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title: "Ship through the official channel"
description: "Move from a template you deploy yourself to shipping your model to customers: becoming an ARDGE partner, submitting your template for release, and publishing a new build as a new profile"
canonical_url: "https://developer.ardge.com/en/guide/model-provider/shipping-channel"
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# Ship through the official channel

> Move from a template you deploy yourself to shipping your model to customers: becoming an ARDGE partner, submitting your template for release, and publishing a new build as a new profile

## Overview

The official channel is the maintained release channel for ARX system. Once your model is listed there, it appears in AI Model Center on customer systems, where users download and deploy it themselves — no side-loading a template onto each machine.

A model has no version stream to update in place. You ship a new build by adding a profile to your template: it shows up in AI Model Center alongside the existing ones, and users download it and switch over from the model they were running.

## Becoming a partner

Once your model template deploys and runs on an ARX system, contact ARDGE to discuss listing it in the official channel.

## Submitting your template for release

Send your model template details to your ARDGE contact, and we complete the listing for you.

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**A developer platform is on the way:** it will let you publish new profiles yourself, whenever you're ready.

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## Publishing a new build

Add a profile for the new build to your template and submit it the same way. Customers see it in AI Model Center, download it, and replace the model they were using — the profile they were on stays available until you ask for it to be withdrawn.

## Contact

Reach the ARDGE team at [support@ardge.com](mailto:support@ardge.com).


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