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Hey,

 

The Cache I created seems to be premium only. At least so far only people with premium were able to find it...
How can I change it, so everyone can find it?

 

Thanks for the help!

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Your cache is rated 2 stars for difficulty and 2.5 stars for terrain, making it an "Advanced" cache for Basic Members who use the official Geocaching smartphone apps.  They can still see your cache page on the Geocaching.com website, because you have not marked your cache as a "Premium Members Only" cache.

 

Here is a Chart in the Help Center that compares the features of the official Geocaching apps that are available to Basic and Premium Members.  You'll see that Basic Members can only access Event Caches and Traditional Caches, and only caches that are rated 2/2 or lower for difficulty and terrain.  "Advanced Caches" not meeting those limits are greyed out.

 

I encourage you to keep the 2.5 star terrain rating if it's accurate, but to "change it, so everyone can find it," you would need to lower the terrain rating.  You can also spread the word that the Geocaching.com website is a valuable resource for Basic Members using the official apps.  They can get the coordinates and other information about your cache there, and even add the coordinates as an Additional Waypoint on another nearby cache so they can navigate to it.

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1 hour ago, Lobenstein said:

Hey,

 

The Cache I created seems to be premium only. At least so far only people with premium were able to find it...
How can I change it, so everyone can find it?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Your cache is a moderately tough one to find, beyond just click-and-go. You can place easier caches designed for beginners who use the Official App exclusively and haven't even seen the web site, but beware that such caches can be more work for a Cache Owner.  If everyone can find it, then... everyone can, even if they just now installed The App and have no idea what they're doing.  So you might opt to make the cache a little more difficult instead, as you've done.

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