Chrome extension

The Sponsy Chrome extension is currently in beta and is still being developed. Available functionality may change as the extension is refined.

The extension helps teams work with Sponsy inventory, ad blocks, and customer context from the tools they already use.

Use it when your team wants to review inventory, copy Sponsy ad block HTML, import ad block drafts, or reduce the amount of switching between external tools and Sponsy.

Install the extension

Install Sponsy from the Chrome Web Store.

After installing, sign in to Sponsy and open the extension from Chrome's extensions menu or side panel.

What the extension does

The extension can:

• Detect the active Sponsy workspace.
• Show the workspace and current page context at the top of the panel.
• Show placements for a selected publication and issue date, including each booked slot's customer, status, and last content update when available.
• Open the inventory calendar from the calendar button in the panel header to look across publications and dates.
• Fetch ad block HTML for the selected slot or placement.
• Show rendered block previews inside booked slot cards, copy a block from its card, or open the slot to preview the block and copy individual content fields.
• Support ad blocks from child placements.
• Help match external placement work to Sponsy placements.
• Detect customer context from supported pages such as Gmail or HubSpot.

General workflow

To copy ad content:

1. Open the external tool where you are preparing sponsorship content or reviewing customer context.
2. Open the Sponsy Chrome extension.
3. Choose the correct workspace and publication.
4. Pick the publication and a send date from its Sponsy schedule. Other days, including blocked dates, are muted in the calendar. The placement list shows which slots are open, ready to copy, or need content.
5. Turn on Show previews to see rendered blocks inside their slot cards. Use a card’s quick copy action, or click the card to see the full preview and content fields. The detail view has a primary Copy block button. Each content field has its own copy button.
6. If a slot has no ad block, open its detail view and use Create ad block. Sponsy opens the new block form with that placement selected.
7. Review the result in the external tool before publishing, sending, or handing off the work.

The extension is designed to keep Sponsy context close to the work your team is doing outside of Sponsy, so users do not need to rebuild the same ad block or search manually for the right slot.

Browse inventory

Use the calendar button in the panel header to see the week’s open, booked, and attention-needed placements. Use All publications or the publication filters to narrow the view. Pick a date in the calendar to see publication cards for that day.

Each publication card lists placement names, customers, and slot statuses. Click a booked row to open its slot details. Click the publication heading to return to the issue view with that publication and day selected. An open row also takes you to the issue view, where you can review the available placement.

beehiiv workflow

Sponsy has a beehiiv-specific workflow in the Chrome extension for teams that build newsletter sponsorships in beehiiv.

1. Open beehiiv and start editing the newsletter issue.
2. Open the Sponsy Chrome extension.
3. Choose the correct workspace and publication.
4. Pick the intended send date in the extension and find the relevant slot. Use its quick copy action, or click the card to check the preview and copy individual fields.
5. Copy the block and paste it into the beehiiv editor. When a beehiiv block is available, the extension copies that block. Otherwise it copies the HTML as a beehiiv HTML snippet. You can also type / in the editor and choose the Sponsy block from the slash menu to insert it directly.
6. Preview the issue in beehiiv before publishing.

Use this workflow when you want to copy Sponsy ad block HTML into beehiiv and keep the newsletter placement aligned with the slot in Sponsy.

The extension gets send dates from the publication schedule in Sponsy. It does not infer a send date from a beehiiv draft, since a draft does not establish when the issue will be sent.

Gmail and HubSpot customer context

Open a Gmail thread or a HubSpot record, then select the matching Sponsy workspace in the extension. Gmail matches participants' email addresses to customer contacts. HubSpot can match contact emails or a company domain to a customer's website.

The customer card shows the name, customer since date, revenue, slot count, and average revenue per slot. Click the third metric's label to switch between Avg / slot, Avg CTR, Avg CPC, Avg CPM, and Open rate. The extension remembers your choice for each workspace. Use Open to view the customer's metrics in Sponsy. Upcoming slots appear below as individual cards with the date, placement, publication, and status. Click one to open its slot details in the extension.

Performance rates use the combined audience and engagement counts from measured slots. CPC uses total clicks; CPM uses email sends or website ad impressions. Slots without the needed metrics do not count toward those calculations. A metric without data shows —, and financial metrics also require financial access. The workspace's analytics history limit applies.

If the customer has deals, the first two appear directly below the customer card, above upcoming slots. Click a deal to open it in Sponsy, or use View all to see the customer's full list. Open portal opens the matched customer's portal in a new tab. After opening an issue or slot, use Back to customer to return to the customer context.

Check availability opens What's open. Choose a date range, select publications, and keep all placements or narrow to specific ones. Each placement card shows its scheduled dates and open count. Booked and blocked dates are disabled. Open dates start selected; click one to remove it from your summary, or use Select all and Clear.

In the date range picker, choose a preset or click a start and end date on the calendar. The shaded range and day count show your selection. Press Apply range to update availability, or Cancel to keep the previous range.

Use Copy summary for email to copy the selected open dates as plain text. The summary below the buttons shows exactly what will be copied. Open calendar opens Sponsy's inventory calendar in a new tab with the date range, publications, placements, and free availability filter applied.

If no customer matches, you can still use Check availability to check open dates. For Gmail testing, open a thread from Inbox or Sent; threads opened from search results are not currently detected.

Ad block import

You can also create ad block drafts in Sponsy from existing sources. Upload HTML, paste a newsletter URL, or provide a screenshot so Sponsy can generate a starting point for the ad block.

After importing, review the generated block, confirm the variables, and test it with a real slot preview before using it in production.

Tips

• Keep placement names clear so the extension can match external work to the right Sponsy inventory.
• Use Ad Blocks in publication settings to maintain the source templates.
• Preview copied HTML in the destination editor before sending or publishing.
• If the extension appears connected to the wrong workspace, switch the workspace in the extension before copying content.

Troubleshooting

If the extension cannot find inventory, confirm that you are signed in to Sponsy, using the right workspace, and working in the matching environment.

If copied HTML does not look right in the destination editor, check the ad block styling in Sponsy and confirm the block preview uses the correct slot.

If a booked slot says No ad block, open its details and use Create ad block. If it says Block not ready, its configured block has no rendered HTML for that slot yet. Open the slot in Sponsy to review its content.