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How many question bounties can you have at a time?
Users may only have three active bounties at any given time. Questions may only have one active question bounty at any given time. To avoid overly promotional bounties, if you are offering a bounty on a question that you have already posted an answer to, your minimum spend is 100 reputation (not 50).
How can I start a bounty on a question?
A bounty can be started on a question two days after the question was asked. To start a bounty, click on the “start a bounty” link at the bottom of an eligible question and allocate anywhere between 50 and 500 reputation, in 50-point increments.
How much money do you get for a bounty?
Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation, and attach it to any question as a bounty. You do not need to be the asker of the question to offer a bounty on it. All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under any circumstances.
How does a bounty work on a website?
A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. It is funded by the personal reputation of the user who offers it, and is non-refundable. If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers.
What do you need to know about a bounty?
If you’ve asked a good question, edited it with status and progress updates, and still are not receiving answers, you can draw attention to your question by placing a bounty on it. A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. It is funded by the personal reputation of the user who offers it, and is non-refundable.
How long does it take for a bounty to be awarded?
The bounty period lasts 7 days. Bounties must have a minimum duration of at least 1 day. After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty.
When is the oldest answer chosen for a bounty?
If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. If there’s no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.