How to get your cache listed quickly

1. Plan your cache hide carefully.
   

   1. Be aware of all the caches in an area before you hide one. This does not mean you have to find all the local caches. What it means is that you are aware of the existing cache density and the approximate locations of other caches prior to selecting a spot for your new cache.
   2. Find out if the area you are considering has a geocaching policy and if so make sure you have the necessary permissions.
   3. Make sure your cache meets all the guidelines listed on geocaching.com. Be prepared to explain in detail anything that might be considered borderline.

2. Make sure your cache page is accurate.
   

   1. If you are planning on doing any html formatting un-check the ‘This cache is active’ box before submitting the cache page. This allows you to play with the formatting all you want before the reviewer sees the page.
   2. Check the maps that link from the cache page to make sure they are correct. If they aren’t, then double-check your coordinates. You may have had a ‘fat finger’ moment.
   3. Check the nearest caches link from your cache page, even if you were sure the nearest cache was more than 528 feet away. Several times I’ve had two people place caches in basically the same spot days or even hours apart.
   4. If there is anything you see that will help the reviewer put it in a ‘Note to Reviewer’. (i.e. the map still shows a railroad track but you know that the tracks are gone and it’s now a bike bath.) Make sure you include any permission information in a reviewer note as well.
   5. Be sure to include coordinates for ALL the waypoints for mystery/puzzle or multi-cache. A standard format of N 4X xx.xxx, W 12Y yy.yyy works best for us. We copy & paste those into various mapping programs and any extra characters, like the degree symbol, must be edited out.
   6. When you have the page just the way you want it to look enable the cache and that should return it to the active review queue instantly.

3. After the cache has been submitted work with the reviewer not against him/her.
   

   1. Our primary responsibility is to make sure your new cache meets the guidelines. If we question you on anything it’s not that we don’t trust you specifically. It’s often simply that caution is the best approach in some situations.
   2. If your cache hasn’t been listed in the normal time frame check your cache page to see if the reviewer has left you a note. Most reviewers prefer leaving a note on the cache page to a direct email. Reviewers have access to logs even after they have been deleted from the page. This keeps all information about the listing linked to the cache page and we know that even if the email bounces you’ll still be able to see the note.
   3. Don’t reply to the Geocaching.com Email BOT. He’s a very unpleasant little BOT and never answers his email. The best way to get a message to your reviewer is through the email a player link from your profile page.
   4. Be patient. We have lives outside of geocaching. Sometimes we actually like to spend time with our families away from the computer. Every now and then we even like to get out and find some of the caches we’ve worked so hard to list.