General Boosting Questions
What does "boosting" a post mean on PyBazaar?
Boosting at PyBazaar is a way make your profile, opportunity offer, or resource more prominent and exceptional.
Boosted posts will be featured in the search and filter results first. So they will be better noticeable and memorable.
For us, boosting posts is a way to monetize this website to make the hosting and development of PyBazaar sustainable.
How can boosting my post help me on PyBazaar?
Boosting your profile, your job or collaboration proposal, or resource helps you gain more visibility in general or in your chosen category.
People remember the first and the last item from the list the most. Being the first in a category you get remembered more.
Boosting other developers' profiles, opportunity offers, and resources help you foster your relationships and help those people to get noticed and find a job or customers faster.
Which types of posts can be boosted?
You can boost your published profile or the profiles of your friends and fellow developers who are actively seeking for jobs.
You can boost the career opportunities at your company the company of your friends, or the company that you admire.
You can boost the Python development resources you created or resources that you use and recommend others to use too.
Duration and Effectiveness
How long will my post stay boosted?
A boost lasts for 30 days, but you can extend its duration for credits: +7 days, +14 days, +28 days.
Note, that if you delete a boosted profile, career opportunity, or development resource, the boosting score will get disassociated.
How can I track the performance of my boosted post?
Tracking performance and statistics for individual entries on PyBazaar is a planned feature for the future.
But you can still track the traffic coming from PyBazaar to your website using Google Analytics, Matomo, or other website statistics tool.
What are some tips for making the most out of boosting?
Boost your profile when you are actively looking for clients.
Boost your job offers and extend their duration when you are actively looking to increase your team.
Boost your collaboration opportunities when you need people to help you with your project.
Boost your resources when you have final stable releases or finished product.
It's a good idea to boost your books, courses, or paid libraries around events that increase your sales, such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Christmas.
Credits and Costs
How do I boost a post on PyBazaar?
For any published profile, opportunity, or resource, you can navigate to the context menu (click on the 3 dots) and choose the boosting option or extending duration.
How much does it cost to boost a post?
These are the costs in credits for multiplying the current boosting score by times:
- 2x == 100 credits.
- 3x == 150 credits.
- 5x == 200 credits.
These are the costs in credits for extending the boosting duration by days:
- +7 days == 100 credits.
- +14 days == 150 credits.
- +28 days == 200 credits.
How can I earn or purchase credits for boosting?
Every user gets 100 credits when they sign up, and then 50 credits for loyalty every month.
Additional credits can be bought at User menu ➔ Credits.