How to move on if you've failed to meet the due date of a bounty campaign

[Upgate]

Gone are the days when bounty project pays hugely. These days it doesn't worth the time and energy. After months of promoting a project, you'll end up not receiving a dime of their token. Even though you receive, it will be worthless token.
It's better not to partake in any bounty for now cos crypto market is so bearish as it stands now

Yes dude, I'm very happy and fully support you for giving a good advice for everyone here especially your statement bolded part.

But, why are you participate in bounty too? It's not worth since you only receive worthless token right?

#Proof of authentication
Bitcointalk username: Upgate
Telegram username:: Slyodi
Participated Campaign: Signature

Bounty doesn't worth the stress. It pains me alot promoting project that has worthless tokens after their hype on social media platform example terracredit.
I do hope soon, bounty will worth doing like 2017 bounties

[coinfinger]

1. Stop whining

I understand some people though, it’s just the frustration that makes them to keep whining. My good advice is that people should always have other jobs to support them, because I believe is because they have placed all their mind on that money and sometimes have plans that they want to sort out with it, and at the end it became something else. So let them have other things doing, if one disappoints, the other ones are there to provide the money you need.

Don't blame the bounty manager for closing the forms just as you're about to submit reports. Blame yourself for not making it on time.

Really we can’t blame the managers in this case if they really made an announcement about it, it’s to simply move, no stress. If you keep disturbing yourself on an issue like this, nothing is probably going to be changed.

[MWesterweele]

1. Stop whining

I understand some people though, it’s just the frustration that makes them to keep whining. My good advice is that people should always have other jobs to support them, because I believe is because they have placed all their mind on that money and sometimes have plans that they want to sort out with it, and at the end it became something else. So let them have other things doing, if one disappoints, the other ones are there to provide the money you need.

Don't blame the bounty manager for closing the forms just as you're about to submit reports. Blame yourself for not making it on time.

Really we can’t blame the managers in this case if they really made an announcement about it, it’s to simply move, no stress. If you keep disturbing yourself on an issue like this, nothing is probably going to be changed.

Failed to meet the due date of a bounty campaign shouldn't be blame on the bounty managers since the failed side wasn't on them but on the member. Whinning of a member is inevitable since a bounty campaigns gives a reward and they were expecting for a reward for their efforts but knowing it didn't make it on a scheduled date doesn't count them on. By accepting the fact that its your side who failed, and let the failure be a lesson learn so that for the next bounty campaigns you already learn what to do.

[Jeger.Kiting]

Even though I have participated in signature campaigns several times but have never experienced anything like that, I am more fixated on one project only, if I see something better and more interesting I can join other campaigns, for example articles, social media, translations, videos . DLL, that's enough for me to participate in a campaign that I think is good and interesting, even though I can't participate with the signature campaign, at least I can take other options besides the signature, so as not to violate the procedures set by the campaign manager of all  projects. ..

[thesmallgod]

All campaigns have rules and it must be followed diligently. Submitting your work is due necessary as at the due date and it is left for you to know when is the last date to submit. In case you are always missing out, I will advise you to join bounty that is run on bounty platforms such bounty0x that trace the working done rather than you giving accounts every day. When I used to participate on many bounty, I have a to-do list that shows when is the deadline for submittion of my work so that I dont miss out.

[smyslov]

When I was active in the bounty campaign I made sure that I am ahead I did not participated in other campaign only in signature campaign but I made it a point to always add more posts to a required posts so I'm guaranteed to have a stake in a pool, if you are active in bounty campaign you should always report ahead of time or add more of the required posts.

[Silberman]

This thread must be very coincident because the project DRK Defi  was accused of scam because the team plagiarized their Whitepaper.  The accusation thread is this one https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5277113.0 but the bounty hunters are expecting the project are backed by honest developers but looks like they cheated right from the start thru the WP.

Nothing can be done to take back the time lost so this is really important to learn about the project before joining. For now, those bounty hunters can read the tips in the first page to move on.

Taking into account that most bounty hunters follow the strategy of quantity over quality it seems impossible for them to avoid this happening to them, after all if they are part of 20 or more bounty campaigns at the same time then some if not the majority will become scams, what I have always wonder is why do they keep doing this? I mean I suppose they are getting profits out of this but I am not sure, after all it seems that almost any coin that is released turns into a scam immediately and the few projects that are not do not really use bounty campaigns anymore as they promote in exchanges instead.

