# Fan programs
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/promote-grow/fan-programs

Per-event content drops (fan photos/videos uploaded with an Aden account) plus a per-team configurable fan program. Weighted criteria, points, and a customizable status name/threshold, designed to extend to multiple tiers later.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Two connected fan-engagement features:

* **Event content drops**: an artist opens a "drop" on one of their shows.
  Fans who were there upload their photos and videos from the night; once the
  artist approves them, they appear in the fan gallery on the public event
  page. Fans need an Aden account, so every upload is attributed and feeds
  their fan status progress.
* **Fan program**: every artist gets a points-based fan status. Fans earn
  points by completing criteria: connecting Spotify as a lifetime fan,
  following the artist on Spotify/Instagram/TikTok/YouTube, using a song in
  their story, joining the mailing list, and sharing event content. At the
  points threshold they unlock the status. A sensible default set ships out
  of the box; the artist can rename the status (default "Superfan", or e.g.
  "Inner Circle"), change the threshold, tune points, and add their own
  criteria.

## Using it [#using-it]

### As an artist (team) [#as-an-artist-team]

1. Go to **Fans → Fan program** in your team's audience tabs. A rail on the
   left (the same shell as account settings) holds three sections, driven by a
   `?section=` query param: **Program**, **Drops** (badged with the number of
   uploads waiting) and **Top fans**.
2. **Program**: the status name, the points that unlock it, and what fans see,
   as three rows. The switch beside the title pauses the program. Under it,
   **Ways to earn** lists every rule with its points, how often a fan can earn
   it, and how many fans already have. The default set is seeded on first save;
   add your own rules (with an optional link for fans), or reset to the
   defaults.
3. **Drops**: the shows collecting fan media on the left, the uploads waiting
   for you on the right. Opening a drop picks an event and sets whether fans
   can send photos, videos or both, how many uploads each fan gets, and whether
   uploads go live immediately (auto-approve) or wait for review. Approving
   publishes the upload to the public event gallery and grants the fan their
   event-upload points; rejecting keeps it out.
4. **Top fans**: every fan with points, and who has unlocked the status.

### As a fan [#as-a-fan]

1. Visit the artist's **fan status page** (`/@artist/fan-status`) to see the
   criteria and your progress. You need an Aden account to earn points.
2. Complete criteria: follow links, mark them done, and use **Verify** on the
   Spotify connection (it checks your lifetime-fan Spotify link for real).
3. On a show's public event page, use **Share your photos and videos** to
   upload what you captured. Once the artist approves, your content shows in
   the fan gallery, and you earn points.
4. Reach the threshold and you unlock the artist's fan status.