Visibility and advertising
The Podium and Sponsored are two offers to get your server noticed. They always carry the gold “Sponsored” badge and never change the vote ranking.
Prices are shown in your creator space
Sign in to see the price of each place and each day, pick your dates and pay from your balance or by card.
Payments are not open yet
Three places at the top of the page, never a rank
The Podium shows three servers in large cards above the lists, with one place on the left, one in the middle (highlighted) and one on the right. Each place is an advertisement booked by the day.
- One global podium, on the home page and the Servers page, and one podium per game, at the top of its page. Minecraft Java and Minecraft Bedrock each have their own.
- You pick the place (left, middle or right) and the days on a calendar that marks each day as free, taken, already yours or past.
- A server holds only one place per podium per day.
- Each card carries the gold “Sponsored” badge, read out by screen readers. Cards have no medal and no number, because medals 1, 2 and 3 are reserved for the actual vote ranking.
- Never an empty place. Only booked places are shown, in left → middle → right order. With no booking, the podium does not appear.
Your listing highlighted, your rank unchanged
Sponsored promotes your listing wherever it appears, for the days you book.
- In lists and the ranking table, your row switches to “premium” colours (dark blue background, gold edge) and carries the “Sponsored” badge. Its size and rank do not move.
- In search results, sponsored servers matching the search come first, with the “Sponsored” badge.
- On the vote page of a server of the same game, up to three sponsored servers may be suggested, picked at random.
- During the paid days, your listing is customised with an animated thumbnail, a button accent colour and your cover as the page's background image.
- Booked by the day, 30 active days a month at most, with auto-renewal if you choose it.
How to book
1. Pick your server
From your creator space, choose the published listing to promote, then the offer (a Podium place or Sponsored).
2. Pick your days
The calendar shows free days, taken days and days already yours. The summary lists each day and its price before you pay.
3. Pay from your balance or by card
Your balance, topped up by card, covers small amounts. The campaign is confirmed only once payment is received.
What is measured
During the campaign, Rankserveurs counts interactions with your listing without cookies and shows them in your analytics.
- Impressions of the card or sponsored row (at least half visible for one second).
- Opens of your listing from the podium, a vote suggestion or a search.
- Clicks by source (ranking, podium, vote suggestion, search, website, Discord, address copy, trailer).
- Votes received, to compare before, during and after.
No number of impressions is promised, and a click is never presented as a sign-up on your server. Demo listings are never measured.
Cancellation, refunds and postponement
| Situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| Unpaid booking | Released automatically when it expires, or dropped by the team at any time. |
| Cancellation requested more than 48 h before the start | Full refund, or a single postponement to other free days. |
| Cancellation less than 48 h before the start, or after it | No refund, unless the platform is at fault. |
| Platform at fault (site down, placement not shown) | Pro-rata refund for the affected days, as confirmed by the administration. |
| Server suspended by moderation, or measured unreachable for the whole period | One postponement of the campaign (same length), to request at most 7 days after it ends. |
| Suspension because the owner broke the rules | No refund and no postponement. |
| Sponsored auto-renewal | Can be turned off at any time from your creator space. |
What an advertising offer does not allow
- Getting a rank, a medal, a number or a better score in the vote ranking.
- Increasing votes, reviews or activity measurements.
- Entering an editorial selection (selections are not for sale).
- Hiding or changing the information shown (measurements, reviews, declared population).
- Guaranteeing a number of impressions or clicks.