1. Before you're allowed to post and get paid. You need to go to The postloop portal. There you need to make 10 quality posts. Then you're account will be approved.
2. Here shows the points given for posting in its forum.
3. If you noticed the lock symbol that means you are not approved to post in that forum yet.This is really good because you can get paid for posting in the forums, and if you have related articles or blogs you can link them there too!
