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# Sponsorships

> Sponsorship tiers: a named package of perks assigned on the exhibitor's page, granted to its staff, and listed for the sponsors wall.

A sponsorship **tier** — Gold, Silver, Partner — is a named package of [perks](/en/ticketing/perks). Assign a tier to an exhibitor and every person on that company's staff roster holds the tier's perks, the same way a ticket type grants its perks. Confirmed sponsors are included in the public sponsors list.

Open **Exhibition → Sponsorships** after [enabling the Exhibition module](/en/exhibition/overview). A sponsor is an [exhibitor](/en/exhibition/exhibitors): a company can sponsor without exhibiting, exhibit without sponsoring, or both. It is the same company record either way.

## Create a tier

<Steps>
  <Step title="Name it">
    Choose **Create tier** and enter the name. Everything else is configured on the tier's page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in the basics">
    * **Name**.
    * **Agreed amount** — the contract figure in the event's currency, kept for the record. Nothing is charged through the platform. Sponsorship is not sold at checkout.
    * **Description**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the perks in the package">
    **Perks in the package** lists the event's perks with a checkbox each. Select what the package includes — a "Sponsor lounge" perk that a gated [venue](/en/program/venues) honours, a "Sponsor dinner" perk a gated [session](/en/program/agenda) requires, a gift to redeem on site. A perk already in the package stays selectable after it is archived, so it can be unticked but not re-added.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Companies at this tier** on the same page is read-only: it lists the companies holding the tier with their exhibitor status. Assignment is made from the company's side.

## Assign a tier to a company

Open the exhibitor's page and find the **Sponsorship** card. Choose the tier, or **Not a sponsor** to remove one. A company holds **one tier at a time**. The card lists active tiers only. A company already on an archived tier still sees that tier offered, marked archived, so saving the page does not unassign it.

## What the sponsor's staff receive

Every registration on the company's [staff roster](/en/exhibition/exhibitors#staff-roster) holds the tier's perks, on top of whatever their own ticket grants. The grant is **live, not a snapshot**: change the package and every sponsoring company's staff update with it; move a company to another tier and its staff follow. Nothing needs to be re-sent.

Each of these must be in place: the person is on the roster, the company is in the event (pending or confirmed), the tier is active, and the perks themselves are active. A cancelled or archived company's staff hold nothing from the tier.

Perks a person holds through a tier appear on their attendee page and at the [check-in desk](/en/onsite/check-in) like any other perk.

## The sponsors wall

The event page can show a sponsors wall. Public event data from the [Storefront API](/en/developers/storefront) or the [Developer API](/en/developers/api-reference) includes a **sponsors** list: each **confirmed** company holding an **active** tier, with its name, its logo from the [exhibitor profile](/en/exhibition/exhibitors#add-an-exhibitor), and the tier's name. Companies are grouped in tier order — the order the tiers were created in — and alphabetically within a tier. A company without a logo appears by name.

A pending company is not on the wall. The sponsorship is not settled until the exhibitor is confirmed.

## Lifecycle

| Status       | Meaning                                                                                   |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Active**   | Can be assigned to companies. Its perks reach every sponsor's staff.                      |
| **Archived** | Takes no new companies. Companies already on it keep the reference. Fields are read-only. |

**Archive** and **Restore** switch between the two. Tiers are never deleted — companies point at them.

## Rules to know

* **One company, one tier.** Choose a different tier to replace it. There is no stacking.
* **Perks are live.** Editing the package or changing a company's tier takes effect immediately for every affected staff member.
* **Only confirmed companies appear on the sponsors wall**, and only on active tiers.
* **The agreed amount is a note, not a charge.** No order, no payment, no ledger entry.
* **Tiers are archived, never deleted.** An archived tier disappears from the picker for new assignments only.
* Tier bindings are edited on the tier's page. Which company holds a tier is edited on the exhibitor's page.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Exhibitors" icon="building-2" href="/en/exhibition/exhibitors">
    The company record, its staff roster, and the Sponsorship card.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Perks" icon="gift" href="/en/ticketing/perks">
    Define a benefit once. Tiers are another way to grant it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Venues" icon="map-pin" href="/en/program/venues">
    Gate a sponsor lounge by perk.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storefront API" icon="store" href="/en/developers/storefront">
    Where the sponsors list is read from.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>