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I only see 1 page of public requests. Is this all we can see?

The other day I saw a request for an article and started to write for it. I always wait until the next day or 2 to re-edit with a fresher brain. By the time I re-edited it I went to submit it and the request was no longer in the list. I have no clue if it was bumped by new ones, removed, was fake, or had a really short deadline.

So I submitted it but it went under general. Am I missing something about finding older requests still looking for material?

All active public requests are on one page. The page just gets longer and shorter as required. Newest requests on top. Many requests get filled and the customer takes the request down long before the stated expiry date. With a little practice you will be able to submit faster without waiting several days.

Sometimes customers change their mind/forget/don't get what they want and do not pull down the request. That can result in dead requests hanging around until they expire. Watch for requests that look easy but they are further down the list and do not show any purchases.

Also, sometimes requesters take down requests, before they expire, for reasons of their own, i.e., without making a purchase.

This doesn't mean that we should rush to submit public requests. Once I was in such a hurry to submit that I made a stupid mistake, got a rejection and by the time I went to re-submit, the request had been taken down.

On the flip side, sometimes a buyer takes down a popular request to go through the submissions at their leisure, but they still keep an eye on the general lists. I've sold articles to buyers several weeks after they'd removed the original request. You never know...

I don't know if it is appropriate but I discovered totally by accident that you can use the link in the email you get about a public request to submit an article even after the request is off the public request list. Not saying this is a good idea but if the request was kind of odd ball and the buyer indicated needing more articles in the future your late submission could still get picked up.

Hi there,

Thanks for pointing this out. I've made the required change so that this is no longer possible. When a customer closes a request we want to make sure that the request is well and truly closed as the customer desires it. That said I certainly commend your tenacity to find a way to get your writing under the customers nose.

-jrichards
Support

I wish I could take credit but it really was a fluke. I just happened to have the email handy so I followed the link. After submitting I happened to go look at the requested list and noticed that request was gone.