[Kelvinid]

Participating in bounty or any signature campaign is just an opportunity. If you got accepted that is because the CM/BM thinking that you can make your job but if you got excluded from the list because you miss performing the task given, that is our fault and OP is right, we don't need to complain of them. That is our fault and that ourselves to be blamed as well, sending a message to the BM/CM is a way to make them informed and ask for another chance rather than whining to them because of your own mistake.

[Kasabus]

Participating in bounty or any signature campaign is just an opportunity. If you got accepted that is because the CM/BM thinking that you can make your job but if you got excluded from the list because you miss performing the task given, that is our fault and OP is right, we don't need to complain of them. That is our fault and that ourselves to be blamed as well, sending a message to the BM/CM is a way to make them informed and ask for another chance rather than whining to them because of your own mistake.

Yes. We can ask for another chance but if the bounty manager won't allow us to be part of the campaign anymore, then we should learn to respect his decision. After all, we should be responsible for our own shortcomings and blaming others won't give any solution. So we should always give our best while we are still luckily part of the campaign.

[Yatsan]

All the keypoints that the OP have mentioned are sincerely and strongly agreeable for the fact that the situations included on those explanations are the common scenarios that maybe all of us have experienced on our bounty campaign journey when we are just starting our crypto journey in this industry. Instead of complaining and ranting into something that is already done, better move forward and do not turn back so you will easily forget the bad experience you have got from joining bounty campaigns. The old times are already done so comparison would make no sense at all. Just keep straight ahead and seek for better opportunities away from bounty if you find yourself not suited on that. There are still other crypto works you can do with.

[TopT3ns]

Participating in bounty or any signature campaign is just an opportunity. If you got accepted that is because the CM/BM thinking that you can make your job but if you got excluded from the list because you miss performing the task given, that is our fault and OP is right, we don't need to complain of them. That is our fault and that ourselves to be blamed as well, sending a message to the BM/CM is a way to make them informed and ask for another chance rather than whining to them because of your own mistake.

Yes. We can ask for another chance but if the bounty manager won't allow us to be part of the campaign anymore, then we should learn to respect his decision. After all, we should be responsible for our own shortcomings and blaming others won't give any solution. So we should always give our best while we are still luckily part of the campaign.

indeed the bounty manager has done their job well but sometimes there are some bounty managers who are not good, I believe bounty managers who have green confidence are the best because they already have a lot of experience in managing the campaign.

[The cure]

It is very important that we read carefully the rules of a bounty that we will join, in the beginning we will have to take note all the important rules and announcements regarding the bounty campaign so that we do not miss and avoid being disqualified or not given a stake. When we know in ourselves that it is our fault if we are not given a stake because we failed to submit the report for that week especially in social media campaigns, maybe we should not be angry or complain because it is in the rules at the beginning. Let's just move to the remaining weeks and do the task properly.

[Genemind]

I have experienced it once but we can't blame the bounty managers because they're just doing their jobs. Sometimes, it's our mistake that we're not able to finish the required task on its due date. We only have to be productive and try to do better. Missing to meet the due date of a bounty campaign once or twice is fine and we should learn from it but doing it continuously is already a bad habit of being irresponsible.

[Onika84]

Blaming someone, will make things worse. OP has provided some key-points that are very positive about how to control the situation from getting worse. Learn from previous mistakes, and still have opportunities for another day.

[CuriousGeorge]

Blaming someone, will make things worse. OP has provided some key-points that are very positive about how to control the situation from getting worse. Learn from previous mistakes, and still have opportunities for another day.

The problem is the hunters didn't even learn from their past experience and this has been making a lot of noise when the hunters got scammed.
Just take a look at how those who have been promoting emirex for more than 4 months have been getting paid less than $10.

People should not feel serious to join in the bounty. 

[sgenuine]

Some bounties eat too much time, which is precious. I lost exactly too much time there until I understood that it would be better to dive deeper into the crypto trading, and started learning more about Bitcoin and altcoins. It also takes time, but worth doing the stuff.

[albon]

Good points and advice mentioned by the OP and I want to add this sentence in front of all hunters and it is (failure is the beginning of success) We do not have to give up and blame ourselves and blame others, life is full of opportunities. We have to keep up with bounty work and learn from our mistakes, and we must not make hunting bounties a basic income It is a source of income besides our main works.

[Mpamaegbu]

1. Stop whining

The point is this. Don't just wait for the deadline date. Work earlier than that.

My remedy for this type of situation is to always write down the day of weekly submission in my notepad where I usually place links from the shared contents on social media. This technique  has really helped me as I haven't missed any submission of reports.

