Is this Notion sponsorship email real?
How creators verify it.
The definitive guide to Notion creator deals — official domains, typical rates, and the exact scam patterns targeting your inbox right now.
Quick Verification: Notion
@notion.so
notion-partner.com
Official Notion Sender Domains
Legitimate Notion sponsorship and partnership emails only come from these domains:
@notion.so
REAL
notion-partner.com
FAKE / SCAM
notion-sponsorship.io
FAKE / SCAM
Not sure? You can always contact Notion directly at https://www.notion.so/brand to verify if a pitch is from them.
What Does a Real Notion Sponsorship Pay?
Common Scam Tells: Fake Notion Sponsorships
If your email has any of these characteristics, treat it as a scam until verified:
- 🚩Email not from @notion.so (note: Notion uses .so, not .com, for official comms)
- 🚩Asks you to share your Notion workspace for 'content verification'
- 🚩Promises a $10,000 deal to channels under 50K subscribers
- 🚩Generic pitch that doesn't reference your content style
Real Pitch vs. Scam Pitch: Notion Examples
partnerships@notion.so- ✓ @notion.so domain
- ✓ References your specific content/workflow
- ✓ Flat fee with clear deliverable spec
- ✓ No workspace access requested
hello@notion-partner.com- 🚩 Wrong domain
- 🚩 Requests Notion workspace sharing
- 🚩 Inflated offer
- 🚩 No mention of content requirements
Universal Brand Deal Verification Checklist
Use this for every sponsorship email — not just Notion:
Is the sender's email domain the brand's official domain? Look up the brand's website and compare exactly. One typo = scam.
Real sponsorships pay you a flat fee post-delivery. If they require upfront payment from you, or offer commission-only but call it a "sponsorship," walk away.
Never sign anything with: no payment timeline, unlimited content rights, no kill fee, or that requires you to download software to "review" it.
Google the sender's full name + "LinkedIn." Find the brand's official contact page and send a verification email. Never click attachments in initial outreach.
Paste the full email into CreatorShield's Brand Deal Fraud Detector. We cross-reference sender domain, payment language, and red flag patterns automatically.
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