Sponsor proof ledger

Claims sponsors can trust.

Approval-gated proof ledger for Good Morning Winchester sponsor claims.

Do not claim live circulation, performance, sponsor conversion or audience size until Buttondown analytics and UTM proof exist.

Usable now

Safe commercial claims

Safe claim

Good Morning Winchester covers Winchester, Alresford, Whiteley, Bishop's Waltham, Itchen Valley and South Downs villages.

Coverage registry and source registry are committed in this repo.

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Internal sponsor prep

Safe claim

The launch stack is Buttondown-first and approval-gated.

Static subscribe/share pages include Buttondown routes and no live send is triggered.

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Internal sponsor prep

Safe claim

Founding sponsor slots can be prepared manually before live checkout.

Sponsor kit, booking intake and checkout plan pages are static only.

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Internal sponsor prep

Do not claim yet

Metrics waiting on live wiring

Pending proof

Subscriber count

Blocked by: Buttondown analytics

Needed before use

Confirmed Buttondown subscriber counts after live launch.

Pending proof

Open rate

Blocked by: Buttondown analytics

Needed before use

Verified campaign analytics after an approved send.

Pending proof

Click-through rate

Blocked by: Buttondown analytics and UTM proof

Needed before use

UTM and Buttondown click evidence after tracking is wired.

Pending proof

Sponsor conversion

Blocked by: Sponsor reporting

Needed before use

Advertiser-provided conversion evidence or verified booking data.

Pending proof

Guaranteed audience size

Blocked by: Live circulation proof

Needed before use

Never guarantee; only cite verified historical numbers when available.

Proof capture

Evidence to collect before outreach

Capture rule

Capture public Buttondown archive URL after approved send.

Capture rule

Capture UTM-tagged clicks only after tracking is wired.

Capture rule

Record sponsor dates, copy approval and post-send screenshots.

Open the sponsor reporting plan

Artifact map

Where proof lives

commercial

Static sponsor kit

website/public/sponsor-kit/index.html

Shows placeholder-only inventory, package fit and approval boundaries before any sponsor conversation.

operator

Booking intake checklist

website/public/advertising/booking-intake/index.html

Captures advertiser fit, copy, compliance and manual hold data before Stripe or Buttondown setup.

commercial

Checkout wiring plan

website/public/advertising/checkout-plan/index.html

Maps planned Stripe lookup keys to Buttondown sponsor tags without enabling live payment collection.

operator

Sponsor reporting plan

website/public/advertising/reporting-plan/index.html

Defines which sponsor-facing metrics are safe, blocked or pending Buttondown and UTM verification.

editor

Latest rendered issue fixture

issues/2026-06-14/rendered.html

Provides the current static issue sample for copy review without sending a live subscriber email.