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Two way publication options
Execlient gets your brand featured in GQ India on gqindia.com, in the magazine, or both. Here is what each side holds.
One paid story about your brand on gqindia.com, with your images, said up front as paid.
A brand-written feature in a chosen issue, said up front as paid.
Posts about your story on the magazine's own handles, where your package includes them, labelled as paid as the ASCI code requires.
Your own creative on a full page in the issue.
A short video around your brand, where the brand-partnership team offers one.
Your own creative across a double-page spread.
From Execlient: Instagram and LinkedIn posts from the live story, and a press block for your website, with the paid wording kept.
A gqindia.com story and a print page around one moment: a launch, a new store or the festive season.
Either way
Formats as offered to advertisers in 2026, from GQ India's own statements and media-buying listings. "Ask what's open" means availability changes by issue and season; we confirm it in writing before you pay.
Brands that trust Execlient
400+ clients since 2015, from startups to national names
From Execlient's work in branding, marketing, websites and PR. Logos belong to their owners.
Who is Execlient
Execlient is a full-stack digital agency in Gurugram, working with brands since 2015. We bring strategy, branding, websites, performance marketing and AI automation under one roof, so every part of your marketing works towards the same goal: more enquiries, more customers and more sales.
Your customers are already searching, scrolling and reading. We make sure they find you there: a brand they remember, a website that works on every phone, and ads on Google, Instagram and LinkedIn that bring in calls, not just clicks.
Good marketing starts with a plan, not a post. We study your market, your competitors and your numbers, then build campaigns and content around who your buyers are, what they look for and why they should pick you.
Once the basics work, we scale what's working. Ads, content and AI automation run together, and every month you see the calls, leads and sales they brought in, so each rupee you spend has a clear job.
Strategy + Creativity + Technology + AI = One Growth Partner.
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The publication
"Look sharp, think smart."GQ India, on its Instagram profile
GQ India is the Indian edition of GQ, published since October 2008. It covers style, grooming, watches, cars, gadgets and culture: in print six times a year, on gqindia.com since 2010, and across its social channels. Execlient arranges paid brand stories there with its brand-partnership team, said up front as paid.
Print issues are dated two months at a time. The 2026 run:
Issue names from the magazine's digital-edition app listing, read 14 Nov 2026. Other dates: launch coverage and afaqs, 5 Jun 2026.
Not just GQ India
Name the one you want. The logos below are a start, not the full list.
Sponsored and brand features: paid, and we say so up front. Names and logos belong to their owners. Ask about any publication
Reach
Execlient places your story where GQ India is read: the magazine, gqindia.com and the feed its readers follow.
First issue: launch coverage, Sep 2008. Issues a year, pincodes and events: its head of editorial content, speaking to afaqs, 5 Jun 2026. Instagram count read from the public profile on 14 Nov 2026. We found no audited circulation figure, so we don't quote one.
Covers are editorial and never sold. Your story runs inside, said up front as paid.
Who reads GQ India
Style-led men, and a growing number of women, read it for what to wear, own and watch. Execlient puts your story in front of them.
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IllustrativeWhat the magazine covers
Its head of editorial content, speaking to afaqs, June 2026
Exact readership was not disclosed, so we don't quote one.
Personas are illustrative. Figures are the publisher's own, as reported by afaqs on 5 Jun 2026.
Who gets featured in GQ India
Luxury fashion, watches, fragrance and grooming are its core advertising categories, by its editor's own account. Execlient makes your feature read like a story, not an ad.
Core categoryA new collection or a tailoring story, told through the people who make it.
Core categoryA launch, a heritage piece or a homegrown watchmaker, told for people who wear one.
Core categoryA new scent or a grooming range, told without medical claims.
Good fitA stay or a destination, seen by readers planning the next trip.
Good fitThe founder behind a homegrown brand, and why it exists.
Good fitA residence or a launch, with its RERA number shown.
"Core category": named as a core advertising category by its head of editorial content (afaqs, 5 Jun 2026). "Good fit": Execlient's judgement, not a count of paid stories. Photos are illustrative. Doctors and clinics: check your professional rules before you book.
Is your industry a fit? Ask us. If GQ India doesn't suit you, we'll say so.
Never for sale
GQ India decides these itself. Nobody can sell you a place, including Execlient, and we found no public application to help you with.
From afaqs (5 Jun 2026), MediaBrief (26 Apr 2024), MediaInfoline (24 Apr 2026) and Passionate in Marketing (5 Sep 2026). We found no public entry form or fee for any of them.
How it works
Execlient is your one point of contact, from the first call to the live link: the angle, the interview, the draft and your approvals.
Tap a step, or let all four play.
Screens: an illustrative mock-up, not a real chat or article. The photos are illustrative.
Want the next open date? We'll check the dates GQ India has open for you.
Money-back guarantee
Execlient takes the risk, not you. You pay 100% upfront against a GST invoice. If GQ India doesn't publish your feature, Execlient refunds 100% of what you paid.
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Sponsored features we have arranged, listed with each client's written permission. Open any of them and check the domain and the paid wording yourself.
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gqindia.com/…Paste the live linkWhy book through Execlient
Execlient plans, writes and delivers your feature, and you deal with one team the whole way.
