Your sponsor profile is the company info that appears on every event page you back — name, industry, website, logo, contact, short bio. Fill it once, every future sponsorship reuses it.

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   Sign up at /signup?role=sponsor (or pick Sponsor from the chip selector on the normal signup page).
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   After verifying your email, you land on /sponsors/account. You'll be prompted to Fill in profile.
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   Enter company name, industry (Hobby Shop, Batteries, Components, Apparel, etc.), website, contact name + email + phone, and a short bio that pilots will see in your sponsor card on the event page. Save the profile, then upload your company logo — it shows on your sponsor cards and powers the Gold acknowledgment (below). A transparent PNG looks best.

Every RC brand and shop is in the public /sponsors directory: searchable tiles, ranked by how much each has sponsored across events, each with logo, info, and website in a tap.

See your business already listed? Tap Claim brandon its tile. A platform admin reviews each claim (same as claiming a club) — once approved you own that profile, or join the team as a member if it already has an owner. No need to create a duplicate. Your brand might be here because it's a well-known name we pre-seeded, or because an event organizer added you when they credited a sponsorship — either way, claiming it is the same, and any contribution already recorded on an event stays put. Don't see your brand? Set up a fresh one from /sponsors/signup.

You can sponsor with cash, product, or both. Both count toward the same tier ranking — a $5,000 product donation outranks a $1,500 cash sponsor. Value is value.

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   Browse /events, click into an event you want to back.
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   Tap Be a sponsor(signing in if you haven't). If you don't have a brand yet, we walk you through creating one first — just a name to start. Then the form shows a live tier preview on the right — type an amount and watch where you'd land ("Type $1,501 to take Gold").
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   Pick Cash or Product.

   • Cash: enter the dollar amount. Once card payment ships, you'll be charged immediately and your sponsorship auto-approves. Today, the organizer marks it approved when they confirm the funds.
   • Product: describe what you're sending (model, value, tracking #). The organizer reviews + approves when it arrives. If you're handing it off in person at the event, ask them to bypass approval with a reason.
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   Hit Submit sponsorship. You're in.

/sponsors/account lists every event you've backed — upcoming and past. Each row shows status (pending / approved / rejected), kind (money / product), effective value, and the event date range. Click a row to jump to the public event page.

Want to edit your profile (new logo, new contact)? Click Sponsor profile in the sidebar — changes propagate to every event you're backing.

A sponsor profile can be a team. From Sponsor profile, the owner adds teammates by searching for them by name (they need a free account first). Everyone on the team can sponsor events as the brand; the owner edits the profile, the logo, and manages the team.

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   Add a teammate: in the Team section, search for them by name and click Add member.
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   Create another brand: use the Create another brand button on your sponsor dashboard to set up a second (or third) sponsor profile. Each brand has its own profile, logo, and team.
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   Switch between brands:a brand switcher appears at the top of your profile and dashboard. When backing an event, the sponsor form lets you pick which brand you're sponsoring as.
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   Avoid doubles:the dashboard shows who submitted each sponsorship ("Added by …"), and if your brand already sponsors an event the form warns you before a second submission.
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   Hand it off: the owner can make a member the new owner (Make owner), or a member can Request ownership for an admin to approve — handy when the original owner leaves the company.
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   Leave a brand: the Team section on the Sponsor profile page has a Leave this brandcontrol if you claimed or joined one you no longer want. The sole owner has to hand off ownership first so the brand isn't orphaned.

Three positions per event: Gold, Silver, Bronze. Sponsors below the top three are listed but don't get a tier badge.

Ranking is by effective contribution = cash amount + product value. Ties are broken by who got there first (first contribution timestamp wins).