Terms & Conditions

Podium Partner connects Australian athletes with Australian businesses for season-long sponsorship arrangements, and manages the matching, partnership commitments, contracting and payment process.

If you have any questions about these terms, contact us at hello@podiumpartner.com.au.

Sponsors pay the agreed season fee to Podium Partner at commencement. Podium Partner hold the payment and make payout instalments to Athletes at commencement and final milestone.

Sponsors who do not meet payment deadlines may have their athlete placements paused and future access to the platform suspended.

Athletes receive 50% of the sponsorship funds upon commencement (within 14 days) and the remaining 50% upon completion of the agreement.

Athletes will not be paid the outstanding balance if their agreed commitments — such as brand content posts — are not upheld or cannot be evidenced. Podium Partner may withhold payment of the completion instalment where deliverables remain outstanding.

Athletes agree to complete the commitments in their sponsorship agreement in good faith, to a professional standard, and within the agreed timeframes. This includes representing the sponsoring business respectfully on and off the track.

Businesses and sponsors must not approach, contact or contract Podium Partner athletes privately or directly outside the platform without express written permission from Podium Partner. This includes hiring athletes for activations, content or endorsements discovered through the platform.

Approaches made without permission breach these terms and may result in removal from the platform and recovery of any fees owed.

Sponsors must treat athletes respectfully, must not require commitments outside the signed agreement, and must not ask athletes to promote anything unlawful, explicit or that conflicts with the athlete's values.

Athletes must not make misleading claims about sponsors, must disclose sponsor relationships when posting about them, and must not bring Podium Partner or a sponsor into disrepute. Serious misconduct may end a sponsorship agreement early, with payment handled under section 3.

Athletes grant Podium Partner and their sponsors a licence to use profile photos, videos and content for the sponsorship and related promotion, for the duration of the agreement and for 3 years thereafter.

Sponsorship fees are non-refundable once a placement commences, except where Podium Partner cannot fulfil the placement. Mid-season changes to an agreement must be agreed by the athlete, sponsor and Podium Partner.

Athletes under 18 require parent or guardian consent, and payments are made to the consenting adult's nominated account.

Podium Partner facilitates sponsorships and is not liable for the performance of either party beyond managing payments and agreed deliverables. Nothing in these terms excludes rights under Australian Consumer Law.

We may update these terms from time to time; the latest version is always on this page. Terms last updated September 2026.