You’ve already gotten a lot of really good advice, but I’ll add what I did on TL to get >10 ratio in about a year, without really limiting what I download.

For movies, I focused on finding files >14 GB so they are freelech. For movies I really wanted in super high quality to enjoy, I chose torrents with fewer seeds. This both boosts my points gain and lets me upload more when someone else wants the same file.
My best ratio files are several 70+ GB 4k Remuxes.

For TV Shows, I downloaded complete seasons as they are always freelech, unless it was a show I really want to watch right away.
These days I just add it to Sonarr and let it rip.

It goes without saying that you keep seeding everything for as long as you can. I have several hundred, some people have thousands.

Make sure you start with freeleech content to build a small buffer so you don’t get warnings that stress you out. It sucks frantically trying to get your ratio up before some timer ends and you get banned.

Feel free to ask if you need some more help, and enjoy TL. It’s a really good site run by what seems to be very level headed people.

Welcome to the private tracker community! It is a lovely place to be.

I personally am not a member of torrentleech but here is some advice to get you started!

1. Make use of the bonus points system

Typically most private trackers have some sort of economy in which permaseeding is rewarded with points. These points can then be used to buy upload credit to improve your ratio.

2. Download freeleech content

Often they also have freeleech content that does not count towards you download (thus preserving your ratio). Most trackers require you maintain a certain ratio. At first you can just manually search or download new freeleech content. Eventually, you may want to set up autobrr to automatically download new freeleech torrents. Other users have provided helpful links to get you started. Keep in mind as you explore other trackers some do not allow autobrr to be used.

3. Get connectable

The need for a VPN is not always as crucial as it is for public torrents. That being said, sometimes it is difficult to get connectable (forward ports) on your home network. Thus some users use a VPN such as AirVPN that allow port forwarding. You don’t need to be connectable to seed, however you are unable to seed to other non-connectable users (thus decreasing your upload potential).

4. Avoid the forums and chat

This advice is often over said and most of the time the forums and chat are pretty decent. It comes from the odd power hungry moderator getting a bit too ban happy. However, what I will say is avoiding the chat and forums is not a terrible idea if you are not too familiar with the sites rules. Sometimes they are very specific and can get you if your not paying attention.

5. Upload content once you are familiar with the site

Once you feel comfortable with the above, uploading can really help your ratio. Make sure you follow all the rules of torrentleech if you are going to upload. Often private trackers have very strict and stringent rules. This is why I generally don’t recommend uploading if you’re new to the whole torrents scene.

Typically, the uploading process goes something like this. Create the .torrent file using qbittorrent or something similar. Make sure you mark the torrent as private in the creation tool and include your unique tracker url (you get this from the private tracker). Upload the .torrent file and actual file to your seedbox (or if you’re just seeding from the computer begin seeding once you create the torrent). Sometimes you need to do a force recheck to get it seeding. Then you upload the torrent to the private tracker and add relevant metadata. Force re-announce the torrent on qbittorrent and it usually shows up. You will need to be connectable to upload.

You probably have to wait a while to become an uploader.

An easy way to get lots of free upload is to download framestor remux files. If it’s marked “freeleech”, it won’t cost you to download but you’ll get all the upload credit.

If you already have that same exact torrent, and I don’t mean It’s the 1999 matrix but the exact distro bit for bit for bit file they have, You can start downloading that torrent from them, let it make the structure on your file system, stop your torrent client. Replace the contents of the file in that structure with your already completed stuff, start the torrent client and do a force recheck.

If the file you put there is 100% binary exact for what it’s expecting you will start seeding right off the bat

If you want more advance, Then get content freelech first on torrentleech IRC channel, as new releases are announced there before they appear on the site. Using autobrr is best for that https://github.com/autobrr/autobrr

Here is torrenteech guide to download freeleech using autobrr https://wiki.torrentleech.org/doku.php/autobrr

Be aware that many users have seedboxes on torrentleech, so you will be competing with them. Without a seedbox, you will have a hard time uploading (seeding). This should not be problem if you permaseed your torrents, as you will earn points that can be exchanged for upload credit.

I haven’t uploaded a new file to TL before but on other private trackers it was fairly straight forward. I just created the torrent in QBit, filled out their upload form making sure to follow the rules as far as naming conventions, listing metadata for the file(s), including screenshots, and copying and pasting a plot summary from somewhere like IMDB, before finally completing it all and uploading my torrent to the site for mod approval. I’m away from my PC right now so I can’t check but I’m sure they have their upload requirements listed in the FAQ or Rules page.

Another great way to build ratio there is to filter by torrents listed in the last couple of hours and grab them (especially freeleech) even if you have zero interest in watching the content and seeding it for as long as possible. The mods there recommended this to me back when I first signed up and got banned because I hadn’t uploaded or downloaded anything within the first week or two of signing up.

I’m new to it as well, but the advice I was given was to find small sub 2gb content thats missing and upload that. It will give you easy ratio then you can watch what you want.

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