---
url: https://wiki.awmc.team/en/sponsor.md
description: Support the AWMC community services
---

# ☕ Sponsor AWMC

All AWMC services are maintained by community members in their spare time. There is **no mandatory fee** — every core feature stays free, forever.

Keeping them online costs real money. If AWMC has ever helped you — looked up a score, saved you a wasted trip to the arcade, or just kept you company in the group chat — consider buying us a coffee.

Every bit of your support, you'll see exactly where it went.

::: tip 💛 Please spend responsibly
Thank you for all the love and support!

That said, please **spend responsibly** — only chip in what you can comfortably afford.

Thank you for loving AWMC! :heart:
:::

## What We Run

| Service | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [AWMC Bot](/en/guide/bot/intro) | maimai DX score lookup, rating calculation, chart search & more |
| [Public API](/en/dev/) | Open interfaces for third-party developers |
| [Chart Preview](/en/dev/chart-preview) | Online chart viewing and analysis |

## Where the Money Goes

Sponsorship income flows in two directions: **keeping the services alive**, and **passing the kindness on**.

| Item | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 🖥️ Servers | Hosting the bot, APIs, databases and status monitoring |
| 🌐 Domains & Certificates | Annual renewals and SSL certificates |
| 📡 Monitoring Nodes | Multi-ISP probe nodes for the status page (Shanghai CMCC / CT / CU) |
| 🚀 CDN & Bandwidth | Static asset delivery, chart and image acceleration |
| 🔧 Third-party Services | Object storage, image recognition and other metered APIs |
| 💛 Charity | A portion of sponsorship income, donated to charity — see the [AWMC Charity board](https://bbs.wmc.pub/forums/awmc.16/) |

::: tip Cost Transparency
According to the public [sponsor list thread](https://awmc.cc/threads/91/post-267) on AWMC BBS, keeping the services stable costs **¥1650.00 CNY**.

For detailed and regularly updated breakdowns, please refer to the original thread.
:::

::: tip Your Support Finds Its Way Back
Your support keeps more than just our servers alive.

AWMC puts part of its sponsorship income toward **charity** — so it reaches the people who need it most. :heart:
:::

## 🎁 Community Perks (Funded by Milk)

Beyond sponsorship, Milk also funds giveaways **out of pocket** — **monthly lucky draws**, mini-games, all over on the forum.

None of this comes from sponsorship income. So don't be shy — come join in.

👉 [Head to the AWMC Perks board](https://bbs.wmc.pub/forums/awmc.18/)

## How to Sponsor

Your support is more than welcome. If you enjoy what we do, feel free to treat us — even just one round of maimai! 🎮

**Afdian** is our only official sponsorship channel: support us monthly or send a one-time tip, with goals and progress visible in real time.

::: tip Why Afdian?
Afdian is **public and transparent**: every record is traceable, and recurring monthly support helps far more with long-term maintenance than one-off transfers.
:::

Goal progress, tiers and the sponsor list are all shown live on the [Afdian page](https://afdian.com/a/AWMC_TEAM?tab=shop).

## 🤖 Sponsor Leaderboard in the Bot

Send this command to AWMC Bot:

```text
赞助
```

Aliases: `赞助榜`, `本月赞助`.

The bot reads Afdian's open order data and builds a **current-month** sponsor leaderboard with
names and ranks (🥇 / 🥈 / 🥉). Amounts are hidden by default to avoid public comparisons;
admins can enable them with `BREAK配置 sponsor_show_amount 1`.

::: tip Note
The leaderboard only counts successful orders in the current month from Afdian's public data.
When there are none, the bot replies "本月还没有公开赞助记录～".
:::

::: warning Want to be listed?
Orders can be hard to match. If you want to appear in the sponsor list, please reply in the [AWMC BBS sponsor thread](https://awmc.cc/threads/91/post-267) **with your Afdian order number**.
:::

## Sponsor List

Every sponsor is listed permanently in the [AWMC BBS sponsor thread](https://awmc.cc/threads/91/post-267), in no particular order.

Thank you to everyone who has supported AWMC — every amount counts :heart:

## 🙏 Special Thanks

AWMC keeps growing thanks to the partners standing beside us. Thank you for making our stage bigger and our services more stable!

::: info About the maimai Status Site
AWMC's own status site and Status API are no longer maintained (see [Status API](/en/dev/status-api)). For maimai server status data, see the community project [mai.chongxi.us](https://mai.chongxi.us/):

* It has **no affiliation with AWMC** and is independently developed and maintained by the community.
* It offers more monitoring dimensions and supports player self-reporting.

Thanks to this project for the maimai server status data it has long provided to us.
:::

## Other Ways to Help

Sponsoring isn't the only way to help. These matter just as much:

* 🐛 **Report bugs** — open an Issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/AWMC-TEAM/awmc-wiki)
* 📝 **Improve docs** — use "Edit this page on GitHub" at the top of any page
* 🔌 **Build plugins** — create your own tools on our [public API](/en/dev/)
* 📢 **Spread the word** — tell other maimai players about AWMC
* 💬 **Join the community** — QQ groups: [Group 1 · 1072033605](https://qm.qq.com/q/Gj3QmfEyY0) (main) · [Group 2 · 993795066](https://qm.qq.com/q/PF5t1VXPi0) (games) · [Rules](/en/guide/group-rules)

## Related Links

* [Maimai Status (Community)](https://mai.chongxi.us) | [Service Status](https://up.wmc.pub)
* [Developer Guide](/en/dev/) | [Getting Started](/en/guide/getting-started)
* Contact us: 3801477277@qq.com, or leave a message on the [forum contact page](https://bbs.wmc.pub/misc/contact)

***

Thank you for loving AWMC. :heart: