Ditto Up — User Manual
Welcome to Ditto Up. This manual is the complete reference for everything you can do on the platform. Bookmark this page and use the table of contents below to jump to what you need.
If you are stuck, the Troubleshooting & FAQ section covers the most common questions, and the Glossary explains any term you don't recognize.
What is Ditto Up?
Ditto Up is a video-first employment marketplace. Instead of letting a paper résumé do all the talking, candidates record short videos that prove their skills, and employers see real human evidence before they ever schedule an interview. The platform also includes:
- A skills/credentials marketplace where every job, candidate and term (skill, license, certification, degree) links to a public detail page with marketplace insights.
- A full community layer — posts, reactions, comments, follows and notifications.
- A rich messaging system with voice messages, translation, scheduling, AI screening and reputation tiers.
- Verifiable credentials (W3C standards, Open Badges v3) that candidates can export as a portable wallet.
The site is open to anyone. You can be a candidate, an employer/recruiter, or both at the same time.
Table of contents
| # | Section | What's inside |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting started | Create an account, verify your email, sign in, reset your password, the one-time signup payment, and the difference between candidate and business mode. |
| 2 | Candidate guide | Build your profile, add skills/credentials, upload your résumé, apply for jobs, save jobs, manage all candidate-side settings. |
| 3 | Business / employer guide | Set up your business profile, post jobs, review applications, leave candidate feedback, run a careers QR-code page, subscribe to candidate alerts. |
| 4 | Videos & VBQ | Intro video, VBQ skill demonstrations, "what I'm looking for" / "what I can help with" videos, AI grading, publishing, the public video gallery. |
| 5 | Search & discovery | Search jobs, candidates, skills and term marketplace pages. Use radius search, location autocomplete and term tooltips. |
| 6 | Messaging | Inbox, conversations, group chats, voice messages, translation, message editing/pinning/starring, scheduling, templates, labels, archives, AI screening, reputation tiers and worthwhile signals. |
| 7 | Community | Humor, news, questions, events, training, equipment, volunteering and service posts. Reactions, comments, follows, notifications, mentions, blocking and reporting. |
| 8 | Credentials & wallet | Verifiable credentials, JSON-LD export, public verification page, DID document, wallet export. |
| 9 | Account & privacy | Account settings, profile visibility (public / unlisted / private), notification preferences, blocked users, deleting your account. |
| 10 | Troubleshooting & FAQ | Login problems, video upload issues, missing emails, common error messages and frequently asked questions. |
| 11 | Glossary | Plain-English definitions of every Ditto Up term — VBQ, term, ctid, locality, credential, reputation tier and more. |
Quick links
- Sign up →
/register/ - Sign in →
/login/ - Forgot password →
/password_reset/ - Your profile →
/profile - Your inbox →
/messages/ - Notifications →
/notifications/ - Browse all jobs →
/all_jobs - Browse all candidates →
/all_candidates - Search anything →
/search?q=<your+query> - Settings →
/settings/ - Post a job →
/post/jobs - Your business profile →
/business-profile - Terms of Service →
/terms_of_service - Privacy Policy →
/privacy_policy
Conventions used in this manual
- URLs in
monospaceare paths on the site. Add the domain in front:https://ditto-up.network(production) orhttps://dev.ditto-up.network(development/test). - "Term" means a skill, credential, license, certification, occupation or degree — anything in the platform's marketplace dictionary. See the glossary.
- "VBQ" stands for Video-Based Qualifications & Questions. It's the system where you record a short video answer to a term-specific question and the platform scores it. See Videos & VBQ.
- Steps marked (login required) mean you must be signed in to do that action.
- Steps marked (business) are only relevant to employer / recruiter accounts. Steps marked (candidate) are only relevant to candidate accounts. Most users have both modes available on the same account.
Need help?
- Most pages have an in-page tooltip — hover the (?) icon next to any field for inline help.
- For platform issues, use the Report action from any user profile or post.
- For account issues, contact support through the conversation inbox or the email address in your activation message.