Placing the Order Before the Story Expires
Delivery only ever adds to a target still public and still posted, so an order needs real time left on the clock. A Story submitted with an hour or two of life remaining leaves pacing almost nothing to work with — whatever hasn't landed when it disappears has nowhere left to go, and that portion cannot be recovered.
Confirm the Story is still live immediately before checkout rather than relying on when it was first posted. A gap of several hours between publishing and ordering eats directly into the runway delivery pacing gets.


