Show your sponsors on your site

Steps

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   Step 1: Open Sponsors

   In your team's admin, press Sponsors in the sidebar, under Store.

   You should see: the Sponsors page, with Where sponsors show, Page intro and your list of sponsors. If your About page listed partners, they are already here as featured sponsors. A team with nothing listed yet sees Show your sponsors on your site instead — press + Add your first sponsor, which opens the same box as + Add sponsor in the next step.

   

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   Step 2: Add a sponsor

   Press + Add sponsor, type the sponsor's Name, and if you like choose a Logo (optional) and type a Short line (optional). Then press Save sponsor.

   You should see: the sponsor at the bottom of your list. Only fill in Website link (optional) if your sponsor asked for one — it must start with https://. Leave it empty and your site shows just their name.

   

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   Step 3: Feature your biggest backers

   Press Edit beside a sponsor, tick Feature this sponsor, then press Save sponsor.

   You should see: the sponsor marked Featured in your list. Featured sponsors get a large card at the top of your Sponsors page, and up to six of them fill the sponsors strip on your home page.

   

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   Step 4: Put them in order

   Press Move up or Move down beside a sponsor to move it one place.

   You should see: the sponsor swap places with its neighbour. Your site shows your sponsors in this order, and the home strip takes the first six featured ones.

   

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   Step 5: Choose where sponsors show

   Under Where sponsors show, turn Show the Sponsors page, Show sponsors on the home page and Let visitors sponsor the site on or off.

   You should see: the switch move. The Sponsors page joins your site's menu and footer only while it is on and it has a sponsor, a page intro or Let visitors sponsor the site on. With Let visitors sponsor the site on, your Sponsors page shows Become a sponsor, where visitors can buy your team 1, 3, 6 or 12 months of your plan — every sponsored month goes to your team. Sponsor a team's site shows what they see.

   

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   Step 6: Write the page intro

   Under Page intro, type a Heading and a few lines about who backs your team, then press Save intro.

   You should see: the intro saved. Leave the heading empty and your site uses Our sponsors.

   

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   Step 7: Publish your site

   Press Publish in the sidebar, then Publish on the page, then Publish now in the box that opens. Publish your site walks through it.

   Your sponsors reach visitors only when you publish. Every change above is a draft until then.

   You should see: Everything is live.

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   Step 8: Approve supporter names

   When people who sponsored your site ask to be thanked by name, they wait under Supporter names waiting. Press Approve beside a name to show it, or Don't show to keep it off your site.

   Nothing shows until you approve it, and an approved name shows at once — no publish needed. Names appear under Supporters on your Sponsors page, as plain text, never a link.

   You should see: the name leave the list. Once no name waits, the card goes away.

   

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   Step 9: See a business's email

   Under Sponsorships received, each sponsorship shows the date, who it was from (A sponsor when they didn't share a name), the months and their note to the team. A business that asked to be listed is marked Wants to be listed. Press Show email on its row to see the address they gave you for adding them.

   Their email is kept for 90 days at most, and deleted as soon as you add or dismiss them. Only the owner and admins see Show email.

   You should see: their email under the row, as a link that opens your mail app.

   

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    Step 10: Add the business or dismiss the request

    Press Add as sponsor on the row. The Add a sponsor box opens with their name filled in; add their logo or link if they sent one and press Save sponsor. If you won't list them, press Dismiss instead.

    You should see: Wants to be listed gone from the row. A new sponsor still goes live on your next publish.

    

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