Sign Up Guide 2024
Hey all. With signups less than a week away, I wanted to post an updated sign up guide. Things work a bit differently this year, but I hope this guide will walk you through it. As always, if you have any questions about sign-ups - or any part of the exchange process - please reach out to me.
There are two parts to a sign up: Requests and Offers. Requests are what pairings you would like to receive a gift FOR, while Offers are what pairings you are willing to CREATE for another person. I'll go over each of these individually.
REQUESTS
When you go to sign up, you'll see a screen that looks something like this:
Under the boxes labeled Request 1, Request 2, and Request 3, you'll fill out the minimum of 3 items you need to request. You can add up to 10 by scrolling down passed Request 3 and hitting this button:
Either way, in EACH Request box, you MUST fill out the first two portions, Fandom and Relationships.
For Fandom, CLICK ALL THREE BOXES. I have it set up that you have to, so it shouldn't be hard to miss, but this will make sure you see all the nominated pairings.
Once you click the Fandom boxes, click on Relationships and a drop down list of all the relationships nominated will populate.
Just like space magic.
The box below it, "Letter", is where you can link your exchange letter explaining what you are and aren't into. Remember when I talked about Letters?
You don't HAVE to put anything here, but letters are a LOT of help and remember: I CAN'T ENFORCE DNWs IF YOU DON'T TELL US ABOUT THEM.
Onto the Description box. You don't HAVE to put anything here, but some folks choose to link their letters here, or if they don't have a letter, go over their DNWs and likes here. This is also a good place to list pairings specific things you'd like to see. For example, if I requested Kaidan/Male Shep, I might say I'd really like to see a story or art about them adopting a dog. (for real though, if someone wants to write that for me I'd love it ;) )
And that's it for Requests! Below the requests boxes you'll see the Offer boxes, which I'll go over next.
OFFERS
Offers look similar to requests, but work a bit different. This is where you list which pairings you're willing to CREATE for. It looks like so:
Again, you have to offer a minimum of 3, but up to 10. As with requests, the Fandom and Relationship portions are required, but the rest is optional (but important).
The Fandom and Relationship part of Offers works the same way as requests. It's the description box that's different.
Now, OFFERS ARE ANON. No one but the mod team can see your offers. That said, the Description box of Offers is where you'll leave the following info:
Things you're willing to create;
Things you AREN'T willing to create; (this is important! If, for example, you don't want to create explicit content, WE NEED TO KNOW so we can match you properly) and;
Anyone you don't want to be paired with for the exchange. REMEMBER THIS PART IS ANON. No one else will see what you put here. Your reasons are your own and you don't have to explain why you don't want to be paired with a certain person.
When you're done filling out your offers, hit submit.
Whooooo! You're signed up.
You can edit your sign-up up until the day they close, after which it's locked. So if you think of another pairings, idea, ect, you can always go back and edit it. You can find your signups on the left side of your AO3 dashboard under "Sign-Ups".
I'm looking forward to this year's exchange and all the tasty Kaidan gifts! If you have any questions, reach out to me!
Sign ups are open! Go here to sign up! I'm reblogging this sign up guide for our new folks!