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Waiting period to start a bounty?

After starting a bounty, you must wait 1 day before awarding it. There is a grace period of 24 hours after a bounty ends to manually award the bounty. … If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with at least 2 upvotes will be awarded half the bounty amount. …
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can I promise a bounty, but only put it in place once there is an acceptable answer?

Part of the point of offering a bounty is to get attention for your question. … As such, I would suggest that you offer a low-value bounty (the lowest possible is 50 right now), and in the bounty reason description (which you can manually specify), state that you're looking for a …
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What to do if open bounty for question that can't be solved

If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount. … Generally speaking, you should try to award the bounty to the most-deserving answer. …
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How to fairly assign bounty?

A bounty can only be assigned to one user. It's up to you to choose which answer you think deserves the bounty. … Or, award the bounty to one answer, then start a new bounty to reward the other answer. …
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Change to the bounty system

Don't forget to review the answers and award your bounty by clicking the bounty indicator to the left of each answer. … If you don't award your bounty, the highest scored answer (with a minimum of 2 score) provided after your bounty started may be automatically awarded half the bounty amount! …
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How to handle off-topic questions with a bounty

Flag for moderator attention, and in the "other" box state that it's off-topic but you can't close it because of the bounty. … If a moderator deems it to be off-topic, they will remove the bounty and close the post. …
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