For Brands Brands pay the design fee.

Mr Call Designs grades retail sofas against the Call Standard. Every piece is scored against the same ten categories, benchmarked to the maximum engineering possible at the sofa's price. Scores are set before a brand is contacted. No brand can pay to change a result.

Three paths exist for working with Mr Call. The same rule governs all three.

I License the Mark

Any product scoring 90 or above earns Mr Call Approved™. The mark is licensed annually for use on product pages, packaging, retail signage, and marketing collateral. The score and the mark are earned first; the license follows.

Annual fee · Renewed per review · 90+ required

II Upstream Advisory

Brands may commission Mr Call to apply the Call Standard to an unreleased product — a development prototype, a pre-production sample, or a specification sheet. The engagement returns a verdict and construction reasoning the brand can use during development. Private. If the shipped product later earns the mark on its own merits, it publishes as an approval. If it does not, no review publishes and the engagement ends privately.

$15,000 – $25,000 per engagement · Private · The fee does not buy the mark

III Submit a Product for Review

Brands may submit a product for consideration at no cost. Mr Call selects which submissions to score based on category coverage and editorial priority. A submission is not a guarantee of review. Scored products are evaluated with the same rigor as any retail purchase.

Free · No guarantee of review · The Call Standard applies

IV What Mr Call Does Not Do

No sponsored reviews. A public approval cannot be purchased at any price.

No paid rankings, preferred-retailer tiers, or title placements within editorial or video content.

No equity positions in brands under review. Mr Call does not hold stock, options, or advisory shares in any reviewed company.

No adjustment of scores for commercial consideration. The Call Standard is applied consistently. A brand's licensing history, advertising spend, or relationship does not influence a result.

No LTK, ShopMy, or intermediary affiliate platforms. Direct retailer affiliate relationships only.

V Begin

Brands can start any of the three paths above by writing directly. Include the product, the configuration, the target launch or review date, and a brief construction summary if available.

brands@mrcalldesigns.com