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Frequently asked questions

This page answers the most common questions about ForBets, a marketplace of sports predictions: how to sign in, how to pay for picks and subscriptions, and how the ratings of analysts are calculated.

Open Personal data and press Become an analyst. Tell us your sports, your years of experience and a short bio, and add a link to a portfolio or other proof of your experience. Our team reviews the application, which usually takes 1–3 business days.

If it is rejected, you see the reason and can apply again. Publishing is bound by the Analyst Agreement.

Create a prediction in Betting info: choose the sport, league and match, load the odds and pick a selection, set the stake from 1 to 10, the type (pre-match or live) and the price, which starts at $0.50. Save it as a draft and publish it when you are ready.

After you publish, the odds and the time of the event are locked, and the prediction can no longer be edited or deleted.

Add plans in Subscriptions: a name, a price and a period (weekly, monthly or a number of days). The price and the period of a plan cannot be changed later: archive the plan and make a new one. Readers who already pay keep their access. For each pick you choose whether subscribers get it or must buy it separately.

A sale is credited to your balance once its match is over. We keep a platform fee, shown as a percentage on the Payments page, from the sales that stay with you. Until then the money is shown as pending.

In Payments, add a payout account (a bank account or a crypto address) and press Withdraw. Withdrawals need two-factor authentication and are approved before they are sent. You follow the request through Requested, Approved, On its way and Paid, and you can cancel it while it waits for approval.

The minimum and the maximum are shown when you request a withdrawal. For crypto, the fee of the network is taken from the amount.

Changes to an analyst's public profile, name and photo are checked by a moderator. Until they are approved, the profile stays as it was. You can keep editing, and what you send is added to the same request, or you can withdraw it.

Use Stop being an analyst in Personal data. Your analyst profile, drafts, subscription plans and payout account are deleted, while your purchases, subscriptions and reviews stay, and you can apply again later. It is not possible while you have published or settled picks, or a subscription to you that has not ended.