Post the Story First, Then Order While It's Live

Publish the Story, confirm it's public, then open checkout — reversing that order burns hours off the 24-hour window. Views only count against a target still live, so an order aimed at a Story that expires mid-delivery simply stops partway: whatever arrived before the countdown ended is what stands. Treat expiry as a hard stop, not a rough guideline.
US audiences span six clocks — Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii — and daylight saving shifts four of them twice a year while Arizona and Hawaii stay put. A Story posted at 9 a.m. Eastern has used three hours of its window before a Pacific audience wakes, so note the zone and order early.

