Sponsor rules.

Who you are contracting with

A sponsorship agreement is with Slice of Media, Inc., trading as Ribbyn. Charges and invoices are issued in that name, so it is the one your finance team will see.

What is for sale

Presenting and Partner positions around a program's edition: a named credit on the public page and in share assets. Nothing else. No placement, no eligibility, no early look at results.

Who may sponsor

Organizations approved by Ribbyn with a saved payment method. An organization eligible to compete in a program cannot sponsor that program's edition. Ribbyn may approve a narrow, disclosed exception; the disclosure appears on the page.

Bidding

Each position has an opening minimum and a minimum increment. A bid is binding and cannot be withdrawn; raising replaces your earlier bid. Standings are public while the auction runs.

A bid placed inside the anti-sniping window extends the close by the published extension, so nobody wins by timing. Buy Now, where offered, takes a position outright and cannot be outbid.

What is charged

Only final positions are charged, after the close, to the payment method saved while bidding. Losing bidders pay nothing.

If a winner's payment fails, they have the published grace period to fix it. After that the position passes to the next eligible bidder at their own bid.

Refunds and cancellations

A publisher or Ribbyn may cancel an auction before it closes; nothing is charged. Once an edition is published with your credit, the charge is final. If the credit is not displayed as published, write to [email protected] and the charge is refunded.

Revenue

Net revenue from a publisher-sourced auction is shared with the program's publishers under their agreed pool. Ribbyn's share is fixed and published. Money never touches results.

Conduct

Attempting to influence a program's results, contacting its editors about placement, or bidding through an ineligible affiliate ends the sponsorship and may end the relationship with Ribbyn.