There are three types of alternate websites that provide information for the game of Tibia. Those would be Promoted, Supported and Unsupported Websites.
Unsupported Websites: Provide resources and information about Tibia. They do not earn any rewards such as Fansite Items, Game Supported Contests, and promotions/advertisement through the official Tibia homepage. They can also be old Promoted/Supported websites that no longer met the requirements to be supported or promoted. Making the fansite items from them even more valuable to the player base.
Supported Websites: Have passed through the evaluation by Cipsoft and were approved by their fansite program. Containing valuable information and resources that help the average player. Many websites establish a community and location of information for players that need a website in their own language.
Supported Websites earn the following benefits:
- A direct link from the Tibia.com fansite section.
- A badge for supported Tibia fansites.
- Access to the internal fansite board on which material like featured articles, screenshots, artwork, and update teasers are presented in advance.
- A contact person from the community management department of Cipsoft, who will assist in all fansite related questions.
- Prizes for fansite events, in agreement with community management.
- Test server access for the contact person and an additional five fansite helpers.
- A unique in-game decoration item for the fansite, which the fansite can propose.
- Posting of news concerning the fansite in the news ticker, when the news is emailed to fansites@tibia.com 3 days in advance and has been approved by the community management.
Promoted Websites: Have everything supported websites contain such as meeting the parameters set by Cipsoft. They also go further by creating their own content on a regular basis as well as keep up-to-date information about Tibia.
Promoted Websites receive supported benefits as well as the following:
- Highlighting as a promoted Tibia fansite in the Tibia.com fansite section.
- A badge for promoted Tibia fansites.
- An exclusive interview with a CipSoft member once a year.
- Free Premium Time for the contact person and up to 3 helpers.
Reference: https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=fansites&page=programme