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Submissions Rules

Anyone can read DigameXtra for free on the website, or by email subscription. However, subscribers who wish to actively participate by making submissions will need to have donated at least €20 to the 2024 Holiday Fundraiser. Donations info link: https://digamextra.com/donation-information/

#1. If you include a non-Spanish phone number, or WhatsApp number, as a contact in a submission you MUST also include your email address or a Spanish phone number as well. If you fail to include your email or a Spanish phone number, I will automatically insert your email.

#2. You must be a DigameXtra Donor or Sponsor to make a submission. Submissions must show the reply contact as the sender’s email address, or Spanish phone, and include the name of the email account sending it. Only the sender’s email may be posted, no other email addresses may be included. The address for your submissions is digamextra@protonmail.com The Deadline is 6pm. No anonymous submissions will be posted. Submissions must be no more than 150 words.

#3. If you want to assist another to make submissions, send it from that person’s subscribed email, not your own. You may not make posts for another person.

#4. Write your submissions in your email. Do not use any fancy formatting, .gifs or emojis. Do not copy and paste anything from social media or websites into your submission email.

#4.5 WhatsApp Contacts. If the only contact method in your submission is a WhatsApp number, without also accepting phone calls, you must also include your email address in the post. If you fail to do so, I will insert your email. Using a number with (Tel/WhatsApp) is acceptable.

#5. Capital Letters– Don’t write anything in ALL CAPITALS!

#6. For Sale/Rent Rules: Three For Sale items (or lots) per day max. Include all sale items/pics for that day in single email. One photo per item, use a collage to show more images. Include all sales info details in your email to accompany your pics, I do not publish pics without this even if the info is on the pic! Many readers cannot see photos due to their email security settings. For Sale/Rental items must include a price. Minimum price is €5 per item. For Sale/Rent posts are for private parties only. Businesses must be DigameXtra Sponsors to submit For Sale/Rent posts. Computers for sale posts must include the make, model and version of the operating system. Electronics and appliances for sale posts must include the Brand Name of the item, and preferably also the model number. No holiday rental posts permitted, long term rentals, 3 months minimum are ok. Vehicles for sale, including mobility scooters and ebikes, must include the Brand Name, Model and year of manufacture.

#7. To submit a “For Sale/Rent” post where the price of an item exceeds €1999, or the monthly rent of a property exceeds €900.00 per month, you must be a DigameXtra sponsor. Big ticket sales sponsorships to post an item with a price above these limits require a €50 donation. This will allow you to post it and repeat the post weekly for 3 months. Big Ticket Sales Items with a price over €5,000 require a Sponsor’s donation of 1% of the asking price. This will allow you to post the item once a week for 3 months with 2 photos. This exempts you from the requirement to lower the price when resubmitting. There is no implied guarantee the item will sell. No refunds, not charity deductible.

#8. Photos & Images- .jpeg, .jpg, .png or .heic (Apple) formats only. iPhone users note, do not send photos in Apple format .jiff, those are not Windows compatible! Keep pic size to 4Mb max and name them properly. No PDFs or Word documents. One pic per item or event, readers can email you for more. Attach the photos to the email, do not embed them. Please send in ONLY ONE pic/collage per item, readers can email you for more. If you send in extra pics, I will choose the pic to post. NOTE: In order to post images copied from the internet, you must respect copyright laws and include a link (web address) to the source page of the photo in your submission.

#9. How to post more photos than the rules allow – use collages: You can combine several of your photos into a single collage photo by using this free online collage creation tool. It’s very easy to use, give it a try! https://www.photocollage.com/

#10. Posters & Images with text: If you include a poster, include all info from the poster in your email text to accompany posters, I do not publish any posters without this even if the info is on the poster!

#11. Re-Submissions / Repeats- Bands & performers may post new events once every 7 days, but must wait 30 days to repeat a post. Events that repeat weekly may only be posted once every 30 days. “Services Offered by Small Contractor” posts by non-sponsors must wait 30 days to repeat. Sale/Rental/Wanted items previously posted must wait 7 days before re-submitting, and the price must have been lowered by at least 20%.

#12. Musicians, Promoters & Venues: Posts for events need to include a contact of some sort: email, phone , FB page or website. If it is missing I use the Sender’s email as the contact. Include event details in your email to accompany event posters. I do not publish posters unless the info on the poster is also in the text of the post! Exception: If you submit a poster with a schedule of your band’s upcoming events covering more than 3 events, you may post that without listing all the events in the text of the submission. Do not submit un-ticketed events more than 8 weeks in advance. Ticketed events may post a week before tickets go on sale.

#13. Church Posts: Church related posts only appear in the WEEKEND EDITION. These should be submitted on Thursdays, before 6pm.

#14. Business Posts: All businesses (even non-profits) that want to post in DigameXtra must be sponsors. The only exceptions are small contractors, for example: gardeners, handyman, dog walkers…and Churches. I also allow animal support charities to post their fundraising events. Please do not ask me for free publicity if you are paying other media outlets for ads.

#15. Charity Info: Charities & non-profits are businesses, and as such should have advertising budgets, so these must be DigameXtra Sponsors to make posts. I will not post any donation requests. I will only promote your fund-raising events.

#16. Everyone must sign their submissions with a name and location (nearest town). The bottom of every post should look like this: Naythan/Torrox Costa. You may additionally include a location to meet or pickup, but your location is required in any case. If you don’t want your email published, provide a phone number and make a note in the submission to leave out the email.

#17. Correcting flawed submissions: I only make corrections if received before 6pm the day they are published! If you send an incorrect submission, or you forget to include the photos, please send in a new, full corrected submission and ask me to ignore the previous, incorrect submission. I am too busy to keep track of partial submissions in different emails and patch them together. Your cooperation is appreciated.

#18. NO POSTING OF OBSOLETE ELECTRONICS! I will NOT post obsolete items, that are no longer supported for updates, or cannot run current versions of apps, even if labelled as obsolete or with limited functions,

#19. Health Professionals- Your submissions must include a Spanish licence Number and name the issuing authority. Only health professionals may offer “healing” or “therapy” or “medical advice services” in posts.

#20. I reserve the right to decline posting any submission I deem inappropriate, and I don’t owe you an explanation.

GDPR INFO

ATTENTION! New EU internet privacy laws are now in effect, known as the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)! I have to inform you that the DigameXtra archive saves follower’s email addresses in the WordPress server. By subscribing/following you implicitly accept this; if you make submissions you acknowledge that anyone can view old issues online and see your contact info as you provided and you accept this. If you don’t want me saving your email address do not subscribe/follow, you can unsubscribe and remove yourself from this list using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every subscription issue. Takedown notices must include proof of ownership as well as the date and issue number of the DigameXtra issue containing the infringing content. These may be submitted to digamextra@protonmail.com. Proper takedown notices will be complied with immediately.

UPDATED: 26Sep25