# Buyer Manual

Please read the disclaimer before depositing an incentive:

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## vlCVX

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**Time Remaining** displays the time to the incentivization deadline.

### Incentivizing Your Pool

Underneath the card you will find the `Deposit A New Incentive` Button, which will take you to the deposit form.

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To deposit an incentive for vlCVX

1. Select the number of rounds you wish your deposit will be active for
2. Select the token you would like to pay with.
   1. OPTIONAL: You can also set a maximum number of tokens to pay for each vlCVX. Please consider the upsides and downsides for setting a max cap before choosing to do so. Rewards with a cap set below market rate may receive fewer votes.
3. Select the pool you wish voters to vote for.
4. Enter the number of tokens that will be rewarded to voters.
5. OPTIONAL: You can choose to Add Another Pool , this way you can deposit to multiple gauges in a single transaction.
6. OPTIONAL: Add addresses to blacklist from receiving your incentives. *(This feature will be added soon.)*
7. Deposit the incentive (You will be prompted to approve the ERC20 if you haven't yet).

### After depositing

1. All incentives can be optionally increased after being posted.&#x20;
   1. You may increase the number of tokens offered and or increase the maximum tokens offered per vlCVX, if a cap currently exists.&#x20;
   2. You cannot decrease the maximum offered, or create a cap if it does not already exist, or has already been removed.
   3. It is better to increase an incentive than to post a separate one for the same gauge, as each individual incentive will be treated separately, with its own parameters.
2. If an incentive has a max payout per vlCVX designated, and the entire reward is not consumed, the remainder of the reward will continue as a new incentive in the following round.
3. If an incentive is for a new gauge that is not approved until after the current round, and therefore cannot receive votes, it will continue as a new incentive in the following round.
4. If an incentive is for a gauge that does not exist, or has been killed, and receives no votes, the depositor will be able to withdraw the incentive, minus fee, after the results are finalized in the contract.

## veCRV

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### Incentivizing Your Pool

Above the card, you can select which week you are depositing for.

Underneath the card you will find the `Deposit A New Incentive` Button, which will take you to the deposit form.

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To deposit an incentive for veCRV

1. Select the pool you wish voters to vote for.
2. Select the token you would like to pay with.
3. Enter the number of tokens that will be rewarded to voters.
4. Use Approve and Deposit buttons to sign transactions

For **veCRV** deposits, Convex's veCRV votes will not be counted to avoid "double dipping".

If you would like to incentivize with a token that isn't listed on the site, please contact the Votium team via [Discord ](https://discord.com/invite/dvPcqPAbTh)or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/VotiumProtocol).


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