FAQ: Missions

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What is a Mission?

A “Mission” describes an advertorial to discover content, people or brands with a reward in Eaves that is completed when you click the Complete Mission button. Currently the tasks available are to "Visit a web page", "Visit a Tweet", "Visit a YouTube Video or Channel". Missions where one must visit a location is completed once the green “Complete Mission” button is clicked and the web page or link is visited and the reward will be provided at that time.

While a Mission Description may suggest tasks to a Completer, the only task that a Mission Completer need do is discover and view the content, person or brand. Any further interaction such as to like, share, or purchase etc. is at the discretion of the Mission Completer and should not be forced by the Mission Creator.

Both Mission Creators and Completers may give Feedback to each other. The Feedback can be negative or positive. Positive feedback should be given when you feel an individual went above and beyond simply checking out your content, profile or brand, or if someone created a great Mission. Positive feedback will improve your scores and your reputation rating on Empire Avenue. Negative feedback is where either the Mission Creator or Completer acted poorly beyond checking out your content, profile or brand or in creating a misleading Mission. Negative feedback may lead to your reputation suffering online and as our system automatically registers negative feedback it may affect your scores and impact your ability to complete further Missions.

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What makes a great Mission?

To learn how to make a great Mission visit the “Missions Tips Page!”)

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Why can I not create Missions?

Abuse of Terms of Service, or extremely negative Feedback may result in your access to creating Missions being blocked. If you believe you have been following the Terms of Service, or think that has been another issue please file a support ticket

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How many Missions can I have active at one time?

Currently, everyone is allowed to have one Mission active. If you are a Premium Account subscriber, you are permitted to have more than one. You may check the number of Missions you can have active at any one time in your Missions Dashboard.

If you have a Premium Account Subscription you will be able to run additional concurrent Missions depending on your Subscription tier. For more information about the features of Premium Account Subscriptions look here!

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When do I receive the reward for completing the Mission?

For all Missions requiring you to Visit a Web Page, Visit a Tweet or Visit Youtube content, you will receive the Eaves reward as soon as you click the “Complete” button and are redirected to the appropriate location. There may be a slight delay in the amount showing up in your bank, this is normal. You will be redirected to the location specified by the Mission Creator on clicking Complete.

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What if someone clicks to claim the Mission but does not actually “complete” my task to my satisfaction?

Please see the question above on "What Is A Mission" to understand what constitutes a Mission being completed. If someone has acted poorly after discovering or viewing your content, you may give them negative feedback or block them from doing further Missions from you.

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My Mission is a few days old, and no one is completing it any more. Can I get my eaves back?

Yes. You can 'Archive' your Mission on your dashboard. You will be refunded any unclaimed Eaves, except for the targeting fees where appropriate. You can then Clone or Rerun the Mission or create a new, different one.

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What kinds of Missions are prohibited?

Your Mission may not contain or link to any content which goes against our Terms and Conditions of Service, which apply throughout Empire Avenue including Missions content. Such content includes, but is not limited to:

  • promotion of hate, racism, sexism, or pornography.

  • asking individuals to take any action that breaks rules or the law where that person resides. For example, you may not ask people to commit “click fraud” on display advertising or participate in illegal downloads.

  • linking to pages promoting certain controlled substances, including tobacco products and tobacco alternatives such as electronic cigarettes.

  • asking for positive ratings or reviews on sites like Amazon, eBay or Yelp, from users who are not actually customers, is against the Terms of these sites and is not permitted.

  • linking to malware, or anything that may cause harm to the individual participating in your Mission, or our service.

In addition, many jurisdictions require that you disclose if third parties are sponsoring you, especially for a monetary payment for clicks. If clicking on the Mission link automatically results in a payment to the Mission creator (as with links from 'sponsored tweets', for example), and this is not stated in the Mission description, then the Mission is in violation of our Terms and Conditions of Service and other laws.

Missions may not cause the completer to automatically post, tweet or otherwise force an interaction on the click of the "Complete Mission" button. The Mission completer must always have the choice to interact, or not, once they arrive at the destination.

If the link directs to a service like "clicktotweet" with a prepared tweet for the individual to post without context on what it is they are tweeting (ie. the content that they are promoting), then please make sure that the individual also tweets a hashtag or similar that let's people know that this has been the case (such as "#FoundonEAV"). Individuals should always be able to view the content before they tweet an endorsement or a link.

Any Mission that violates our Terms and Conditions of Service may result in our blocking the account from future Missions creation and/or immediate expulsion from the service without warning. You may report any Mission for violating our Terms of Service by clicking on the appropriate link on the Mission page.

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If I promote a product or person, should I disclose that I have been rewarded to do so?

As far as Empire.Kred is concerned, your reward is given as soon as you click the “Complete” link on the Mission as the Mission is to "View A Web Page", "Visit A Tweet" or "Visit a YouTube Video or Channel". If you go beyond that task then it is up to the discretion of the Mission Completer. Empire Avenue does not reward individuals for engagement outside of viewing and discovering content, people or brands.

Missions may not cause the completer to automatically post, tweet or otherwise force an interaction on the click of the "Complete Mission" button. The Mission completer must always have the choice to interact, or not, once they arrive at the destination.

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Where are my Missions shown?

Missions created by you are displayed to other users on the “Missions” page of Empire Avenue. By clicking the “My Dashboard” tab, you can quickly check how many Missions you have running, as well as specific details about your Missions, such as the amount of rewards remaining to distribute, and which people on Empire Avenue have completed your Missions. By clicking the “My Completion History” tab, you can view which Missions you have completed for others on Empire Avenue as well.

To have your Mission be more visible, make sure that the Description contains keywords that people can search for! For example, if you have Music anywhere in your description, people searching for Music can find your active Missions.

Where a Mission is targeted to a Community, Missions will be shown in the Missions Tab in the Community.

Where a Mission is pushed as a “Shareholder Mail”, the Mission will be visible to your Shareholders in the Shareholder Mail tab in the Stock Market area.

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What are “Highlighted” Missions?

Highlighted Missions are Missions that we suggest for you to check out. Empire Avenue determines what Missions are highlighted based on the Mission creator’s Empire Avenue activity and the person currently logged into the service. We adapt and constantly change this algorithm.

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Where can I promote my Mission?

Missions can be promoted through Communities on Empire Avenue, as long as Mission promotion fits the guidelines set by the Community creator. You can also utilize your Profile Status and Shareholder Mail. You may also promote Missions outside of Empire Avenue on external networks.

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What is the Mission Fee?

Mission Fee applies Eaves Legacy Missions. When you create a Mission, you must provide the eaves for the Mission rewards, and pay a fee for providing each reward. Currently the fee for a free account is 80% of the Mission reward. So, to create a Mission with 10 x 1000e Rewards, you need 10x1000e for the rewards and 10x800e for the Fee, for a total cost of 18,000e.

Scaled Eaves Missions have a flat percentage commission based on the amount in your budget and your account level (Premium or Free)

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Does completing Missions help scores on Empire.Kred such as Network Scores, Share Price and Dividends?

Your Share Price and Network Scores are based on your activity and engagement on each Network. For Empire Avenue, creating Missions counts as activity, and the users who complete and comment on your Missions contribute to your ‘engagement’.

Dividends from the Empire Avenue portion are more generally based on engagement, so creating Missions, completing Missions, commenting on Missions, and having other users comment on your Missions can all contribute to Dividends, up to a point. Receiving a positive rating after having completed a Mission also contributes to your Dividend.

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Why should I give Feedback and how does Empire Avenue act on it?

Both Mission Creators and Completers may give Feedback to each other. The Feedback can be negative or positive. Positive feedback should be given when you feel an individual went above and beyond simply checking out your content, profile or brand, or if someone created a great Mission. Positive feedback will improve your scores and your reputation rating on Empire Avenue. Negative feedback is where either the Mission Creator or Completer acted poorly beyond checking out your content, profile or brand or in creating a misleading Mission. Negative feedback may lead to your reputation suffering online and as our system automatically registers negative feedback it may affect your scores and impact your ability to complete further Missions.

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Can I view the Feedback I have received/given?

No. Missions Feedback is used internally with other Feedback and metrics to determine your reputation throughout Empire Avenue. At this time we do not reveal Feedback you have received. You may know you have a low reputation should you be blocked from interacting in various parts of Empire Avenue.

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Can I use Missions to transfer Eaves to others and charge them in real money or other currency to receive those Eaves or Vees?

No. Selling Eaves for real-world currency is against our Terms and Conditions of Service and maybe against the law where you reside. Users on Empire Avenue participating in sales of Eaves without written permission of Empire Avenue are in violation of our Terms and Conditions and will be dealt with accordingly, either through removal from the site, legal action, or both.

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What about Communities or groups (on Empire Avenue or outside Empire Avenue) created for the express purpose of “colluding” against or towards a specific feature on Empire Avenue such as giving positive feedback in attempts to artificially boost positive

Attempting to subvert the Feedback system artificially may result in our algorithms not counting your Feedback and in extreme cases we may view it as a violation of our Terms of Service and lead to the removal of accounts. Creating fake accounts for the purposes of artificially boosting Feedback is a violation of our Terms and will result in expulsion from the service for both the fake account and the originating account.

We generally ask that Communities not be created for the express purpose of manipulating a specific feature, including, but not limited to, contests or Feedback. Missions are meant to complement a Community.

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Do I need to always give positive or negative Feedback?

No. We generally count no Feedback as positive, positive Feedback as extra positive and negative Feedback as, well, negative. You do not need to give every Mission Completer positive or negative Feedback. Giving some judicious Feedback every week will add to your Dividends on the Social Stocks game and to your Empire Avenue activity!

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Why can I not target my Community “Some Community”?

You can only target Communities which have public visibility in their discussion and have a minimum of 10 members.

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