# How It Works

*Delegators who wish for Votium to vote for them are only required to delegate their votes **once** and will have their share registered on **all future incentives.** You can also choose to vote manually yourself, even if you are delegated.*

## Convex incentives:

A window to the buyers & voters will be opened for each gauge vote on Convex's L2 voting systems and will work like so: 

1. When a new Convex gauge vote begins, it will be listed on votium.app to receive incentives.
2. **Buyers** select their token to pay with, the amount to pay & which pool they would like the users to vote for.
3. A buyer can enter their incentive and increase it until the Convex vote is over.
4. Votium votes on behalf of their delegators, and confirms the number of vlCVX (including undelegated vlCVX) votes cast on the buyer's behalf.
5. The incentive is distributed among the voters via an airdrop.

{% content-ref url="../explainers/voter-manual" %}
[voter-manual](https://docs.votium.app/explainers/voter-manual)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Curve incentives:

A window to the buyers & voters will be opened for each week's gauge vote on Curve and will work like so: 

1. The next 6 weeks of Curve gauge votes are listed on votium.app to receive incentives.
2. **Buyers** select their token to pay with, the amount to pay, which pool they would like the users to vote for and the week of the vote they would like to incentivise.
3. A buyer can enter their incentive and increase it until one week before the Curve gauge vote goes into effect.
4. Votium confirms the number of veCRV votes cast on the buyer's behalf.
5. The incentive is distributed among the voters via an airdrop.

{% content-ref url="../explainers/voter-manual" %}
[voter-manual](https://docs.votium.app/explainers/voter-manual)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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