gameratheart

Jan 16 2006, 09:38 PM

Many members ask about the matter of hosting credits. Trap17 staff have explained hosting credits clearly on the site, but if you're not paying attention, have any questions, or need more, here are some points that will answer your questions.

Due to a few user comments, I have had to add a few more points, and edited some previous points to be a bit more clearer. This is in addition to the additions mods have made to the posts, which I greatly thank you for.

1. READ THE FORUMS BEFORE YOU POST A CREDIT QUESTION!!! How many times have the Admins of Trap17 explained hosting credits? And yet, many of you STILL ask questions!

Trap17 has an FAQ for Hosting Credits: http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?sho...ost&p=42598

2. Contrary to popular belief, you CAN transfer hosting credits to one another, if you are HOSTED. If you wish to do this, go to http://trap17.com/process/transfer_credits.htm and tell us your Username, Password, the Username of who the credits should go to, and the amount of credits. All transfers will fail, however, if you are not left with more than 30 credits afterwards.

Note: You CANNOT reverse a credit trade, and there is a commison charge. Also, hosting credits ONLY transfers between hosted members, and you CANNOT transfer hosting credits from Trap17 to AstaHost (or vice versa). No exceptions to these rules will ever be made.

3. DO NOT ask members to give you credits! This will simply annoy most people. Credits should only be given to members who are loyal, kind and helpful, and it is the choice of any member to give you credits. If you REALLY need more, do a few good posts! Or maybe participate in a competition, there are loads around! Just don't resort to begging, it won't be good for ya.

4. When you are HOSTED and have more than 30 Credits, you can place them into the BANK. You do this in the same way as explained in step 2, with the person you are sending the question to being BANK (all capitals). The bank will keep the credits so you can award them to people without having to tax them. There is a 3% commision charge on doing this, however.

5. And NO, the bank is NOT a way to gain more credits! It simply acts a storage place for credits that you intend to give to someone else as a prize or reward.

6. If you REALLY, REALLY don't think you can keep up the credits needed to keep your website up, then buy some! A while ago, Trap17 introduced a system to allow you to buy hosting time, at $10 (about Ł5.12 GBP, or €7.58 Euros, correct at time of print) for 6 months, up to two years. This is not an excuse to stay inactive, however!

Thanks for reading this. I just want to help, and I hope I have not upset anyone.

 

 

 

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OCAC

Jan 16 2006, 11:01 PM

QUOTE(Plenoptic @ Jan 16 2006, 11:25 PM)

Ya thanks for posting that I will just have people sent here when they want to learn about credits because they really don't read anything until they figure out they can't get by without reading it.

Thanks to explaining this to me as well. I probably belong to the group to which all the IT helper shout: RTFM.

Sigh.

Thanks again for putting the manual up again. (-:

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gameratheart

Jan 21 2006, 01:11 PM

I am glad you liked this post. I decided to post it when I got a PM begging for Hosting Credits, and I instantly knew it was gonna become a Pinned Topic. Seems I was right

And while I'm on the matter of begging for Hosting Credits... I agree with elevenmil. I do not believe in giving credits, because after all, aren't we all here to EARN hosting???

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gameratheart

Feb 22 2006, 07:50 PM

QUOTE(UltimateStar @ Feb 11 2006, 12:51 AM)

I know even the Credit system is announced and posted everywhere.. many people seems to be unaware about it..

I know what you mean, UltimateStar. It's like people don't even notice the Credit System at all! In fact, just a few days ago, someone applied for hosting with only nine credits!

Also, as I said on another thread:

QUOTE

I recently got PMs saying that people don't understand the whole idea of the hosting credits system. But what's not to understand? You post a little, you help people out, you get a credit or two. And each credit is an extra day of hosting. Simple.

I start to wonder, do people nowadays actually read ANYTHING? It seems that way. That or people are just ignorant...

I have just one thing to say to these people: RTFM! (And if you don't know what RTFM means, go check a dictionary!)

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innosia

Sep 16 2008, 03:00 AM

QUOTE(Deretto @ Sep 15 2008, 02:05 PM)

Thank you for posting this information. I had a bit of a hard time when I first got here. Really, I think new members expect it to be really difficult or that trap17 is one of those too good to be true. So they end up over complicating things. x3

Talking about hosting credits, my question is answer, 10$ will bring about 185 credit.

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Deretto

Sep 15 2008, 02:05 PM

Thank you for posting this information. I had a bit of a hard time when I first got here. Really, I think new members expect it to be really difficult or that trap17 is one of those too good to be true. So they end up over complicating things. x3

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innosia

Sep 14 2008, 12:21 PM

QUOTE(NDPA @ Feb 22 2006, 07:50 PM)

I know what you mean, UltimateStar. It's like people don't even notice the Credit System at all! In fact, just a few days ago, someone applied for hosting with only nine credits!

Also, as I said on another thread:
I start to wonder, do people nowadays actually read ANYTHING? It seems that way. That or people are just ignorant...

I have just one thing to say to these people: RTFM! (And if you don't know what RTFM means, go check a dictionary!)

I have a few questions, if I buy credit from trap17, suppose 10 US$, then is the 10$ converted to hosting credits and add it to my hosted account? and how many credits will it add to my account?
It is interesting, so I might want to pay it, and since it is also very cheap

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Nabb

Sep 14 2008, 08:36 AM

When you apply, you will first need to wait for a moderator to review your posts. The moderator will then either deny your application or approve it. This is generally quite fast (a few hours at maximum usually). If denied, you will be told what to improve on.
After being approved by a moderator, you will need to wait for an administrator to approve your web-hosting application. This can take anywhere up to a day, or more, but be patient because you'll be getting the best free hosting available on the web!

After being approved by the administrator, your credits will drop to anywhere between 1 and 5 credits. Your credits will fall by 1 every day, meaning that you will need to stay active on the forums to keep your hosting. When negative, your hosting will be temporarily suspended.
Also note that a change in credits will reflect an edited post (either by you or a moderator), so if you have a low credit count and have a post of yours edited by a moderator for spam or other reasons, your hosting may be suspended.

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spycrapper

Sep 14 2008, 08:08 AM

well then i just have to earn 30points, then apply for hosting, then starts collecting points again? how long will it take to process the application? and when will the 1point deducted after the application accepted?
thanks again for the response

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