# Preview profiles
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/promote-grow/preview-profiles

Aden builds a finished public profile for an artist or label before they sign up, so outreach links to the real thing instead of describing it.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Sometimes you arrive at Aden and your profile is already there. Your bio, your
links, your releases, your upcoming shows, all in place.

That happens when we build a **preview profile** for you. We read the pages you
already publish (your Linktree, your VI.BE page, your Bandcamp, your own site)
and set up an Aden profile from them, so you can see exactly what Aden would
look like for you before deciding anything. Until it is yours it carries a
banner saying Aden built it, it is hidden from search engines, and it does not
appear in Discover.

## Using it [#using-it]

**Taking over a profile we built for you.** The email we sent you contains a
link that opens your profile. Look around it as much as you like. Nothing is
claimed by browsing. When you want it, press **take it over**, create an
account or sign in, and it is yours as it stands. Nothing is copied or
re-imported, and you can edit any of it afterwards like any other profile.

That link is the only way to claim a profile, and it works once. If it has
expired, or it was sent to an address you no longer use, reply to the email and
we will send a new one.

**If it isn't yours, or you'd rather it didn't exist.** Every preview profile
has a link in its banner to email us. We take it down on request, no questions
asked, and we never make a preview searchable.

**Importing more later.** Once the profile is yours, the same importer is
available inside Aden: paste another page and it pulls in whatever it finds.