[isaac_clarke22]

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Just don't expect a lot in bounties. Even if the BMs ain't that strict, you still have the monster running your way to grab all your efforts to just be led to a waste. Many are driven emotionally because it's like they depend their lives on bounties while this forum ain't even their earning platform.
Even if some people see this as an "earning platform", there are far more better sites to earn more. Think of these bounties as just like a side dish as you roll around the forum joining to discussions.

[ghost424]

I know that most of you can relate to my situation where I failed to submit my entries on or before the due date of the bounty campaign. Not just once, but a few times already. I know how it feels, as I've felt the same way too. However, I've learned a lot and finally getting used to it.

If you are one of those bounty hunters who still struggle moving forward because of not submitting on time, here are some of my helpful tips:

1. Stop whining

Let me ask you. If you whine for hours to a day, do you think it's productive? Absolutely not! Whining is a time-waster. I know how it feels. There's a time that I've focused spent hours, or a day or two just to finish one creative and entertaining video. But when it's the time to check the submission form, it's already closed. Man, that hurts a bit right? The point is this. Don't just wait for the deadline date. Work earlier than that. If you keep whining, you've lost so many minutes, hours or a day that is suppose to be the time you work on your next assignment or so. Makes sense?

2. Appeal when you can. Learn to accept and move forward if bounty manager doesn't give exceptions despite the best work you've got

Of course, just don't believe that there is no hope anymore. However, not all bounty managers can consider your appeal to reconsider your entry despite not submitting it on time. Recently, it was my fault that I was never updated about their new deadline submission on Telegram, which wasn't updated on their bounty thread. I tried to appeal, but there are no more exceptions according to the bounty manager despite all of the long hours of work. There are some cases too in which my submissions are considered manually by some certain bounty managers even if I didn't make it on time.

At first, you may feel so down because it feels like you don't deserve it. But you must learn to accept and move forward, because bounty tasks are all about risking your time. Instead, learn to be grateful and thankful. It's all about lessons learned. There's no way you could go back in time, but keep moving forward.

Appeal if you can, despite there are no guarantees that they could say yes.

3. Don't blame the bounty manager for closing the forms just as you're about to submit reports. Blame yourself for not making it on time.

Again! This really stings a bit for us. Assuming that you wrote a top-tier blog post about a project for so many hours, only to see that they are no longer accepting submissions. The thing is, do not blame the bounty manager for his or her decision. You have no one to blame but yourself. I know this hurts, but it's the reality. Once you accept blaming yourself, you learned and improve in making decisions for you not to repeat the same mistake again in other projects that you are joining.

4. Seek a different opportunity from them if you failed to submit your bounty entries on time.

You just don't stick to be a bounty hunter all your life, you know? It's time that you should be more than that. Like in my case, I made a video about a project and the CEO likes it. The CEO would contact me to ask if I can make another video for them. And I said yes without any questions at all if they want to pay me or not. I happily made an interview video about their project, and after they see that, they've asked me for my ETH address which I was paid unexpectedly. I've experienced that in some few projects too, which I offer them a free interview with no cost, but they did pay me in an unexpected way.

You can be more by just being their ambassador, content creator or whatever God-given talent you have to help the project grow. Think outside of the box, not just being a bounty hunter only.  

5. More opportunities are awaiting. Don't just stick to one or a few opportunities (and make sure they're legit too)

In order for you to experience less disappointment, don't just stick to a few opportunities. Of course, we all know that 90% of the bounty campaigns are scams, or failing ICOs, or token dumps after exchange listing. Make sure that you choose projects that are kinda legit by going over to their website, team's LinkedIn accounts, roadmap, whitepaper, social media channels, partnerships and events, etc. You can't just simply join a bounty campaign because of the hype, but always look beyond than that.

But once you've decided to join that campaign, always put it in your mind about the "time risk" that you're taking. Also, you should be mentally and emotionally prepared when unexpected circumstances happen such as website shutdown, exit scam, etc. In other words, you must know how to manage your risks, both time and money.

I hope these tips and advice of mine helps you all, especially bounty hunters who can relate. Cheers and have a nice day!

Tip number two is the best. Appealing within the forum is one of the best things that can happen since most appeals are supported since people want a good community. Then tip number five must always be kept in mind since the opportunities within the Crypto industry is endless and if we keep ourselves in a gloomy situation, nothing will be fruitful for us. Thanks for the reminder!