Hosting Credits? - Novice

I read somewhere that we get to keep the excess amount of credits even after we have requested the hosting plan. Say, I have 100 credits and requested the 30 credits plan, after account activation I get to keep 70.

But I found out this isn't the case. I came back here just to look for that exact thread but couldn't find it anywhere. My thanks goes to whoever that member is for posting such misleading information. As a result I lost over 60 credits, *blink* and gone, just like that. I don't blame anyone though, because it's pretty easy to get a hosting here.

Ah well. Better get to posting then.

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I like to remind members old and new that thread hijacking (member posting their situation or going off topic) is a no no, though you won't technically get warn but it do it enough times and it becomes a problem. Also a friendly remind that the Trap17 Read Me contains all your answers to questions you might have. Also another friendly reminder before posting check the forums because most questions you might have are spread through the forum, usually you just have to check the first three pages of the forums for questions relating to trap17 and its hosting.

For hosting credit questions I would recommend reading these two topics (#1) (#2), and in a nutshell 10 and 30 credits is how many you need to get the hosting plan, and afterwards you have to keep on post to build up your credits. 1 hosting credit equals one day, and your not limited to how many you can have and so the longer your posts the more you will receive. Also if you go past 10 or 30 credits when you apply for your hosting those will be lost and you will be reduce from 2-4 credits (I think the admin need the clarify that since numbers keep bouncing around), and so it would be wise to get 10-12 credits for the first package 30-32 credits for the second pack so you won't lose to many. Of course you have to make sure your posts are at least 3-4 sentences long, are contributive, and are not one word posts like hi or yes. Unfortunately I would disregard KansukeKojima's post about saving a lot of credits unless your trying o get a free domain which I will explain next.

As for the domain questions you will get a .trap17.com sub-domain meaning it will look like this yoursite.trap17.com, Cpanel software is set up that you can park or add on Top Level Domains (TLD) without the need to purchase paid hosting. As for getting a free domain you need to have 250 credits if your already hosted or 280 if your not hosted as that will set up your hosting account and give your a free domain as well. Though that is a lot of credits it shouldn't matter if your posts are long and plentiful. To read more about getting a free domain and how to set it up read this topic here, and right now trap17 only offers .coms .nets and .orgs though this which means no other domains are accept at this time through the free domain system.

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