Apply to advertise

Anyone can look at the Sponsor area. To bid on a slot or add funds you need an approved advertiser account.

1. Open Advertise on Deftro (in the site footer, or Advertise on Deftro in your account menu) and sign in.
2. Fill in the application: your company or project, your name, your website, what you will advertise and a contact email, and agree to the Sponsor Terms.
3. An admin reads it. You get a notification, and an email if you have email on, when they approve or reject it.

If you already sponsored before applications existed, your account was approved automatically.

Bidding needs an approved advertiser

Code: advertiser_required

Your account cannot bid or add funds yet. Apply to advertise, or wait for the answer if you already did.

You already applied

Code: application_pending, already_advertiser

One application waits at a time. If yours was approved, you can bid now. If it was rejected, the reason is on the application page and you can apply again (at most three applications a day).

Developer and Advertiser mode

If you can advertise, your account menu has a Mode switch:

• Developer: the usual dashboard and sidebar.
• Advertiser: your home is Results, and the sidebar shows Results, Campaigns, Placements, Creatives, Billing and Settings.

The choice is saved for your account. If you applied without ever publishing an artifact or joining an organisation, you start in Advertiser mode, so signing in takes you straight to your ads.