Conchquest's map is built on finds that other shellers log and choose to share. These guidelines explain what's welcome, what isn't, and how we handle reports — so the community stays useful and safe for everyone looking for their next find.
You must be at least 13 to have a Conchquest account. If you're under 18, check with a parent or guardian before sharing photos or locations publicly. We'll close any account we learn belongs to someone under 13.
Disagree about a species ID or a spot's conditions if you like, but keep it civil. Harassment, hate speech, threats, or targeted abuse of another user — in a find's notes, photo, or anywhere else in the app — isn't allowed.
Share shells you actually found, with accurate species, condition, and location information to the best of your knowledge. Don't post content unrelated to shelling, or use finds to advertise, solicit, or spam other users.
Photos should be of the shell (and, if you like, the beach it came from). No explicit, violent, or otherwise inappropriate imagery.
We have zero tolerance for sexual content involving anyone under 18. We remove it immediately, permanently terminate the account, and report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement as required by law. This is the one rule with no appeal. If you come across anything like this in Conchquest, report it and email safety@conchquest.app.
A find is only ever shown to the community if its owner marked it public — don't use notes/photos to reveal another user's location beyond what they've chosen to share.
Rules on which shells can legally be collected — including live shells and protected species — vary by location and change over time. It's your responsibility to know and follow local, state, and federal regulations; see our Terms of Service for more.
Beyond your own collecting: don't use Conchquest to encourage others to break those rules, and don't post finds that were obviously taken illegally — live shells where live collection is banned being the common case. We'll remove that content. A shelling app that quietly normalises over-collection is bad for the beaches all of us are here for.
Conchquest's map exists so shellers can help each other, not so anyone can compile a database of where rare shells turn up. Don't scrape, bulk-download, or use automated tools against the app or our API, and don't collect other users' finds or locations for commercial use. We'll suspend accounts that do.
Every community find has a "Report" and "Block" option. Reporting flags a find for our team to review — you can choose a reason (inappropriate content, harassment, spam, or other) and add a note. Blocking a user immediately hides all of their finds from your map and feed; you can undo a block any time from Profile → Settings → Blocked users.
When we review a report, we'll either dismiss it or remove the find (and its photo) permanently. We look at every report; a report doesn't guarantee the find comes down, and a dismissed report doesn't mean we ignored it.
Report things you genuinely believe break these guidelines. Don't use reporting to retaliate against someone, to bury a rival's finds, or because of who they are. If you'd rather just not see someone, block them — that's what it's for.
We may remove content that violates these guidelines at our discretion, without notice. We're evaluating stronger enforcement (like account-level warnings or suspension) as the community grows — this page will be updated if that changes.
If you think we got it wrong, email safety@conchquest.app and a person will take another look. Tell us roughly what the find was and when you posted it. The one exception is content involving minors, which we don't reinstate.
Questions about these guidelines, or something urgent we should know about? Reach us at safety@conchquest.app.