Verification and trust on DareBay: who checks what

Before you take a contest you ask two things: how much it pays, and who is behind it. The card answers the first; the badge and the ratings answer the second. A badge means a person or a company checked against documents, and the ratings show how that account behaved in earlier contests. The platform records the budget, result and payout status, and in a wallet-backed contest the reward reaches the winner's balance automatically.

Verification levels ​

There are three types of verified account:

• BLOGGER: individual creators with a public track record. Good for personal brand contests.
• STORE: e-commerce businesses running promotions.
• COMPANY: registered companies running marketing or hiring campaigns.

Verified accounts pass a document check (ID or incorporation papers). The badge then shows on the profile and on every contest that account runs, so a participant can see who they are dealing with straight from the feed. The badge does not by itself change a fee: current terms depend on the operation and are listed here.

A contest without a badge has its budget and obligation recorded in the same way. The badge answers a different question: who wrote the task and what their track record looks like.

Dual ratings ​

Every DareBay account carries two ratings:

• Organizer rating is built from the contests you have run. Did you pay the prizes on time? Was the winner picked fairly? How many disputes?
• Participant rating is built from the contests you have entered. Is your work original? Do you follow the rules? Do you pile on other participants or organizers?

Both ratings are visible on your profile. They cannot be bought, and they are not erased by creating a new account: a fresh account simply starts with no history, and the first honest contests are what build it.

What a low rating means in practice ​

• Low organizer rating → participants skip your contests, and the feed shows them less often.
• Low participant rating → your submissions go through manual moderation before they appear in the public feed.
• Very low → account limits or a ban.

How to earn trust fast ​

If you are just starting out:

• Organizers: run one small contest you are certain you can close cleanly. A carefully run $50 contest is worth more than a $5,000 one that fell apart.
• Participants: enter contests in the niche you actually work in. Your first 2-3 submissions, even the ones that do not win, establish a pattern of genuine authorship.

Verification can be done at any point, and you do not need it to start.

Keep three kinds of evidence separate ​

A badge concerns identity or organization checks. A rating reflects participation history. Funding answers another question: who holds the money and pays the reward. A high rating or badge does not turn an organizer's direct payment into a locked wallet-backed budget.

Check all three separately and read the task terms before working. Submit identity documents only through the product's designated process; a request for your password or seed phrase in a private message is not verification.

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