FantasyRise vs SirenCY

Where SirenCY beats us

Their content operation is on a different scale

Their site carries well over a hundred published pages: topic hubs, niche guides, country and city pages, statistics, a glossary, and direct comparisons against named competitors including ourselves eventually, if this continues. That is a lead channel a five person agency does not build in months. It is genuinely their strongest capability, and it is worth understanding that it is a publishing operation with an agency attached rather than the other way round.

Their company identity is checkable in a national register

An Australian business number, published in their footer, that resolves in the public register. Ours resolves in the Wyoming state record, filing ID 2024-001405482. Both are real checks; theirs is equally solid.

Where the two differ

The price, before the call

SirenCY publishes 35%, commission only, no upfront fee. We publish 30% to 60% of net, tied to what we take on, with the upper end applying when we front startup costs.

Their number is the more committal one, and we should say so. A single figure is something a creator can hold an agency to. A thirty point range still leaves the real price for a conversation, which is exactly the thing this site criticizes elsewhere. Ours is a range because the two tracks genuinely differ in what we carry, and both ends are on the Starter and Growth pages with the reason attached. That is an explanation, not a defense.

What their number does not say is what it is charged on. That is not a small omission. On $10,000 of fan spend, 35% of gross is $3,500 and 35% of net is $2,800, a difference of $700 a month from the same percentage. We say ours is charged on net, after the platform's 20%, everywhere the number appears. Before comparing their 35% against anything, ask them in writing what the base is, and then run both through the calculator.

Who is responsible for what is published

SirenCY attributes its guides to the organization rather than to a person, stated openly as a policy: no invented named authors, no editorial team presented as an individual. That is more honest than the alternative most agencies choose, which is inventing a byline.

We put a named founder on every page, with a stated background. Neither approach is dishonest. They are different bets on what a reader trusts.

What each of us tells you not to rely on

SirenCY publishes an unusual caveat: that a reader should ask for a current written proposal before relying on any claimed service scope, pricing, team structure or measurement process on their site. Taken at face value that is an admirable warning, and it also means very little on the page can be weighed before a call.

Our version of the same instinct runs the other way. The figures we publish, our commission and its basis, our notice period, who holds the login, are the ones we intend to be held to, which is why they are archived and dated.

Size

Neither of us publishes a roster size. Ours is five now and just over thirty since November 2021, and it is on this page because we would rather you knew. Theirs is not published.

Which one suits which creator

SirenCY, if you want a large body of published material to read before you decide. They have written more about this industry than any agency we have compared, their terms of service is a full document rather than a paragraph, and if you like to read everything before signing anything, there is more there than almost anywhere else.

Us, if you want to know the number before you book a call. The rate and its basis are on the page. So is the notice period, so is who holds the login, so is what happens to commission when you leave.

Two agencies both arguing for transparency, publishing opposite halves of it. Read both documents, ours at how we work and theirs on their own site.

Common questions

Is SirenCY legitimate?

Their company registration is published and resolves in the Australian national business register, which is a stronger check than most agencies offer. Nothing on this page is an allegation about them.

What commission does SirenCY charge?

35%, published on their own pages, commission only with no upfront fee. That is one of the few published rates in this market and a single figure rather than a range, which is more than most agencies give you and more committal than ours. What their pages do not settle is the base the 35% is charged on, and a percentage without its base is half a price. Ask them for it in writing. Ours is 30% to 60% of net, after the platform's 20%, and it is on this page.

Who owns the content at each agency?

The creator does, at both. SirenCY's terms state it and define the license as limited, term-limited and revocable. Ours states it too: you made it, you own it, the license covers running and promoting your account while we work together, and it ends when the agreement ends, which means we stop using the content and do not repurpose it. That is on our how we work page. On this point there is nothing to choose between us, and any agency that will not put it in writing is the one to worry about.

Why does SirenCY not name its founders?

They state it as a policy: guides are attributed to the organization rather than to invented named authors or an editorial team presented as a person. Given how common invented bylines are in this industry, that is a more honest choice than it first appears.

Should I choose the bigger publishing operation?

Only if what you want is the agency, not the blog. A large content operation tells you a company is good at being found. It tells you nothing about how your account gets run. Those are different skills and the second one is what you are buying.