A denial is rarely an accusation. Most are mechanical: something in the brief was not met, or the post could not be checked. Knowing the list means almost never seeing one.
The mechanical reasons
- →Posted on a platform the campaign does not count. The commonest denial by a distance.
- →Handle not tagged, when tagging was required.
- →Clip shorter than the stated minimum.
- →Account set to private, so the post cannot be verified at all.
- →Post deleted or made private after submission, which removes the evidence the earnings were based on.
- →Submitted after the campaign window closed.
The originality reasons
Campaign rules require the edit to be your own. Submitting the same clip twice from one account is blocked outright, and submitting someone else's edit — or your own from several accounts — breaches the terms and is caught when entries are reviewed. Re-uploading the source with no meaningful edit fails for the same reason: some campaigns require the clip to be genuinely cut and captioned rather than trimmed.
The verification reasons
Views have to look real. A clip reporting significant reach with almost no likes, or with none of its engagement growing while views spiked, gets held for review. So does an implausibly high like-rate, which points at bought likes rather than bought views. A hold is not a denial: genuine outliers are common, and it means a human look.
If your clip genuinely took off, that is usually resolved in your favour. What does not survive review is bought engagement, because the pattern is distinctive and consistent.
How to avoid all of it
- →Read the platform list before editing, not after.
- →Screenshot your view count at the moment you submit.
- →Leave the post up for at least the stated retention period.
- →Keep the account public and use it like a normal account.
- →Never buy views on a clip you intend to submit. It is the one unrecoverable mistake.
Read the rules before you cut, and submit with confidence.
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