# Accessing the nominator portal > How you get into the nominator portal as a nominator: the access e-mail, claiming an account through a shared link, signing in again, and signing out. - Canonical article (Help Center): https://help.happenee.com/en/articles/101-accessing-the-nominator-portal - Česká verze: https://aidocs.happenee.com/cs/pristup-do-portalu-nominatora.md - Collection: Event setup and registration - Updated: 2026-11-05 --- > **Overview** > This article is for nominators who work in the nominator portal. Organizers can find how to set up nominations in [How nominations and nominators work](https://aidocs.happenee.com/en/how-nominations-and-nominators-work.md). > > The nominator portal is the page where you, as a nominator, add the contacts you want to invite to an event. The organizer either e-mails you a personal link to it or gives you a shared link that you use to claim the account yourself. A nominator account applies to one specific event only. ## Getting started 1. Find the e-mail with the subject **Access to nominations for** followed by the event name, or ask the organizer for the shared link. 2. Click **Open nominations**. With a shared link, enter your details and confirm your e-mail address first. 3. Keep the access e-mail and open the portal from it. The link is for you only, so don't forward it to colleagues or to the contacts you invite. ## Details ### The access e-mail When the organizer adds you as a nominator and sends you access, you receive an e-mail titled **Access to nominations for** and the event name. The e-mail shows the event dates, your spot limit (or a note that there is no spot limit), and who will send invitation e-mails to your contacts: either you, directly from the portal, or the organizer. The **Open nominations** button signs you straight in to the portal. The link has no expiry date; it works for as long as the organizer keeps you as a nominator for the event. That's why you shouldn't forward it. Anyone who has the link works in your nominations under your name. Return to the portal through this e-mail. The address you see in your browser after the portal opens is valid only for your current sign-in. If you can't find the e-mail, check your spam folder and tabs such as *Promotions*. If that doesn't help, ask the organizer to send you access again. ### Claiming an account through a shared link Sometimes the organizer doesn't know in advance who will nominate, so they create an account without a name or e-mail address. They then share its link with you another way, for example in a chat or in their own e-mail. On the **Claim the nominator account** page: 1. Enter your **First name**, **Last name**, and **E-mail**, then click **Send verification link**. 2. Open the **Verify access to nominations** e-mail. The link in it expires after 30 minutes and works only once. 3. On the page that opens, click **Confirm and continue**. The account becomes yours only when you click **Confirm and continue**. Filling in your details or opening the e-mail does not assign it to you. If you mistyped your address, click **Enter details again** after sending and correct it. You can request another verification e-mail after one minute. After too many attempts, you need to wait 15 minutes. Claiming the account does not change the limit, permissions, or contacts the organizer prepared for it. ### Signing in again - **Named nominator (access by e-mail).** If you sign out or open the portal address without signing in, you see the **Sign in to nominations** page. **Send link by e-mail** sends new access to the address the organizer has on file for you. The page shows that address; if you can't access it, contact the organizer. - **Claimed account.** Once claimed, the shared link no longer lets anyone claim the account. On the **Nominator sign-in** page, click **Send verification link** and a sign-in link arrives at your verified e-mail address. The shared link is valid for 180 days from when the organizer created it. To sign out of the portal, click **Log out**. Always do this on a shared computer. ## Common pitfalls ### A bookmark or saved address doesn't sign you in If you save the portal address from your browser as a bookmark or in your notes and open it later, the portal doesn't sign you in and shows the **Sign in to nominations** page. Click **Send link by e-mail** and sign in with the link from the new e-mail, or open the portal from the original access e-mail. ### You nominate for several events Each event has its own nominator account and its own access e-mail. The portal has no overview of all your events, so keep the access e-mails for each event together, for example in one mail folder. ### You are signed in as a different nominator If you manage more than one nominator account in the same browser, for example for two events, and open the portal address of the other account from a bookmark, the portal says you are signed in as a different nominator. Click **Sign in again as the nominator from this link** and the portal switches you to the account from the link. ### The link is no longer valid The **Invalid link** page means the link has expired or has already been used. For a verification e-mail, request a new one right on the page. A new shared link for claiming the account has to come from the organizer. ### Another nominator already uses the e-mail address Only one nominator per event can use a given e-mail address. If claiming the account says another nominator for this event already uses the address, enter a different one or contact the organizer. They may already have an account set up for you. ## Related articles - [Adding and importing contacts in the nominator portal](https://aidocs.happenee.com/en/adding-and-importing-contacts-in-the-nominator-portal.md) - [Inviting nominated contacts and tracking their registration](https://aidocs.happenee.com/en/inviting-nominated-contacts-and-tracking-their-registration.md) - [What to do when something does not work in the nominator portal](https://aidocs.happenee.com/en/what-to-do-when-something-does-not-work-in-the-nominator-portal.md)