A compliant website
Texting potential voters is one of the most effective ways to engage your community and to advance your campaign.
When you, a candidate, send texts to potential voters, this is called peer-to-peer texting. When you start doing this at scale, certain regulations to prevent spam start to apply.
You don’t want your mobile carrier to flag your number as being a spam account and blocking you from reaching supporters. After getting an EIN, you'll need a compliant website.
Why do I have to buy a website?
Mobile carriers (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) require all political texting campaigns to have a verified campaign website that meets specific technical compliance standards before they'll approve your registration.
Without a compliant website, carriers will reject your registration—this isn't a GoodParty.org requirement, it's a carrier requirement for all political texting programs.
Here's what makes this easier with GoodParty.org:
- We've pre-built our website templates to meet all carrier compliance standards
- We cover the $140 registration fee that campaigns typically pay to get compliant
- You only pay $10-12 for the domain—think of it as your application fee
- Total savings for using GoodParty.org: ~$130
We encourage you to keep your website active for the duration of your campaign.
How do I set up my GoodParty.org website so it's compliant?
We've made it super simple to build a compliant website directly from your GoodParty.org profile.
Just navigate to Website from the menu on the left and then select "Create your Website". The process can take as little as 10 minutes.
Then follow the prompts to add your personal information and issues you care about. A completed template is required in order for your website to pass the compliance review process.
The process is simple and our team is here to help if you have questions.
Next steps?
Check out this next article about how GoodParty can help you with the final step of verifying your campaign.
Frequently Asked Questions about setting up this website:
Why do I have to buy a website through GoodParty.org if I already have my own?
We understand you already have a campaign website—this can feel redundant. Here's why carriers require a second domain purchased through our system:
Carrier compliance is extremely strict. Websites must meet specific technical requirements that most campaign sites don't satisfy in order to send texts. Even small issues (missing disclaimers, incorrect formatting, non-compliant hosting) trigger rejections that can delay approval by weeks.
Our solution eliminates that risk:
- Websites built through GoodParty.org are pre-configured to pass the stringent carrier validation
- We cover the $140 registration fee
- You only pay $10-12 for the domain
Think of this as a $12 application fee.
You're saving ~$130 in compliance costs and avoiding weeks of potential delays. The second domain exists purely to streamline carrier approval.
Why an additional charge to using GoodParty.org?
The $10-12 domain purchase is the only cost you'll pay for texting registration. Here's the full breakdown:
What you pay: $10-12 (domain only)
What GoodParty.org covers: ~$140 (Campaign Verify registration fee, The Campaign Registry submission, compliance infrastructure)
Your total savings: ~$130
Most campaigns pay $140+ to register for political texting on their own. We've reduced that to just the domain cost to make texting accessible to independent candidates.
The domain serves as your carrier-compliant website for registration approval. Once approved, you can use it solely for compliance purposes.
Can I just submit my GoodParty.org website without putting issues/content on it?
Unfortunately, no. Carriers will reject incomplete websites during their review process.
What carriers check:
- Campaign information (candidate name, office sought)
- Issue positions or campaign messaging
- Required legal disclaimers
- Proper formatting and structure
Why this matters: An incomplete site triggers rejection, which means resubmitting and waiting another 1-2 weeks for review. With elections on tight timelines, that delay could mean losing your ability to text voters entirely.
The good news: Our website builder makes this fast. You can use our templates to add basic content in under 10 minutes, and it will automatically meet all carrier requirements.