Many publisher dashboard releases occurred in 2025, so it's time to focus on what broke during that period and imporve areas we may have overlooked

Real-time updates on the board, small quality-of-life improvements for orders

Prepare the dashboard for publishers who own dozens or hundreds of media outlets, making it easy to add and manage media and offers

Receipts for top-ups, links to download invoices and receipts from the transactions table, balance withdrawals, and other enhancements for managing financial documents.

Expose extras to the marketplace to book them along with placements, provide conditions upgrades, and writing service flow

Create client proposals directly in Medialister

Decrease times to load boards, orders, offers, and make sure you see no spinners for too long

Improve the experience of adding media in batches to make the process smoother

Fixes for small but pesky bugs and some marketplace features polishing

Get backlinks without having to publish an entire piece of content

Blacklist, verified media mark, hide where you've published already

Set a default dashboard (client or publisher), fix board jumping when opening an order, and resolve minor but persistent bugs.

Provide a workspace for content management: A place for collaboration with editors A storage area for content pieces that users can easily attach to orders and reuse

Provide publishers with an overview of client profiles and insights into how their media perform in the marketplace

Provide a discount management system for publishers to help boost their visibility in the marketplace. For example, offer discounts on bulk bookings or when a client bookmarks a media offer.

Be sure to feel projects and campaigns a smooth as possible (smal bug fixes, small improvements)

Upgrade of the functionality and usability of bookamrks and saved views

In addition to what Medialister offers, we aim to provide more features to streamline collaboration between agencies and clients. Currently, an agency can invite clients to projects as Viewers, allowing them to observe the placements that are published and in progress. Our next steps include providing separate balances and invoices for each project, as well as the ability to create proposals based on our marketplace offerings.

Behind-the-scenes fixes and updates to make the chat more reliable

Auto top-ups, shareable link to an accountant, bonuses for big top-ups

Create your own proprietary PR ranking using existing metrics. Filter and sort by this rank, and use it as a target in your campaigns. For example: PR Rank for Media = 10 if Press Release + 10 if Ahrefs DR > 10 + 100 if Orgainc Visits > 60%

Make the media database with all the data available via API to 3rd parties

Using Medialister on the go with your phone

Monitor your new or existing backlinks

Some articles may feature multiple clients—for example, "Top 10 Flower Shops in Estonia." Collective booking can help manage these cases.

Easy way to get more views on already published placements

Get shareable reports for campaigns and projects

Provide clients and publishers with a way to address situations where an order has been fulfilled but some conditions were violated afterward.

Check all conditions directly in the cart, and view the price breakdown in the cart just as it appears at checkout, and other quality-of-life updates

Organization name setup, 2FA, small fixes

Struggling to write content or unsure what to say? This feature has you covered. We will connect you with a skilled writer who can create content on your behalf.

Connect the email account where you receive orders and sync it directly with the orders board in the publisher dashboard

Do you already have a list of media outlets? Or do you want to be featured in all the publications where your competitors are mentioned? Upload your list of domains, and we’ll check if they’re available in our marketplace. If they are, you can book them right away.

Make the campaign measurable and more goal-oriented by implementing the following features: Provide templates that include goals and metrics Track campaign metrics Develop custom metrics, such as your own PR Rank based on multiple important factors Report on campaign results.

Buy placements in print publications

Clients submit content and propose conditions, while publishers place bids to publish it.

Make quality-of-life improvements for team invitations: Redesign the invitation modal window to enhance usability After registration, check if your team already uses Medialister and add the "Ask to Join" button Increase the visibility of the invitation process at appropriate times

Scheduled payouts, Stripe Connect management for publishers, separated billing email

The browser extension is a fitting room which allows you to see how your content will appear in real life once published. The extension also provides information on whether it is possible to buy a placement on a specific media website through Medialister.

Enable faster uploading of SEO metrics for media. Display historical data for all metrics, not just visits. Consider adding several additional metrics as well.

Check it out: https://prnews.io/blog/tiered-link-building-a-strategic-approach-to-seo-success.html

Publishers will be able to get content directly in their CMSs

Search for keywords in the marketplace and receive domain suggestions based on your content.

A better way to provide editorial guidelines for placements

See where your competitors are mentioned and how you compare to them in these terms

A dedicated page that displays all organizational activities, featuring effective filters and quick access.

Make it easy for publishers to provide direct data on their organic traffic and display it in the marketplace.

Better notification experience: SMS notifications Notification management system Real-time updates in activity logs within the product Custom billing profile for your accountant

Several user experience and interface improvements throughout the product. These include correcting date and price formats in some places, fixing inaccessible tooltips, and adjusting gaps and spacing—all aimed at refining the product.

Provide a method for media managers to upsell additional services, such as writing services, extra hyperlinks, or increased text volume

An order cancellation experience convenient for all parties. This will include features like: Improve clarity on contributor order details and conditions. Introduce one-click alternatives for declined orders. Implement a dispute system for order cancellations to ensure fair outcomes in case an order was already fulfilled. Auto-cancel in-progress orders for delisted formats. Remove the existing auto-cancellation feature entirely. Log cancellation actions across client and media manager dashboards.

Make the media manager dashboard publicly available in beta

Implement a recommendation algorithm in the marketplace based on the campaign information

Marking particular media with badges: Client's Choice, Editor's Choice, LLM-Friendly, New Media. This should help users find better media.

Updates on the back side of the product; nothing fancy but should be done

Allow users to invite others and receive rewards for their completed orders.

A design debt-covering project to make campaigns as a main gate to other parts of the product. We will revamp the navigation, make the marketplace a part of campaigns, and provide more features for the cart. Here is the rundown of what we want to tackle: The marketplace and client dashboard are currently separate, loosely connected components.It is difficult to understand which campaign the marketplace recommends media for and for which campaign you are currently booking placements. Unassigned orders as hardly understandable byproduct of the current design The current setup feels more like a collection of disconnected pages rather than a cohesive application. Navigation is not scalable, making it difficult even today to locate features like projects in the UI or add any product-defining flows.