# Third party components

Source: https://instatus.com/help/status-page/third-party-components

Third-party components show the status of services you depend on, like AWS or Stripe, on your status page, so you and your customers can see when an issue is outside your control. They never affect your own uptime or overall status.

| At a glance | Details |
| :-- | :-- |
| [Source](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/third-party-components#how-do-i-add-a-third-party-component) | The Instatus catalog of third-party services |
| [Missing a service](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/third-party-components#how-do-i-add-a-third-party-component) | Click Suggest a service |
| [Uptime](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/third-party-components#how-do-third-party-components-affect-my-status) | Not shown for third-party components |
| [Effect on your status](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/third-party-components#how-do-third-party-components-affect-my-status) | None, your status and uptime are unchanged |

## How do I add a third-party component?

Log in at [instatus.com/login](https://dashboard.instatus.com/login), choose your status page, go to **Components → Third party**, pick a service and enable the components you want on your page.

- Here you'll find a wide range of services that you can add to your status page.

![Third party services](https://instatus.com/help/components-4.png)

- If you didn't find a service that you're looking for you can always **Suggest a service** and we'll be on it.
- Simply click on a service and enable the components that you want to appear on your status page.

![Adding a third party service](https://instatus.com/help/components-5.png)

## How do third-party components affect my status?

When a third party component is added to your status page, it'll appear without showing the uptime, and whenever a third party component is down it'll be updated on your status page without affecting your general status and your uptime.

![Appearance on status page](https://instatus.com/help/components-6.png)

- [Get started with Incidents](https://instatus.com/help/incident-response/incidents): Learn how to add and manage incidents.