# Sponsor Ladder

> Price an event's sponsorship before the first sponsor call, then write the policy that keeps the card. Enter the
> budget's total expenses and the sponsorship share, the event's pole and format, the floor and stage inventory, and the
> tiers, add-ons and in-kind offers in mind. The page fixes the target, checks the ladder and sets the calendar. A
> metered run writes the rate card or the negotiation and discount policy. Built on the SkillSafe skill
> @samber/event-sponsor-pricing (samber/dev-event-organizer-skills, MIT).

https://sponsor-ladder.skillsafe.ai/

## What is free
- The target: total expenses times the sponsorship share - the sum the whole card must raise, never split evenly across tiers.
- The architecture: a published ladder by default; quote-gated deleted for a volunteer team selling one event; no ladder by design only for a free donation-funded event; annual tiers for a recurring series.
- The ladder, top first - as entered, or proposed by ratio from the target when none is entered: 2-4 tiers, the top:floor ratio against the published community range (2:1 to 7.5:1, modal 4-5:1), every pass valued at the ticket price, the booth price floor, a staff-free visibility tier, steps that change only the price, and the full-sellout projection against the target.
- Add-ons that re-sell floor presence or stage time below the tier that gates them, exclusivity at the community pole, in-kind offers valued at the budget line they displace with the tier each earns, the early-bird on the top tier only, bundling only for a portfolio, the deleted returning-sponsor discount, the written policy (approver, floor, log), the signing deadline about a quarter out, and the five-item readiness gate.
- Rate card CSV, Markdown and JSON exports.

## The metered lanes
Two tasks on gpt-terra, metered per run, routed by `task`. Input string fields: `task` (card or policy), `event`, `ladder` (tiers, add-ons, in-kind) and `facts` (the page's picks, the readiness gate and every finding).
- `card` replies with `summary`, `target`, `architecture`, `ladder`, `ratio`, `addons`, `inkind`, `calendar`, `signals` and `caveats`; the page holds the target, the architecture, every tier's name, price, slots and method, the ratio, the add-ons on the card and the dates to its own.
- `policy` replies with `summary`, `negotiable`, `never`, `authority`, `log`, `discount`, `inkind`, `renewal`, `request_reply` and `note`; the page requires its discount pick, the approver and the floor, the three negotiable and four fixed items, the five log columns, and answers with no percentage off.

## Links
- API tutorial: https://sponsor-ladder.skillsafe.ai/api.html
- Source skill: https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@samber/event-sponsor-pricing