Sponsor booking pipeline

Move sponsor interest without pretending anything is live.

Turn approved Brighton sponsor interest into a proof-led manual booking queue before Stripe, Buttondown placement, reporting or public sponsor claims are enabled.

No sponsor is contacted, named publicly, invoiced, charged, promised inventory or added to an issue from this static pipeline. editorial approval is required before any external action.

Booking intakeApproval pack JSONProof ledgerCheckout planReporting plan

Pipeline stages

5Manual gates

Queue leads

5Internal first-batch rows

Live actions

0No outreach, payment or slot promise

Manual booking queue

Five first-batch candidates are mapped to proof status, package fit, risk, approval, checkout, fulfilment and reporting state before any external action.

Queue 1 - Hospitality discovery partner

Restaurants Brighton

Coverage: Brighton, Hove and Sussex

Package: referral-reward-sponsor

Lead source: Brighton Chamber member route plus official Restaurants Brighton site

Offer summary: Reader-useful restaurant, cafe, bar, offer or weekend discovery route after current page and permission checks.

Proof status: Needs same-day site, CTA, offer terms and permission proof before any copy draft.

Risk: Medium: partnership/channel wording can mislead if permission is not explicit.

Approval: editorial approval required before contact.

Checkout: Disabled; no Stripe or invoice route.

Fulfilment: Not scheduled.

Reporting: No report promised.

Queue 2 - Food hall and seafront hospitality

Shelter Hall

Coverage: North Laine, The Lanes and seafront

Package: checked-offer-box

Lead source: Brighton Chamber member route plus official Shelter Hall site

Offer summary: Seafront food, meeting-point or weekend dining CTA after opening, trader and event information is rechecked.

Proof status: Needs official venue page, current opening route, CTA and terms proof.

Risk: Low-medium: hours, traders, menus and availability can go stale quickly.

Approval: editorial approval required before contact.

Checkout: Disabled; no Stripe or invoice route.

Fulfilment: Not scheduled.

Reporting: No report promised.

Queue 3 - Arts and events

Brighton Dome

Coverage: Brighton city centre

Package: event-week-placement

Lead source: Brighton Chamber member route plus official Brighton Dome What's On route

Offer summary: Date-led arts or ticket CTA using a single current official event page.

Proof status: Needs event URL, date, venue, ticket, price and terms proof.

Risk: Low-medium: event availability, prices and dates can change.

Approval: editorial approval required before contact.

Checkout: Disabled; no Stripe or invoice route.

Fulfilment: Not scheduled.

Reporting: No report promised.

Queue 4 - Workspace and business community

PLATF9RM

Coverage: Brighton and Hove

Package: community-service-box

Lead source: Brighton Chamber member route plus official PLATF9RM site

Offer summary: Workspace, event or business-community CTA for weekday local workers after location and membership routes are verified.

Proof status: Needs active location, enquiry route, event route if used and wording proof.

Risk: Low-medium: community and event claims need approved wording.

Approval: editorial approval required before contact.

Checkout: Disabled; no Stripe or invoice route.

Fulfilment: Not scheduled.

Reporting: No report promised.

Queue 5 - Seafront leisure and wellbeing

Sea Lanes Brighton

Coverage: Kemptown and seafront

Package: morning-activity-sponsor

Lead source: Brighton Chamber member route plus official Sea Lanes Brighton site

Offer summary: Morning activity or seafront visitor CTA after booking, safety, weather and ability restrictions are checked.

Proof status: Needs official booking route, safety wording, opening/session information and cancellation terms proof.

Risk: Medium: wellbeing, safety and weather wording must stay conservative.

Approval: editorial approval required before contact.

Checkout: Disabled; no Stripe or invoice route.

Fulfilment: Not scheduled.

Reporting: No report promised.

Manual stages

Each stage has entry, exit and proof requirements before the sponsor can move forward.

Stage 1 - Operator

Fit screen

Entry: Sponsor category, service area and resident usefulness are clear.

Exit: Advertiser fits Brighton, Hove, Portslade, Rottingdean, Patcham or a named coverage lane and has one safe local CTA.

Proof required: Advertiser website URL; Service area evidence; Package fit; Restricted-claims risk note

Stage 2 - Operator

Proof capture

Entry: Fit screen passes and the advertiser is not in a high-risk category without extra review.

Exit: Current landing page, offer terms, booking route, dates, price claims and source screenshots are logged.

Proof required: Landing page URL; Offer terms; Date and availability evidence; Copy substantiation

Stage 3 - Operator plus editorial approval

Copy and slot draft

Entry: Proof capture is complete and a package has an available manual slot.

Exit: Sponsor block, plain-text fallback, issue date, placement position and reporting note are drafted for approval.

Proof required: Draft sponsor copy; Plain-text fallback; Preferred issue date; Inventory hold note

Stage 4 - Editorial

Checkout gate

Entry: Copy, slot, proof and reporting notes match.

Exit: the editor explicitly approves the payment or invoice route for this specific sponsor and package.

Proof required: Approval record; Package price; Billing contact; Rollback plan

Stage 5 - Operator

Fulfilment and report

Entry: Payment route is approved and the sponsor block is scheduled manually.

Exit: Send proof, placement URL, click notes if available, reader complaints and renewal signal are recorded without inflated reach claims.

Proof required: Published placement proof; Send or page timestamp; Performance notes; Complaint log

Private queue fields

Fields to capture in a private campaign file or CRM before checkout wiring, issue placement or reporting.

Openlead sourcePrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openadvertiser namePrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.OpensegmentPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Opencoverage areaPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openpackage slugPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openlanding page urlPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openoffer summaryPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openrestricted claim riskPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openproof statusPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openpreferred issue datePrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openapproval statusPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Opencheckout statusPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openfulfilment statusPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.Openreporting statusPrivate campaign queue field before approval, checkout or fulfilment.

Stop rules

Failure conditions that block copy, payment, publication or reporting until a human resolves them.

OpenStop ruleIf landing page, price, date or offer details cannot be verified, stop before copy drafting.OpenStop ruleIf copy touches health, legal, property, finance, education outcomes or safety claims, require a conservative rewrite and explicit approval.OpenStop ruleIf Buttondown send proof or placement proof is missing, do not promise a campaign report.OpenStop ruleIf a sponsor asks for exclusivity, discounts, refunds or regulated claims, escalate before any promise.

Linear proof

Track this prep against MY-2577 and related issue MY-2571.

Boundary

No public sponsor name, contact, invoice, Stripe charge, issue slot, subscriber email or campaign report is created from this static page.