Sponsor approval requests · 2026-06-19

Give the editor one clean sponsor decision at a time.

Editor-facing approval request queue for the next sponsor decision. This gives one clean ask per prospect without triggering outreach.

No sponsor outreach, checkout, invoice, payment collection, public post, subscriber email, sponsor report or inventory hold is approved by this artifact.

3requests
Collinson Hallrecommended first ask
MY-2577, MY-2571tracked issues

Request queue

Top approval decisions to put in front of David

Approval request 1 · high risk

Collinson Hall

Package: Founding issue sponsor founding-issue-sponsor

Window: Launch issue or first verified property-led weekday edition

Decision needed

Approve one property sponsor outreach draft only after a branch/service-area URL and regulated-claim review are attached.

Safe internal rationale

  • Resident-useful sponsor lane for Property, lettings and relocation.
  • Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.
  • No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask.

Proof still needed

  • Branch/service-area proof
  • Approved local CTA
  • Regulated housing and valuation claim review

Copy hard stops

  • No price-growth, investment-return or scarcity language
  • No outreach until the editor approves prospect, copy, route and timing
  • No Stripe checkout or inventory hold before live sponsor approval

Approval request 2 · high risk

Bradford & Howley

Package: Weekly St Albans partner weekly-st-albans-partner

Window: First Harpenden or Marshalswick-heavy weekday edition after Buttondown analytics are verified

Decision needed

Approve the Harpenden property lane only after the branch, valuation or property-alert URL and regulated-claim review are attached.

Safe internal rationale

  • Resident-useful sponsor lane for Property, homes and relocation.
  • Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.
  • No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask.

Proof still needed

  • Official site proof across Harpenden, Marshalswick, St Albans and surrounding areas
  • One branch, valuation or property-alert destination URL
  • Regulated review for market-insight, valuation, buyer-count and sold-property claims

Copy hard stops

  • No market-performance, buyer-count or sold-property claims without current proof
  • No outreach until the editor approves prospect, copy, route and timing
  • No Stripe checkout or inventory hold before live sponsor approval

Approval request 3 · high risk

St Albans Independent College

Package: Weekly St Albans partner weekly-st-albans-partner

Window: First school-run or family-planning week after Buttondown analytics are verified

Decision needed

Approve education sponsor copy only if the landing page names age range, course/open-event route and safeguarding-safe wording.

Safe internal rationale

  • Resident-useful sponsor lane for Education, family and school-run planning.
  • Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.
  • No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask.

Proof still needed

  • Official admissions or course page
  • Age range and safeguarding-safe wording
  • No unsupported exam-result or outcome claims

Copy hard stops

  • No scraped parent, student or school contact data
  • No academic outcome, exam-result or suitability claims without proof
  • No outreach until the editor approves exact wording and route

Response fields

What approval must record

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approved: yes/no

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approved prospect name

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approved package slug

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approved date window

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approved landing page URL

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copy changes required

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compliance notes

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approval source and timestamp

Next safe actions

Internal prep only

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Attach exact landing page proof to the recommended ask.

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Draft plaintext copy only after the prospect, package and route are approved.

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Keep referral-reward copy blocked until MY-2571 confirmed-only attribution is verified.

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Record approval before preparing any live Buttondown, Stripe, sponsor contact or inventory workflow.