Official Suggestion thread - help make EpicNPC a better marketplace

[The Integrity]

2. will be nice to have shop options for thread not only when creating it, but when editing existing thread too

It's already like that. Right below thread title. It's just minimized by default

 

[EpicNPC]

something need to be done to the red color of topics
made it more bright or more contrast

for now, really, green color is much more superior and if you check statistic sellers prefer to buy green colors more than red

because in this site background green colors much more visible due to contrast with it

I think maybe removing red item all together is probably the best option. Red isn't great because it's the same color as some alerts or warnings. Changing it to blue would probably be better, but I think then everyone would simply switch from Green to Blue, making green the inferior color because it's old.

I think improving the 'thread highlight' option would be better since it's a different type of item.

For now, I have removed red as a purchasable item. It'll remain active for anyone that purchased it until it expires.

We'll have to make some changes to the 'thread highlight' item since the settings are currently limited. That will be updated in the near future.

 

[Kai]

I think maybe removing red item all together is probably the best option. Red isn't great because it's the same color as some alerts or warnings. Changing it to blue would probably be better, but I think then everyone would simply switch from Green to Blue, making green the inferior color because it's old.

I think improving the 'thread highlight' option would be better since it's a different type of item.

For now, I have removed red as a purchasable item. It'll remain active for anyone that purchased it until it expires.

We'll have to make some changes to the 'thread highlight' item since the settings are currently limited. That will be updated in the near future.

I don’t see why Red was removed entirely, it gives some contrast to the forum. I have never seen anyone complain about, and if you look at google statistics that colour drives attention. Instead of removing Red entirely, maybe use other shades of Red that are easier to see. or consider making it so you can’t combine Red and Green highlights together, that might be the better option. I think replacing Red with Blue or other colours would work in the long run if you are concerned about it getting mixed up, but leaving it as one stand alone colour is not great. Sure you might have more of the new colour threads for a while but sellers will eventually want to stand out and diversify their content which will balance the colours.

 

[EpicNPC]

The thread highlight will be much better after the update. The main problem is the thread text color does not change and we're forced to used a dark highlight color. Using something brighter makes the text too hard to read. This makes it look dull, which is why it's not a very popular item.

The new item will highlight the row and change the text color so it can still be easily read. It will stand out a lot more.

I know no one complained about red, but it's not very popular and has the problem of potentially looking like a warning message. Changing it to blue wouldn't make it any better or worst than green, but I don't see the need to have 2 colors. I'd like to have 3 tiers for this as so.

- Normal
- Green, thread stands out more
- Highlight, thread stands out a lot

I also think after the highlight update, no one would buy the red color anyway, it's too inferior.

 

[Lucky_Charms]

Red Title color was fine looked great to me and I even purchased Red and Green to offset threads I have posted.

Maybe if you got red without the glow it looks like crap, maybe just make all the color titles bold and glow as default with the purchase and BAM problem solved.

 

[DeltaPi]

I'd say Blue highlights will be too much for an eye over night looks, think more about purple it's an active Color and eyes won't get blurry while watching it
For base (#bf00ff)
For highlights (#ff00ff)
Or you can use yellow (#ffff00) it's very shiny Color on here as well

And I am thinking same as well, using only 1 Color is a bad idea. Second color making titles much noticeable for an eyes...
And about the red color it's not popular because it's a bad one use that Red (#ff0000) and you'll see how popular it will becomes...
By myself i am using red, and yes it's meh without highlights, but at least it's different in a between of 2 green titles

 

[Tony and Friends]

The thread highlight will be much better after the update. The main problem is the thread text color does not change and we're forced to used a dark highlight color. Using something brighter makes the text too hard to read. This makes it look dull, which is why it's not a very popular item.

The new item will highlight the row and change the text color so it can still be easily read. It will stand out a lot more.

I know no one complained about red, but it's not very popular and has the problem of potentially looking like a warning message. Changing it to blue wouldn't make it any better or worst than green, but I don't see the need to have 2 colors. I'd like to have 3 tiers for this as so.

- Normal
- Green, thread stands out more
- Highlight, thread stands out a lot

I also think after the highlight update, no one would buy the red color anyway, it's too inferior.

good idea to improve thread highlight

here is an example how to highlight only borders of the row, in this case text will not interfere with color

 

[EpicNPC]

That's pretty cool. We'll see if we can change it to that instead.

 

[ELKIDO]

Please dont create anything remotely close to this mess on OC. Reading thru the previous messages, this is where you are going with the changes.

 

[Tony and Friends]

@ELKIDO on your picture only 2 additional text colors and default one

same as it was here
emoji its different issue

 

[Kai]

Please dont create anything remotely close to this mess on OC. Reading thru the previous messages, this is where you are going with the changes.

You don't have to worry @ELKIDO, it looks like we might be sticking with one colour, instead of the two we originally had. The discussion was more inline with keeping the current colours or maybe changing the Red one out with somthing else entirely to give sellers some more diversity, instead of everything being walls of Green.

