Hi, 
Steemhunt has over 2,000 daily active users. More than ten new users are joining our discord channel every day. New hunters have a ton of questions. I would like to share this guide for newbies to make it easier to onboard Steemhunt.
Ok, you found out about Steemhunt, and now it is time to read some articles and text. Let's start with the posting guideline. The posting guideline is something you will see quite often. It is the primary guideline for our moderators to decide if a hunt is going to be verified or not.
A detailed explanation of the posting guideline is here.
You are good to go once you have read the posting guidelines and the detailed article. The next step is to find some products.
Make sure that your product fits into the category of featured products. (posting guideline 2)
Make sure to read posting guideline no. 6 first. It is about duplicates. Duplicates are not allowed. It is your responsibility to make sure that you don`t hunt an already featured product. Use the search bar from Steemhunt to search if your product has been hunted or not.
Use the product name, brand name, main keywords and search it. Also, combine these to narrow your search. If you find the product already in the list, you will have to skip your found product, as it was already featured.
Read the posting guideline no. 5. Make sure you write only the product name in the title and use high-resolution screenshots.
Make sure you use the right product link. This is based on the posting guideline no. 3 as only limited product links are allowed for Steemhunt. Usually, E-commerce sites, blog posts, news sites are not permitted as a product link. Also, check if the website is opening. After posting the hunt, please recheck if your link is still working, as Steemhunt puts automatically a "?ref=steemhunt" at the end of each link. Some sites do not support that kind of appendix at the end of a link and give a 404 error. In that case, I recommend to mention that in your post and use a URL shortener like bit.ly.
Make a short comment in "Hunter's comment." Make sure to use your own words as plagiarism of any kind is not allowed at Steemhunt. When you need to mention some text from your source make sure that you use the ">" sign for a quotation mark. Also, cite the source at the end of your quotation.
Example how to write it in markdown.
Result how a correct quotation mark with cited source would look like.
Add some tags and decide if you want to add some contributors. Some hunters are putting themselves as contributors, but that is not needed. I recommend putting at least a 20% contribution for Steem related projects.
Post your hunt.
After posting your hunt, it gets into the queue of all unverified hunts. The Steemhunt moderators will pick up the hunts based on their schedule hunt by hunt. Our moderators are working around the globe and on a volunteer base. The schedule for a hunt to be verified can vary from immediately to more than 24 hours. You don`t need to worry about that your hunt will miss the KST window. All hunts are automatically listed on the "today's ranking" after verification.
Our moderators are leaving a comment on your hunt. Based on this comment you will know if your hunt is verified, in pending and "requested for an edit" or delisted.
Question
I posted a hunt, but it has not been upvoted by Steemhunt. Why?
Answer
It is not easy to understand all the details from the beginning. After watching a lot of new hunters on Steemhunt, it takes a few days. So don`t hurry too much and take your time to read some articles about Steemhunt. Talk also with our community members. It will help to have a soft landing in our community.
Thanks for reading!
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