Submitting posts that pass review

0:00 Submitting posts that pass review

Two creators post the same campaign on the same day. One is approved by the next morning. The other spends a week on corrections and an appeal. Same product, same content. The difference? Four small details in how they submitted. In this lecture you'll learn to submit proof that passes review the first time, read every status your submission can have, and handle corrections, appeals, withdrawals and live checks calmly and correctly.

0:31 Why it matters

Why does this matter? Because you're paid for approved submissions, not for posts. A great post with a broken link, a missing disclosure or the wrong time earns nothing until it's fixed. And every correction costs you time, while every appeal takes a reviewer's time away from the queue. Getting it right first time is the single biggest lever on how quickly you get paid.

0:59 Proof is a receipt

Here's the key idea, with an analogy. Submitting proof is like handing in a receipt for an expense claim. The receipt has to be real, readable and match the claim. Your link is the receipt. It must open the exact post, not your profile, and it must be visible to someone who isn't logged in. The profile, the time it went live and the caption are the details on the form. A screenshot is like a photocopy of the receipt. Helpful, sometimes required, but it never replaces the original.

1:38 Example 1: Sana submits a reel

A simple example. Sana posts an approved reel on Instagram. Before submitting, she opens the post link in a private browser window. It loads. Good. She opens Submit proof, chooses her Instagram profile, and pastes the link to the post itself, not to her profile page. She leaves type of post blank, so it's detected from the link. She enters when it went live, pastes her caption and attaches a screenshot because this campaign requires one. The form reminds her: keep the post public while it's being reviewed, and each post can only be submitted once, by one person. She submits.

2:22 Example 2: Bilal's correction (illustrative)

Now a realistic scenario with illustrative details. Bilal, a fitness creator in Karachi, shares an app launch video on TikTok and submits twenty minutes later. The next day his submission says Needs correction. He opens it and reads the reviewer's note: the caption has no paid partnership disclosure. He doesn't appeal, because the reviewer is right. He edits the caption, turns on TikTok's branded content disclosure, then uses Edit and resubmit and sends it back for review. It's approved that afternoon. The campaign requires seventy-two hours live, so he leaves the post up. Three days later the live check shows Confirmed live. His reward was locked at the rate that applied when he first submitted.

3:12 Watch me: a submission's detail page

Watch me do it. I open My submissions. Each row shows the campaign, platform, submitted date, estimated reward and status. I can filter by status. I open a submission. At the top is the status. Below, the status history, step by step. The reviewer's note, if there is one. The reward panel, with my personal rate locked when I submitted and the reward rules version. And the live check panel. Depending on the status, I see buttons: Edit and resubmit when a correction is requested, Appeal this decision when I can appeal, or withdraw if I submitted something by mistake.

3:55 Appeals and withdrawals

Let's talk appeals. You can appeal within the appeal window, which is fourteen days after the decision by default. The form asks why the decision should be reviewed again. Be specific. Say what the reviewer missed and point to evidence, like the timestamp of your disclosure. Appeals are resolved by someone other than the reviewer who made the original decision, and the result shows as decision upheld or decision overturned. And withdrawals? If you submitted the wrong link, withdraw it. It won't be reviewed or earn a reward, you can't undo it, but you can submit the post again correctly.

4:38 Zoom in: 'When it went live'

Let's zoom in on one easy-to-miss field: when it went live. The time you enter must fall inside the campaign's posting window, and it can't be in the future. Why does it matter so much? Because a post time outside the window is one of the signals that can flag a submission for a closer look. So enter the real time, not the time you submitted. A good habit is to glance at the post's timestamp on the platform, then enter that. If your account's time zone is set correctly, the window and your entry line up without any mental maths.

5:22 Quick check: fix a typo mid-review?

Quick check. Your submission shows Under review. You notice a typo in your caption and want to fix it. Should you delete the post and repost it? Pause. No. Deleting the post while it's being reviewed means the reviewer may find nothing at your link, and the form told you to keep the post public while it's being reviewed. If the typo doesn't change any claim, leave it. If it does, wait for the decision. If the reviewer requests a correction, you'll fix it and use Edit and resubmit. If you really submitted the wrong thing, withdraw it and submit again correctly.

6:06 About review flags

Let's talk about flags, because they can sound scary. Some submissions are flagged for a closer look: a screenshot identical to someone else's, a post time outside the window, unusually many submissions in a short time, or a profile that isn't verified. A flag is not an accusation. It simply means a reviewer checks more carefully, which can take a little longer. The best way to avoid unnecessary flags is to be the honest, boring case: your own screenshot, the real time, a steady pace and a verified profile.

6:45 Measure it

How do you measure how well you're doing? Track your first-time approval rate: approved submissions that never needed a correction, divided by all your submissions. For example, and this is illustrative, if you submit twenty posts in a month and seventeen are approved without corrections, that's eighty-five percent. Then look at the reasons behind the other three in the reviewer's notes. They're almost always the same one or two issues, like a disclosure after the fold. Fix that habit, and your rate climbs.

7:21 Common rejection reasons

Common mistakes. Pasting your profile link instead of the post link. A post that's private, deleted or age restricted. Posting before the campaign starts or after it ends. Editing claims, prices or offers. Submitting the same post twice, which is detected even with different tracking parameters. And deleting the post before the live check, which reverses the approval. Every one of these is avoidable with a two-minute checklist.

7:51 Recap and try this now

Recap. Your post link is the proof, so test it logged out. Fill in the profile, the time it went live and the caption accurately, and add a screenshot when asked. Read the reviewer's note before reacting. Fix and resubmit when a correction is requested, appeal only with new information within the window, and keep your post live for the required period. Try this now: take one recent post, open it in a private window, and run through the checklist in the lesson. Next, we'll follow your approved post all the way to money in your account.