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First, be certain that you are logged into Ecency with your active key. Spending Points is considered a financial transaction and the active key is required.

If POINTS are deducted, then you can be sure your request went through OK.

To see the que of promoted posts go to
ecency.com/promoted. If the promoted que is long you may need to refresh to see your post in the list.

Thanks for your help.

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