Sponsored licences allow you to cover the reporting cost for selected suppliers, enabling them to submit data to you without purchasing a licence.
Once assigned, the sponsored licence will automatically apply when those suppliers report to you.
1. Getting started with sponsored licences
- To provide suppliers with sponsored licences, it must first enabled for your organisation. If this of interest to you, please reach out to your designated Key Account Manager.
- Once enabled and assigned to suppliers, this will allow them to report to your organization without purchasing a licence.
They do not cover reporting to other buyers
2. How to allocate sponsored licences
You can allocate sponsored licences in two ways:
Option A: In-platform allocation
Assign sponsored licences directly within the platform — best for reviewing and selecting suppliers individually.
Step 1
In your dashboard, go to Manage and select My Suppliers.
Step 2
Find the supplier you want to enable the sponsored licence for and click into their profile.
Step 3
Once in the supplier profile, click the pencil icon to edit.
- Step 4
Toggle the 'Eligible for sponsored licence button and click save.
Option B: CSV upload
Assign sponsored licences in bulk by updating and uploading your supplier list — quicker if you already know which suppliers to sponsor.
Step 1
Download the supplier template in data requests section.
Step 2
In column AB, enter “Y” for each supplier you want to sponsor.
Step 3
Upload the updated file.
FAQs
Sponsored licences are applied at the supplier organisation level and will automatically apply to all future reports submitted to you.
Suppliers do not need to take any additional action.