1. Choose an eligible tool
Open Console → Sponsored placements → Bookings. Choose an approved tool you have verified ownership of, then choose the homepage, Browse all tools or an available category page. The Page location panel shows the page address and explains where your card appears.
Select Open page to view that location in a new tab while keeping your booking choices in place. Browse all tools links to /tools, where visitors browse the directory without search or filters. This is the live page; it does not preview an unpurchased ad.
If your tool is missing, sign in with the account that completed its ownership claim. Check Owned listings in your Console. A submission in your history is not the same as a verified ownership claim.
2. Choose a position and weeks
Choose weeks to open the calendar. Select an available numbered position for one to four consecutive weeks. One purchase uses the same tool, page and position for every selected week.
The calendar includes the current UTC week and the next eight weeks. Some cells may be reserved, booked, closed or subject to renewal or waitlist priority. An unavailable cell cannot be purchased just because it has a price.
A tool can occupy only one position on the same page in a week. Affiliated buyers share limits of two homepage positions, one Browse all tools position and one position per category per week, including holds and offers.
3. Review and continue to checkout
Select Continue to review your tool, position, weeks and current quote. Read and accept the terms, then select Continue to checkout. Reviewing a quote does not reserve the position.
Before opening Stripe, we try to reserve every selected week together. If another buyer has already reserved one, your selection cannot proceed. Choose another available selection or use the waitlist.
A checkout hold normally lasts 30 minutes. It may extend while a verified payment is processing, up to a total of 60 minutes. Refreshing the page does not restart the timer; check the Reserved until time in your booking details.
4. Pay and check confirmation
Stripe collects one upfront payment for all selected weeks. When you return, the Console checks the payment. A successful return to the website alone is not confirmation: check the booking and payment status in the Console. Once confirmed, a booking can show Scheduled before its start, Active during its eligible advertising period, or Ended afterwards.
In Your placements, select View to open the full details panel. A future booking starts when its booked week begins. A current-week booking starts after confirmation, never before you bought it.
If checkout is still being prepared or payment is still processing, refresh the existing booking. Use Resume checkout on a live hold when available instead of starting another purchase.