SPONSORING.md
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# Sponsor PPT Master
English | [中文](SPONSORING_CN.md)
PPT Master is a free, open-source workflow for turning documents or topics into native, editable PowerPoint decks. It is independently maintained and remains provider-agnostic. Sponsorship helps fund maintenance, compatibility work, examples, documentation, and the infrastructure used by the project.
Sponsorship is considered selectively. A partnership must be useful to PPT Master users and must not compromise the project's technical independence or user trust.
## Audience
- **49,000+ GitHub stars** and **3,900+ forks** (August 2026), with the project still in active growth.
- **Four corporate sponsors are currently on renewal.**
- Readers are developers and AI power users working in agent-capable tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and VS Code.
## Partnership Placements
### Lead Sponsor
A prominent placement for one primary partner whose product has a strong fit with PPT Master's users.
**From $1,000/month.**
Potential placement includes:
- The expanded sponsor block near the top of `README.md` and `README_CN.md`.
- The lead position in [`skills/ppt-master/SPONSORS.md`](skills/ppt-master/SPONSORS.md), which travels with standalone Skill distributions.
- A relevant, clearly disclosed mention at an existing user decision point.
### Service Partner
For services that solve a real need in the PPT Master workflow, such as agent or model access, AI image generation, narration, cloud infrastructure, or hosted execution.
**From $500/month.**
Potential placement includes:
- A listing in the repository and standalone Skill sponsor pages.
- A context-specific mention in existing setup or troubleshooting documentation.
- A dedicated referral link, promotion code, or user benefit supplied by the partner.
### Technical Integration Partner
For providers whose API or hosted service is genuinely supported by an existing PPT Master integration boundary.
**Pricing is agreed individually, since scope depends on the integration.**
Technical integration requires compatibility review and must remain optional. Sponsorship alone does not make a provider a default, bypass validation, or justify provider-specific behavior inside the presentation workflow.
### Supporting Sponsor
A compact logo and link placement for organizations that support ongoing maintenance without requiring a workflow integration.
**From $200/month.**
## Term
Corporate sponsorship runs in **quarterly terms (three consecutive months)** across every placement above. Rates are quoted per month as a pricing unit only.
**First-time partners may start with a one-month trial**: a partner that has not sponsored PPT Master before can run one month at the monthly rate, then decide whether to continue based on results; continuing partners move to quarterly prepaid terms. One trial per partner.
> Please note: sponsorship results build over time. Users often take weeks to go from first seeing a placement to signing up and paying, so **results within a single month are usually limited** and do not reflect real conversion. A long-term sponsorship is recommended for better results.
- Each period is paid in advance; the placement goes live once payment is received.
- Placements do not auto-renew and are removed when a period ends unpaid.
- Placements of the same type are ordered by start date, with new partners listed after existing sponsors.
Individual support is not subject to these terms.
## Partnership Requirements
Partners should provide:
- An accurate product description and approved brand assets.
- A stable destination URL, preferably with a trackable referral parameter.
- A concrete benefit for PPT Master users when applicable.
- A current contact for operational or content updates.
- Prompt notice when pricing, availability, branding, or promotional terms change.
All promotional claims remain subject to review. Expired, misleading, unavailable, or technically incompatible offers may be corrected or removed.
## Project Boundaries
Sponsorship does not include:
- Influence over the project roadmap or quality gates.
- Access to user files, prompts, generated presentations, or usage data.
- Advertising inside exported PPTX files.
- Automatic selection of a sponsor's service without user choice.
- Custom development, private deployment, or a commercial support SLA.
- An endorsement beyond the exact placement and wording agreed for the partnership.
## Current Sponsor Surfaces
- The sponsor block near the top of [README.md](README.md) and [README_CN.md](README_CN.md).
- Contextual model-access guidance in the installation and FAQ documentation.
- The standalone Skill sponsor page at [`skills/ppt-master/SPONSORS.md`](skills/ppt-master/SPONSORS.md).
- The sponsor and individual-support section near the end of both README files.
## Contact
To discuss sponsorship, email **heyug3@gmail.com** with:
- Company and product name.
- The service offered to PPT Master users.
- Target regions and supported tools or providers.
- Proposed user benefit, referral link, or promotion code.
- Requested placement and sponsorship period.
- Brand assets and approved description.
Rates above are starting points. Final terms, placement, and duration (quarterly, with an optional first-month trial for new partners) are agreed individually. Please do not open a public bug report for sponsorship discussions.
## Individual Support
Individual users can support the project through [PayPal](https://paypal.me/hugohe3) or the Alipay QR code shown in [README_CN.md](README_CN.md#赞助与支持).