Contribute
Want to give back to the ElfHosted community? We'd be grateful - we currently run on goodwill and optimism! Here are a few suggestions for helpful ways to contribute:
Be an Elf-vangelist
We grow by word-of-mouth referrals and organic search results. One of the most impactful ways to help is to post about ElfHosted online - every link back to elfhosted.com increases our organic search relevance, and makes us more discoverable to future elves.
Our target-market has so far primarily come from:
- Google searches
- r/StremioAddons
- r/seedboxes
- LowEndSpirit / LowEndTalk
Possible approaches for further exposure would be app-specific subreddits (r/Plex, r/Jellyfin, etc), or approaching open-source devs to offer free hosted demos / instances of their app, such as Annatar.
If you post a link using your referral code, any referees would get $5 off their first ElfBuckz top-up, and you'd get a token $1 ElfBuckz in thanks!
Tip
It's a good idea to disclose any referral / affiliate links as such, for transparency, and to avoid backlash
Join the Elf-vengers
Our Discord server is a welcoming, friendly community of geeks, and the Elf-Vengers are our elite team of Discord-based volunteers who support current and future elves, as they make their journey from "$10-free-elfbuckz-whut-now?" to "just symlink from debrid and import with the arrr, bro".
Check out the details and join the team here!
Create How-to videos
All our documentation is text-based, which is difficult for some users to parse easily, especially non-native English-speakers. If you've got skillz / interest in creating howto videos, these would unlock a whole new subscriber base we're currently missing!
Update / add documentation
Got some documentation improvements to suggest? This site is built with mkdocs and material-mkdocs - you can spin up a browser-based development enviroment using GitPod, prepare a changeset, and submit a PR all from one browser window!
Improve product images
The images in the store are a little inconsistent, and lack polish and branding. Re-doing the store images to make them all properly sized / fonted / etc would improve the polish and "look" of the store significantly.
Wordpress administration
If you've got experience and interest in running a Wordpress / Woocommerce store (including managing categories, updating product descriptions, etc), you could make a significant contribution in this area!
Resources (branding)
If you're looking to make a blog post / article about ElfHosted, here are some images of our mascot, "Spanky the Elf", which might be useful:
SVG
Spanky Only
High-res, non-transparent JPG
These images are shrunk to display nicely on this page. Save the image for the full-res version!
Transparent PNG
Spanky Only
Spanky With Text
