diff --git a/components/sponsor-banner/index.js b/components/sponsor-banner/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb15c8def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sponsor-banner/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { BannerWrap, CloseSponsor, EmojiWrap } from './style';
+
+export function SponsorBanner({ onCloseBanner = () => null }){
+  return (
+    <div className='row'>
+      <div className='col p-0'>
+        <BannerWrap href='https://google.com' target='_blank' className='alert alert-info'>
+            Sponsored by DigitalOcean
+            <EmojiWrap>😍</EmojiWrap>
+            Check them out!
+
+            <CloseSponsor
+              onClick={(e) => {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                onCloseBanner();
+              }}
+              className='close'>&times;</CloseSponsor>
+        </BannerWrap>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
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diff --git a/components/sponsor-banner/style.js b/components/sponsor-banner/style.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff8bbbe06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/sponsor-banner/style.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+
+export const BannerWrap = styled.a`
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  background: #101010;
+  color: white;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  padding: 10px 15px;
+  display: block;
+  text-align: center;
+  transition: all 200ms;
+  
+  &:hover {
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+`;
+
+export const EmojiWrap = styled.span`
+  position: relative;
+  top: 1px;
+  margin: 0 0 0 6px;
+`;
+
+export const CloseSponsor = styled.span`
+  color: white;
+  text-shadow: none;
+  margin-right: 15px;
+  position: relative;
+  top: -2px;
+  
+  &:hover {
+    opacity: 1;
+    color: white;
+  }
+`;
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diff --git a/layouts/default/global.scss b/layouts/default/global.scss
index da52e35bc..04c7d7370 100644
--- a/layouts/default/global.scss
+++ b/layouts/default/global.scss
@@ -62,3 +62,15 @@ code:not([class]) {
   word-wrap: normal;
   box-shadow: none;
 }
+
+.banner-wrap {
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+.body-wrap.sponsor-banner-visible {
+  margin-top: 44px;
+}
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diff --git a/layouts/default/index.js b/layouts/default/index.js
index a4ae0bd02..0bd4e7b97 100644
--- a/layouts/default/index.js
+++ b/layouts/default/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
 import './global.scss';
 import { firePageView } from 'lib/gtag';
+import { SponsorBanner } from '../../components/sponsor-banner';
 
 class DefaultLayout extends React.Component {
+  state = {
+    isBannerClosed: false
+  };
+
   componentDidMount() {
     firePageView(window.location.pathname);
   }
@@ -10,7 +16,12 @@ class DefaultLayout extends React.Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <div>
-        { this.props.children }
+        <div className={ classNames('banner-wrap', { 'd-none': this.state.isBannerClosed }) }>
+          <SponsorBanner onCloseBanner={() => this.setState({ isBannerClosed: true })} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={ classNames('body-wrap', { 'sponsor-banner-visible': !this.state.isBannerClosed }) }>
+          { this.props.children }
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }