[[help:submit_deals]]

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 ==== Who Can Submit Deals? ==== ==== Who Can Submit Deals? ====
  
-All registered members of OzBargain can post deals. +**Most** registered members of OzBargain can post deals. Some restrictions will apply to overseas users. Some restrictions might apply outside of normal business hours. Deals posted for certain merchants might be blocked for a variety of reasons -- ranging from issues with the retailer (lack of business details, the merchant having excessive negative feedback, or having no feedback at all on the marketplace, or reports of scams / fraud) to other issues like sockpuppeting or SPAM.
  
-If you are a new user, don't write "please be gentle, I'm a new user".  There will be a symbol under your bargain to indicate it is your first post.   
  
-Read the [[deal posting guidelines]] before you start posting; the guidelines have been written to help your post do even better and to avoid some of the mistakes other new users have made+=== If you are new to posting === 
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 +If you are a new user, don't write "please be gentle, I'm a new user".  There will be a yellow "L" plate next to your username to indicate that it's your first post, and a red P plate to indicate that you're still a new poster.    
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 +Read the [[deal posting guidelines]] before you start posting; the guidelines have been written to help your post do even better and to avoid some of the mistakes other new users have made
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 +=== Restrictions and Penalties ===
  
 Users who have been placed in the [[penalty box]], will not be able to submit deals until the penalty expires. Users who have been placed in the [[penalty box]], will not be able to submit deals until the penalty expires.
  
 +Remember, [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/8912|sockpuppeting is not tolerated on Ozbargain!]] If you have //anything// to do with the store, brand or products that you're posting for, you'll need to [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:store_representative#who_is_associated|declare that you're associated]] whenever you post.
 ==== What Can I Submit? ===== ==== What Can I Submit? =====