Experience As A Bounty Hunter

[Wahyuihib]

I really like being a bounty hunter, even though sometimes I help to promote projects that in the end don't pay off to me. but I kept on going on and on to keep up with projects that would eventually bring me income.
this is a bit of my experience as a bounty hunter.
I also want to know the experience you have...Thank yOU Guys

[RabbiTANK]

Carry on son, most people don't know how to keep trying when failure comes that's why they never accomplish anything, it can be frustrating to promote projects for months and end up a scam but serious is there anything that comes easy? We gotta try real real hard, most times hard way is the only way

[Bitstar_coin]

Likewise, I think there is a different kind of feeling it gives when you promote a project and at the end get paid for your time and effort,  and I agree,  some scam project will make the experience not so pleasant but to me at the end of the day it is something I do on my spare time so I don't mind continue hunting and supporting good project,
I believe crypto is the future and soon things will be done different. Happy New Year to all Members of the Forum!!!!!

[Claudio99]

It's normal for bounty hunters to experience this since there is no guarantee that all the bounties that you join will pay. There's nothing we can do but to make sure that we are choosing legitimate projects to promote and who pays bounties.

I've been into several bounties which even lasted for a few months but didn't pay. Just keep on joining bounties, all your efforts will be worth it if you join a good bounty. Make bounty hunting a way for you to learn more about crypto, it's like earning while learning.

It's why its called bounty hunting, you can't always get the right game when you go hunting, some times you will come back empty handed, if you don't see this as a normal thing you shouldn't be a bounty hunter, some projects will do you good and some will treat you right, get used to it or leave

[FaucetKING]

The same scenario happened to all of us, some projects screwed us and wasted our efforts and time but it's okay, it wouldn't be a bounty hunting if there's no risk involved right? Usually i do get paid in the past but nowadays i'm just staying away and saving my efforts but there's at least some good bounties to hunt right now, i might jump in any time.

[Gunday_07]

The same scenario happened to all of us, some projects screwed us and wasted our efforts and time but it's okay, it wouldn't be a bounty hunting if there's no risk involved right? Usually i do get paid in the past but nowadays i'm just staying away and saving my efforts but there's at least some good bounties to hunt right now, i might jump in any time.

2020 bounties aren't that bad, some are actually scam projects but some are so damn good, they give bounty hunters good rewards and some are saying 2020 was a better year for bounty hunters than 2019, don't know how true that is, I do hope this year will be better? Scam projects won't seize to exists so we got to keep trying to avoid them

[traderethereum]

No matter what we did, the risk will be there. I think many people have the worst situation while they are trying to make money.
With those experiences, that can give us the knowledge to search for other ways to make money.
If we get a scam by the project, we should realize that it is a normal experience and we can not expect that what we did will always give us a good result.
Good luck to you until you can achieve what you want.

[Retainly_Collie]

Obviously, this job is bringing income, although it is not much, but personally i am always satisfied with what i have done with bounty campaigns, i realize that the risks in this job are great when There are many scam projects still active, but time it takes me to have a lot of reviews about it and give myself the decision to join that work, i think it will take time to fully experience it. set of what goes on for such kind of work.

[GreatArkansas]

Bounty campaigns are already different now compare with previous years, like year 2017 and below.
There are some bounty hunters who already stopped after the huge dump after 2017-2018 bull market, which lead most of the bounty tokens being worthless or some bounty campaigns ended not paying the bounty hunters.
What I want to see in the future is they will become more responsible soon, avoid promoting some suspicious projects, although it is kinda difficult to identify.

[plvbob0070]

I really like being a bounty hunter, even though sometimes I help to promote projects that in the end don't pay off to me.

Sadly, in certain cases, the contribution of the bounty hunters to the development and progress of a project are unappreciated. With the different tasks to accomplish just to impressively promote it, they deserved good pay. However, some of them are not treated fairly. 

but I kept on going on and on to keep up with projects that would eventually bring me income.

Just keep on striving, it will eventually pay off. By your determination, you can clearly achieve it. Unpleasant experiences will happen along the way, so prepare yourself. Also, be wise in selecting a project, check the announcement thread, and evaluate the project. In that manner, you can familiarize yourself with the project and see if there’s any red flag.

