Getting Your First Submission Approved

The single biggest reason first submissions get rejected isn't content quality, it's not reading the brief. Every Stack has a rules tab listing the required sound, hashtags, platform, and posting window. Before you film anything, read it twice.

Second, post natively. A brand can usually tell when a clip was re-uploaded from another platform rather than filmed or edited for the one you're posting to: captions get cut off, aspect ratios look wrong, watermarks show through. Native-feeling content performs better and gets approved faster.

Third, submit the actual public link, not a private draft. Moderators need to see the live post to verify views, so double-check your account and the post itself are set to public before you submit.

Once you've got one submission approved, the brief for that Stack becomes second nature, and most creators see their approval rate climb sharply after the first one. That first approval is usually the turning point between poking around the app and genuinely making money online with Stack on a regular basis.