What a challenge is
Challenges are time-boxed competitions run by ThreeStove. A challenge can be network-wide, limited to one category, or custom. Each one defines a measurable goal, a start and end moment, and a prize pool.
A scheduled challenge opens automatically, closes at its end moment, and records the final leaderboard and winners. Everything that counts comes from your normal campaign activity; there is no separate work to submit.
- 1Scheduled
- 2Active
- 3Closed
- 4Settlement
Joining and the leaderboard
Joining is one click and free. Once you join, your qualifying results start counting toward the leaderboard, which updates as results are processed rather than in real time.
Only real, approved activity counts. Test data and unapproved conversions are excluded, and the same review states that protect commission protect challenge scores.
You can join an active challenge late. Your results from the moment of joining count; history before the challenge window never does.
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Settlement and prizes
When a challenge closes, ThreeStove freezes the final leaderboard, records each winner and links the configured prize to that result. This happens automatically and can be replayed safely without creating a duplicate award.
Prizes can be cash, account credit, a profile badge, a featured spot or a product. Recording a winner does not pretend that fulfilment has happened: cash, credit and products keep a separate fulfilment status until operations completes them.
Challenges and your profile
Challenge results feed your milestone ladder. A top-three finish earns Podium Finish. A first win earns Challenge Winner, while category, custom and network-wide wins have their own badges. Three wins unlock Challenge Elite; Challenge Dynasty requires ten.
Those badges are visible on your public profile, and brands reviewing your applications see them. See Badges and Milestones for the complete ladder.
Challenges reward focus. One well-run campaign inside the challenge window usually beats spreading thin across many.
Custom Links for Creators
Label every post with its own tracked link and read the results per piece of content.
Joining Campaigns
How applying works, what brands see, and what unlocks the moment you are approved.
Rewards for Creators
Starter samples, milestone rewards, claiming, and what happens after you claim.