Your profile banner

The profile banner is one short message shown across the top of your public profile. It is for things that are true right now and will stop being true.

What it is for#

• "Away until the 12th, replies will be slow."
• "Two slots left this month."
• "Currently only taking backend interview prep."

What it is not for#

It is not a place to describe your services - that belongs on the services themselves, where a buyer is actually deciding. A banner explaining what you offer competes with your listing and goes stale the moment you change your prices.

Writing one, and publishing it#

A new banner is saved as a draft. Publishing is a separate, deliberate step - so you can write one now and put it up later, and nothing reaches your public profile by accident.

Limits#

• Three banners on your account at once. Archive one before creating a fourth.
• Ninety days is the longest a banner may run, and an end date is required - there is no open-ended option. A banner nobody takes down becomes part of the furniture and stops being read.

Editing and ending#

You can end a banner early at any time. Ending it does not delete the record that it ran, which is what lets you answer "what did my profile say when they booked?" later.

Only one banner shows at a time. Publishing a new one replaces what is showing.