Advertising & Featured Listing Policy

Hometown Events may display featured listings, sponsored placements, promotional badges, and future advertising inventory to help users discover local happenings and to support Platform operations.

Featured listings receive enhanced visibility on the homepage, search results, category pages, or other designated areas. Featured status may be assigned administratively or purchased through future Paid Services.

• Featured listings must comply with all content and community standards.
• Featured placement does not imply Hometown Events hosts, sponsors, or verifies the underlying event beyond ordinary listing review.
• Featured badges and placement styles may change as the Platform evolves.
• We may limit the number of simultaneous featured listings in a geography or category.

Sponsored content may include paid listings, banner placements, newsletter mentions, or partner promotions clearly identified as sponsored or featured where required by law and Platform standards.

Deceptive native advertising that mimics editorial content without appropriate disclosure is prohibited.

Promotional placements may be targeted by category, geography, date range, or account type. Targeting features will be described at purchase. We do not guarantee specific audience demographics unless expressly contracted in writing.

All advertising and featured content is subject to approval by Hometown Events. We may reject or request modifications to creative assets, copy, categories, or landing pages that are misleading, unlawful, offensive, incompatible with community standards, or harmful to Platform reputation.

We may remove or suspend advertising or featured placements at any time for policy violations, complaints, legal requirements, technical issues, or emergency public safety concerns. Removal for advertiser policy violations may not entitle the advertiser to a refund except as stated in the Refund & Cancellation Policy or required by law.

• Advertisers must comply with applicable advertising laws, including truthful claims and required disclosures.
• Promotions, contests, and sweepstakes must include official rules where required.
• Endorsements and testimonials must reflect honest opinions and material connections must be disclosed.
• Advertising for alcohol, cannabis, gambling, political content, or regulated industries must comply with applicable restrictions and may require additional review.
• Advertisers must respect intellectual property rights in creative materials.

• Illegal products or services.
• Hate, violence, or discriminatory content.
• Sexually explicit or exploitative content.
• Malware, phishing, or deceptive financial schemes.
• Counterfeit goods or infringing materials.
• Content primarily designed to harvest personal data without consent.

Pricing for featured listings and advertising packages will be disclosed before purchase. Taxes may apply. Payment terms are governed by our Terms and Conditions and Refund & Cancellation Policy.

We may provide advertisers with performance metrics such as impressions or clicks where available. Metrics are provided for informational purposes and may be subject to measurement limitations, ad blockers, and caching effects.

We may introduce third-party ad networks, self-serve ad dashboards, or subscription bundles. Updated terms and privacy disclosures will be provided before such programs launch.

For featured listing requests, sponsorship opportunities, or advertising questions, contact info@hometownevents.org with subject "Advertising Inquiry."