How does the Bio feature work?

Members can display any information they want in the Bio section including links to your web site or blog. Simply select the "Edit" link and type in any information you want to display. If you want to display a link make sure to include the correct format of http://www.mylink.com. If you want the link to display as a label then preceed the URL with the one word name of your label and a colon. For example, if you enter "Blog:http://www.mylink.com" then the word "Blog" will appear as a hyperlink to the www.mylink.com destination.

What is "Revenue Tracking"?

Just launched in January 2008, our Revenue Sharing program will financially reward the top content contributors - if you are building the community, then you should benefit in the rewards. The Revenue Tracking module will allow you to monitor your views and earnings. We will track the unique page views to every member's trophy room, blogs, news, videos, and recruits (each friend recruited equals 50 views). These are what we call “unique” or “qualified views” (unlike “total views” which includes non-members) and they appear under the Page View Details in the Revenue Tracking module.  No matter how many times you view another member’s blog, the qualified view from you will always be counted once for that specific content. Trophy Room views will be limited to members only and only increment once per day regardless of how many times you visit that page. Each time our calculator runs throughout day we rank all members based on views and assign a percentage to each. We will then take a portion of our ad revenue and distribute it based on the percentages, usually at the end of the month. Note that due to rounding, some members with identical monthly Rev Share % displayed may receive a slightly different $ credit. There will also be a minimum balance required before we will allow you to withdraw - $10 initially but likely to increase. You can use the “Pay Me” button to get the cash at any time but you must be 18 years of age or older to participate – no exceptions. This program also requires you have a Paypal account and we’ll simply deposit the credit, minus the fees, to your Paypal account – usually right away. We will not send you a check or any other form of payment – you must have a Paypal account. If your earnings reaches $600 during any calendar year we will be required to report the earnings to the IRS and therefore will need to collect and confirm your Name, Address, and Social Security number. We will provide a secure interface for collecting your SS# if your earnings exceeds this limit. If you don’t provide this info we will not be able to provide any more payouts to you. If your CrowdPicks account is inactive for 8 months and you have a Revenue Sharing credit, it will be forfeited and returned to CrowdPicks. CrowdPicks staff and their immediate family will not participate in revenue share and although their unique views are tracked, they are not counted for payout and display 0s in the Revenue Tracking Module. Once again, your privacy is important to us and we’ll never share this info with anyone.

How do I read the Picks & Stats module in the Trophy Room?

Every member that makes picks will have their results appear in this module. At the top of the module we display your “Last 7 Days” and “This Season” scores including the CrowdScore and your performance in score categories (W, ATS, and O/U) and we summarize the results of each picked game. Each section is separated by dates with all the games you picked on that day. Once a game starts your predictions will be removed from the Picks page and will appear in the Picks & Stats module which will update once the game ends. You can switch sports by using the secondary sports menu (links) on the top of the module or use the primary sports menu on the top of the page. Each checkmark indicates a correct pick for that category. Clearly, you want to see a lot of checkmarks in your module. Several sports have three categories including Win/Loss (W) prediction, Spread (ATS) prediction, and Over/Under (O/U). You will also note that links for paging will appear at the bottom of the page once a certain number of picks have been made and scored. We also capture and display the Line (Vegas Spread) AT THE TIME YOUR PICK WAS MADE – the closing Line may be different than yours. We also display the final score of the game so you can have a reference for comparing your predictions. If a “P” appears in the ATS or O/U column it means that you “Pushed” and no change to your score occurs for that category result.