Reward Rules

A CreatorBoard reward is credit, not cash. Finishing in the Top 10 of a closed weekly or monthly period adds Creator Credits to the total held by the email address that paid for the winning listing, spendable against a future listing on CreatorBoard. There is no code to keep and nothing to redeem. There is no cash prize, no payout, no bank details, and no KYC — we never ask a winner for banking or identity information, because there is never a cash transfer to make.

You are eligible for a reward when, at the close of a weekly or monthly period, your channel:

• finished in the Top 10 of that board's final results,
• the period is one that pays: every monthly period pays, and a weekly period pays only when its week falls wholly inside one calendar month. A week split across two months still ranks channels and still counts toward the monthly board, but carries no reward pool of its own,
• has no confirmed Platform Rules violation on the associated placement,
• was not suspended at the moment the period closed — see Section 6, and
• was awarded a share that rounds to at least one whole dollar — see Section 5.

The credit issued for a closed period is not a fixed figure. It is funded by the listings that created the competition: 20% of the qualifying amount held by each of the week’s Top 10 funds that week’s total, and 30% funds the month’s. A listing therefore contributes to both competitions at once. Qualifying amounts held outside the Top 10 fund neither.

The total rises as the competition does and is fixed at the moment the period closes. Reward values are calculated against that fixed figure, and the published result for a closed period is never recalculated afterwards.

The credit total for a closed period is shared among the Top 10 finishing positions according to the schedule for that period, expressed as a share of the total. The “current value” column shows what that share is worth in Creator Credits, not a cash amount.

The weekly and monthly schedules are different. A week is deliberately flatter, so more finishers earn something; a month is weighted toward the top. Neither schedule applies to the other, and the schedule that governs a reward is the one recorded against that competition when it closed.

Weekly

Each finishing position’s reward value is calculated as credit total × share, using the schedule in effect when the period closed, rounded down to the nearest whole US dollar — rounded down so that no more credit is ever issued than the competition contributed.

Every finishing position is held by exactly one channel, under the tie-break in the Competition & Bidding Rules. Each position’s reward is therefore credited once and in full: positions are never shared and reward values are never split.

A position whose share rounds down to less than one whole dollar earns no credit. On a small pool this can mean the lower Top 10 positions finish in the published results without earning credit.

Credit is added automatically when a period closes. A listing that is suspended at that moment — including one suspended after a reversed or disputed payment — is excluded from the final results and receives nothing.

If we later find that a qualifying amount was funded fraudulently, we may suspend the listing and void any credit it holds that has not yet been spent.

A channel found to have violated our Platform Rules during the period forfeits its reward, as does one whose qualifying amount we later determine was funded fraudulently. Forfeited credit is not redistributed to other finishers unless we determine that doing so is required to correct an error in the published final results.

The reward is added to the Creator Credits Creator Credits held by the email address that paid for the winning listing, as soon as the period closes. There is no code, nothing is sent anywhere, and nothing needs to be kept. It appears on that address’s member page and comes off the total automatically at checkout.

A monthly reward can be spent straight away. A weekly reward is held until the month it was won in has closed, and becomes spendable at 00:00 UTC on the 1st of the next month. A prize funded by a month’s own board must not be spendable back onto that board, or the competition would be paying for its own entries.

• Credit is a running total, not a single-use code. It is drawn down across as many listings as it takes, oldest amount first.
• It is held against the email address that paid for the winning listing, not against a handle — a handle is printed on the public board, so binding a prize to one would let anyone who can read the board claim it. It cannot be transferred to another channel or person.
• Each amount expires 40 days after the day it becomes spendable — for a weekly reward, 40 days from the 1st, not from the day it was won — after which it cannot be reinstated.
• It may fund at most 50% of any one listing, and spending it requires a running Discovery Circle membership. It has no cash value and cannot be exchanged, withdrawn, or transferred to a bank account or payment method.

If you believe a credit calculation or eligibility decision is incorrect, email support@creatorboard.lol within 30 days of the period closing, from the address on the placement, with your listing handle and the basis for the dispute. We will respond within 10 business days with our final decision.