# Microsites Overview

An Advocate microsite provides a centralized place for customer advocates to sign up for your program and access the referral widget. Microsites can be used when your users do not have a way to register an account for your program.

Our [microsite editor](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/microsite-experiences/microsite-editor-explained.md) gives you control over what your end users will see and lets you customize layouts, pages, branding elements like fonts and colors, and even the domain.

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**Note:** Microsites are useful when running partner or Performance programs. All microsites are [verified access](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/widget-experiences/widget-types-explained.md) only.
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#### Microsite setup process

You can set up your microsite in a few steps:

1. From the left navigation menu, select ![](/files/CDnwOBeIdds9r3Z6zTnO) **\[Engage] → Content**.
2. On the *Microsite* card, select **Setup**.
   * Alternatively, select **Edit settings** to make changes to existing microsite settings or select **Edit Content** to edit existing microsite content.
3. Under the *Auto setup* section, select **Setup Referral Microsite**.
4. Select **Auto setup** on the popup that appears.
   * Add a domain. The default domain for the microsite is `http://companyname.advocate.impact.com/`, but you can also set up a custom domain.
   * Customize the layout of your microsites and pages to give your participants an experience tailored to your brand and program.
   * Adjust the lifecycle emails that the site will send out to participants.
5. Next, [set up a Microsite](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/microsite-experiences/set-up-a-microsite.md).

**Additional microsite documentation**

* [Set Up a Domain](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/set-up-a-domain-for-advocate.md)
* [Customize Microsite Layouts and Pages](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/microsite-experiences/customize-microsite-layouts-and-pages.md)
* [Customize Microsite Lifecycle Emails](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/advocate-program/manage-advocate-participant-experiences/microsite-experiences/customize-microsite-lifecycle-emails.md)


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