[Rovega]

I also had the experience of joining a project campaign to promote it, but after the bounty was over and within a while they disappeared without telling everyone, from there I started to be careful in looking for projects to join the project in the campaign.

[JHORN]

If you don't have the mindset of winning the game you won't want to put in more effort, I guess this is why many bounty hunters decide to quit, I've promoted over six different projects and like two projects failed me, none turned scam but the projects just failed and get abandoned, to make good rewards from bounties you have to be determined

[Alert31]

Being a bounty hunter is a lot of surprise and struggles. Surprise if you join a project that you didn't expect to pay and you earn big. Struggles if you joined bounty campaign and promote a lot of project which at the end didn't pay the hunters and just waste your time and effort.

Anyway, we have different experience a a bounty hunter, but either it is good or bad experience, for me just continue and don't stop to find a good project to promote. But, it is up to you if you need to make money by joining a bounty campaign then you can go on, if not, then you can stop if you don't want to take a risk and try to waste your time and effort.

[Jawhead999]

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There are enough threads about bounty experience; search through am sure you can learn from it. Also, promoting projects and not getting paid is not the type of experience i was expecting ton read lol. Has bounty promotion helped you to understand how hodling works ? how to use few blockchain smart contracts perfectly ? taught you how to trade, and secure your savings on the blockchain ?

This is what bounty hunters should know from the basic thing such as what they're promoting, learn how to promote correctly, learn how to create high quality content/post, how to determine which project is good etc. Most of only know how to apply and spamming to able reach the bounty task.

I also had the experience of joining a project campaign to promote it, but after the bounty was over and within a while they disappeared without telling everyone, from there I started to be careful in looking for projects to join the project in the campaign.

Wait, you're still brand new account and no any post about bounties in your post history [1] and claiming had a experience on bounties

I wonder how many accounts you have here

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2878895;sa=showPosts

[Miaallen]

I must tell you, working on bounty for days and nights and not getting paid at the end of it pains more than untreated wounds.
I've worked on many bounties and I can tell you base on my country situation that I earn a living from from hunting. Paying bills, rents, clothing and feeding are all taken care of through bounty hunting.

[sapnu]

I've been a bounty hunter for so long and sadly, bounties before are not like the bounties right now. It is far too different from what we used to have. What we had before was really profitable and there are only few scams. Now, there are plenty of scam existing already that's why many campaigns ended up shutting down. It is very essential to make sure that you are doing your best in promoting and you always find effective ways that will match the price you are being paid.

[gurunanakji777]

I am also an experienced bounty hunter but I left joining bounties from the last month of 2019 but again I started to participate in bounties from Nov 2020. I left participating in bounties because most of the bounties in 2019 turned scam or did not pay So I lost faith but when I saw the market is improving month by month I started again as a hunter and now I am receiving again bounty rewards as well.

[trauchot]

Everyone who participates in bounty companies is faced with this completely, because most bounty companies are scams, and therefore this happens, but after all, from the very beginning it is very difficult to distinguish a good bounty from a scam bounty, because scam projects know how to present their projects like a top projects.

[gabbie2010]

Once I joined a bounty campaign my mindset is set at 50/50 I either get paid or it turn scam, although I might have done a thorough research before joining it however I discovered that despite all the media hype, ICO ratings, developers of the project and reputation of the bounty manager managing it, all these might not guarantee a payment, I once had a bitter experience on such bounty campaign which lasted for 3 months and the end everybody involved in the project never show up again.

[babygun]

I am also an experienced bounty hunter but I left joining bounties from the last month of 2019 but again I started to participate in bounties from Nov 2020. I left participating in bounties because most of the bounties in 2019 turned scam or did not pay So I lost faith but when I saw the market is improving month by month I started again as a hunter and now I am receiving again bounty rewards as well.

What is the point of receiving bounty rewards when 99% of all the tokens you receive are useless? I participated on quite a lot of bounties in the past but only 1 bounty got listed to a major exchange. All the rest of the tokens I have can't really be traded and just sit there in my MetaMask wallet.
There can be some good bounties that pay out in ETH or that directly pay to your in game wallet (like the Betfury bounty) but that is a minority.