systems, media owners benefit when they use a Certified Supplier because our reporting requirements are simplified. It also means additional costs to media owners are minimised when we perform an audit of their figures.
These Certified Suppliers are clearly demonstrating their willingness to be open to scrutiny, as well as their support of industry agreed standards.
Organisation |
Certificate |
Certified for: |
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BULK DISTRIBUTION | ||
Global Media Hub – ABC Distribution Report |
Consumer Magazines: Monitored Free Distribution, Sample Free Distribution National Newspapers, Regional Publications, ABC Bulk Distribution: Free Pick up, Sample Free Distribution |
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Gold Key Media - ABC Publisher Statement |
Consumer Magazines: Monitored Free Distribution, Sample Free Distribution Regional Publications, ABC Bulk Distribution: Free Pick up, Sample Free Distribution Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply, please see certificate for details |
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MG Promotions Ltd – ABC Summary Report |
Consumer Magazines: Monitored Free Distribution, Sample Free Distribution Regional Publications: Free Pick up, Sample Free Distribution |
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Self Select Distribution – Multi Drop Report |
Consumer Magazines: Monitored Free Distribution, Sample Free Distribution National Newspapers, Regional Publications, ABC Bulk Distribution: Free Pick up, Sample Free Distribution |
DIGITAL PUBLISHING PLATFORM | ||
Apple News Plus | Consumer Magazines: All You Can Read Sales |
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BorrowBox - ABC Circulation Report | Consumer Magazines Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) |
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Cafeyn ABC Report |
Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers, Regional Publications: Paid Single Copies (Digital Edition), Paid Subscriptions (Digital Edition), All You Can Read Sales Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers: Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) |
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Digi-Mags Publisher Report |
Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers: Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) |
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Gold Key Media Ltd - Downloads Report | Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers: Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) ABC Bulk Distribution, Consumer Magazines, Regional Publications: Free Requested Delivered (Digital Edition) Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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MagazineCloner ABC Report | Consumer Magazines: Paid Single Copies (Digital Edition), Paid Subscriptions (Digital Edition) Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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Media Carrier – Standard Downloads Details |
Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers:
Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) Regional Publications: Free Requested Delivered (Digital Edition) Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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Readly ABC Report |
Consumer Magazines, National Newspapers: All You Can Read Sales ABC Bulk Distribution, Consumer Magazines, Regional Publications: Free Requested Delivered (Digital Edition) |
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ZINIO ABC Report |
Consumer Magazines:
Paid Single Copies (Digital Edition), Paid Subscriptions (Digital Edition), Multiple Copy Business Sales (Digital Edition) Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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SUBSCRIPTION FULFILMENT | ||
CDS Global – Publisher Report |
Consumer Magazines: Paid Subscriptions Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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DLT Magazines - Subscription Report |
Consumer Magazines: Paid Subscriptions Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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dsb.net - ABC Report |
Consumer Magazines: Paid Subscriptions Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply. Please see certificate for details. |
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WEB TRAFFIC ANALYTICS | ||
Adobe Analytics |
Unique Users, Page Impressions, Visits Exceptions or additional explanatory notes apply, please see certificate for details |
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Piano Analytics |
Unique Users, Page Impressions, Visits |