@Tracy179... Tracy don't panic, when you publish a listing it will not become viewable on search pages for 72 hours!
This is so that 'Trust and Safety' can go over your listing and make sure that the listing does not breach any of Airbnbs guidelines.
It is a really wise precaution to use this time to go over your listing thoroughly and make sure that your settings are all correct. I can't tell you the number of times we have seen a listing go public and immediately an 'instant book' reservation comes in for $14 per night when the host thought their nightly rate was $153.00!
I would advise you to (for the moment) keep to the basics!
1/. Do not activate 'Smart Pricing' ...Smart pricing is not designed to make you money! It is designed to make a prospective guest an offer they can't refuse and book rather than go to another hosting platform! Smart pricing is not the slightest bit interested in whether you make money or not...it just wants to secure a booking for Airbnb!
2/. Do not activate 'Instant Book' until you know exactly how Instant book works. You need to set a level of verification to stop that high school graduate having a celebration party in that lovely listing of yours without you knowing anything about it.
There are countless things a new host needs to know.....and you have made a good start, you have come here and you will learn much on the CC that will help you with your hosting....after all, we all started out just like you Tracy.
Please Tracy, don't be too eager, remember the story of the Tortoise and the Hare......
If you want any help with certain aspects of your new listing, there are many of us here that just simply want to help...I guess we want to 'pay it forward'.....the CC has helped many of us get where we are.
Your listing will become public Tracy, just wait a bit longer.
Cheers.....Rob