diff --git a/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/channel-sidebar.js b/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/channel-sidebar.js
index d21ff330a..34121d364 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/channel-sidebar.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/channel-sidebar.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { ChannelsItem } from '/components/lib/channels-item';
 import { SidebarInvite } from '/components/lib/sidebar-invite';
+import { Welcome } from '/components/lib/welcome';
 
 export class ChannelsSidebar extends Component {
   // drawer to the left
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export class ChannelsSidebar extends Component {
               New Collection
             </Link>
           </div>
+          <Welcome associations={props.associations}/>
           {sidebarInvites}
           {channelItems}
         </div>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/welcome.js b/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/welcome.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3dc43e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/link/src/js/components/lib/welcome.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+
+
+export class Welcome extends Component {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.state = {
+      show: true
+    }
+  }
+  render() {
+    let wasWelcomed = localStorage.getItem("urbit-link:wasWelcomed");
+    if (wasWelcomed === null) {
+      localStorage.setItem("urbit-link:wasWelcomed", JSON.stringify(false));
+      return wasWelcomed = false;
+    } else {
+      wasWelcomed = JSON.parse(wasWelcomed);
+    }
+
+    let associations = !!this.props.associations ? this.props.associations : {};
+
+    return ((!wasWelcomed && this.state.show) && (associations.length !== 0)) ? (
+      <div className="ma4 pa2 ba bg-gray5 b--gray4 bg-gray0-d b--gray1-d white-d">
+        <p className="f9 lh-copy">For now, collections only hold links. In the future, they'll be able to organize and display rich varieties of content.</p>
+        <p className="f9 pt2 dib fw6 pointer"
+          onClick={(() => {
+            localStorage.setItem("urbit-link:wasWelcomed", JSON.stringify(true));
+            this.setState({ show: false })
+          })}>
+          Close this message
+      </p>
+      </div>
+    ) : <div />
+  }
+}
+
+export default Welcome