What worries founders
What Execlient does
The call
About 10 minutes with the person who plans your feature. You hear the price early. If GQ India isn't right for you, we'll say so, and nobody chases you afterwards.
Before you call
Straight answers from Execlient, so you know what fits before you call. Last checked .
There are two routes. Editorial coverage is free but never certain: you pitch a real story to GQ India's editors, and they decide. A sponsored feature is paid and said up front: a brand story on gqindia.com, a page in the magazine, or both, arranged with its brand-partnership team. We interview you, prepare the story with you, and it runs once GQ India accepts it. The sponsored route is the only one we arrange.
Yes. It's paid, and that's said up front. The magazine sets the exact wording of its paid label, and we confirm it with you in writing before you pay, so you know how the page will read. People will know you paid, and that's fine: what backfires is pretending you were picked.
No. Execlient is an independent agency, not part of or endorsed by GQ India or its publisher. Execlient is your one point of contact: the angle, the interview, the draft, your approvals and the live link. Your feature runs on gqindia.com or in the Indian magazine, not in another country's edition.
No. Its editors choose the covers, and nobody can buy one. The "cover" prices on magazine rate cards are ad positions, such as the inside or back cover, not a cover story. We don't sell covers, we don't make cover-style images, and we never call a photoshoot a GQ shoot.
No. Men of the Year, the Most Influential Young Indians, Best Dressed and GQ Heroes are the magazine's own, and nobody can sell a place in them. The same goes for its editors' picks and places at its events. A paid story is still a paid story, even next to a list: call it a sponsored feature, never a pick.
We found no public application form, nomination route or entry fee for it, or for Men of the Year or Best Dressed. The magazine chooses the names itself. Anyone offering to sell you a place, a nomination or an entry is selling something that isn't for sale. Walk away.
It depends on the format (a brand story online, a page in print, or both), the length and photos, and the dates the magazine has open. You hear the full fee, plus GST, early in a 10-minute call, with what is and isn't included. If it's more than you want to spend, the call ends there.
Its brand-partnership team sets them, and they change with the format, the issue and the season. Rate cards on third-party sites can be years out of date. We don't publish prices on this page: on the call you hear the current fee for the format you want, plus GST, and you get the scope in writing on WhatsApp the same day.
You get 100% of your money back. GQ India has the final say and can decline a sponsored story. If your feature doesn't go live, Execlient refunds everything you paid within 7 working days, as our refund policy says.
You pay 100% upfront to EXECLIENT PVT. LTD, a registered company whose CIN and GSTIN are on this page, against a GST invoice. Never an individual. The format, the paid wording and the date are agreed in writing first, and if your feature doesn't go live, you get it all back.
We don't promise any of those. It gives the people who look you up, such as buyers, investors and new customers, a page on a title they know, said up front as paid. Google asks publishers to mark paid links as sponsored, so your link brings readers, not rankings. If you need enquiries this month, ads are the better tool, and we run those too.
Yes, it is still in print: six issues a year, each dated two months, such as October to November 2026. A print page runs in one issue. A story on gqindia.com gives you a link to share. Tell us who you want to reach and when, and we'll suggest one, or both.
An advertorial, or brand story, is written like a feature about your brand, and it is paid and said up front. An ad is your own creative on a page. We write brand stories from a 30-minute interview; for an ad, you bring the creative or we design it. Either runs only once the magazine accepts it.
Your own story is about your brand alone. If the magazine offers a shared piece for your category instead, you know before you pay, with its working title in writing. We never sell a place in anything framed as a pick or a ranking.
A 30-minute interview, high-resolution photos you have the rights to, and one read of the draft. You approve the facts and quotes before it's submitted, and the magazine edits to its house style and has the final say. Timing follows GQ India's publishing calendar, and you get the date in writing before you pay.
Maybe a link, but not an SEO backlink. Google asks publishers to mark paid links as sponsored, so a link in a paid story can bring readers to your site, but don't buy it for rankings; we don't sell SEO. Whether a link to your website is included is in your written scope.
Not in those words. Say "Sponsored feature in GQ India" in plain text with the link. Don't write "featured in", "as seen in", "GQ-approved" or "in partnership with GQ India", and don't claim the magazine picked or named you. Don't use its logo without the magazine's written permission, and never make a cover-style image.
Yes. On your own page, say it's a sponsored feature. Any paid post on the magazine's own handles is labelled as paid at the start, as the ASCI code requires. If you pay creators to share it, they must label their posts as ads and use Instagram's paid label.
Yes, so check first. Medical-ethics rules bar doctors from publicity about their own skill or achievements, and that includes hair and skin clinics. Grooming stories can't claim to treat or cure a condition. Surrogate ads for liquor and tobacco are banned in India, so a drinks brand's story can't work as a disguised drinks ad; we'll tell you on the call what can run. A developer's story must show a named project's RERA number and the authority's website. This is not legal advice, and we'll tell you on the call if we can't take it on.
Question not answered here? Ask it on a call, or send it on WhatsApp.
10 minutes, today.
Want to get featured in GQ India? Tell us what you've made and who should see it. In about 10 minutes you'll know the format, the timing and the fee.
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