 

[MistiServices]

@ELKIDO on your picture only 2 additional text colors and default one

same as it was here
emoji its different issue

People dont pay that much there anymore so picture shows 2 colors, but they have 4 different colors in total ( green , red/orange , purple , normal ) + unlimited emojis.

 

[DeltaPi]

Please dont create anything remotely close to this mess on OC. Reading thru the previous messages, this is where you are going with the changes.

No one saying to copy this, also we have different asking. we don't want to have 1 color we need just to get changed it removing is not a solution... Btw besides everything their purple looking awesome

 

[MistiServices]

Consider adding option so each time someone wants to leave feedback that buyers need request trade with seller, that way u wont have fake feedback threads to solve.

 

[EpicNPC]

Submitting feedback might be changing in the not to distant future. We're considering some things.

 

[starglze]

Banned - Previously banned: Wilona

A thread feature added to shop items that allows you to bump or post additional 5 threads on page 1 of all forums, specifically in the highly active category. I'm down to paying a reasonable amount for this as a high-end seller selling more than 10+ high-end accounts, and I believe others are as well. This would be a big help to us after all.

The fact that more than 40% of users voted for either slightly lowered or no change in the page 1 thread poll explains how many were affected. Sellers had to adjust to 5 threads by making a thread with a list of all their accounts, but in the end, it had a huge impact because nearly everyone got both fewer views and buyers for their specific account(s) they couldn't bump every time.

Unlike low-end sellers who just sell starters and average accounts, which belong to one thread, high-end accounts don't. They are different in their own ways, and complainers can't lie about them having only a few differences; that is, for low-end accounts. If ever, this isn't for all users and is a paid exclusive feature from the shop, so I don't see a point in others complaining more.

 

[The Integrity]

A thread feature added to shop items that allows you to bump or post additional 5 threads on page 1 of all forums, specifically in the highly active category. I'm down to paying a reasonable amount for this as a high-end seller selling more than 10+ high-end accounts, and I believe others are as well. This would be a big help to us after all.

The fact that more than 40% of users voted for either slightly lowered or no change in the page 1 thread poll explains how many were affected. Sellers had to adjust to 5 threads by making a thread with a list of all their accounts, but in the end, it had a huge impact because nearly everyone got both fewer views and buyers for their specific account(s) they couldn't bump every time.

Unlike low-end sellers who just sell starters and average accounts, which belong to one thread, high-end accounts don't. They are different in their own ways, and complainers can't lie about them having only a few differences; that is, for low-end accounts. If ever, this isn't for all users and is a paid exclusive feature from the shop, so I don't see a point in others complaining more.

Additional 5 is twice the limit and 20% of all threads on the first page. That's a bit too much, even if it costs. Maybe 1 or 2 above the limit would be ok.

But you don't really need more threads. You can simply make a store thread that links to all of your individual accounts along with a short description. The 5 thread limit is for first page. You can have more threads in the game forum at the same time. Make one store thread and bump it along with 4 account threads. You bump the same store thread every time and the other 4 can be different each bump.

 

[starglze]

Banned - Previously banned: Wilona

Additional 5 is twice the limit and 20% of all threads on the first page. That's a bit too much, even if it costs. Maybe 1 or 2 above the limit would be ok.

But you don't really need more threads. You can simply make a store thread that links to all of your individual accounts along with a short description. The 5 thread limit is for first page. You can have more threads in the game forum at the same time. Make one store thread and bump it along with 4 account threads. You bump the same store thread every time and the other 4 can be different each bump.

Thank you for the suggestion; that's what I mentioned before, which I already did. But it comes at the cost of attracting less buyers and making less views overall for each individual account. That's why it could be a paid exclusive feature for high-end sellers, so not everyone else can have it since everyone doesn't sell multiple high-end accounts.

 

[The Integrity]

The reason why the limit was reduced in the first place is because high end sellers dominated and people that had just one account for sale would get pushed out of the first page very fast. We don't want 5-6 people dominating a forum. Big sellers should aim for buying sticky threads and banner ads instead, while regular threads should include more one time sellers.

I believe there was already an item before that let you bump past the limit by using credits and it could be used as much as you wanted. Maybe something like that can be added back but there should still be a hard limit on the total amount of threads you can have on page 1. Let's wait for the admin to read this and decide.

 

[Tic Tac]

Thank you for the suggestion; that's what I mentioned before, which I already did. But it comes at the cost of attracting less buyers and making less views overall for each individual account. That's why it could be a paid exclusive feature for high-end sellers, so not everyone else can have it since everyone doesn't sell multiple high-end accounts.

I'm highly against this idea. We bulk account sellers are affected by a ton because of all the people who spam bunch of posts on the front page. I can't even imagine regular sellers who sell 1 or 2 accounts and have no rep. Our revenue has gone down by a LOT because of all the recent changes. The only way this idea should be even considered is if we can have 4 randomly displaying threads below sticky threads again like the feature we had a little while ago to promote trustap permanently. I'm out here willing to pay a lot of money to get that feature back on the site because it has completely affected me and many others since its removal. I would probably have to quit entirely if I have to bump with people who are going to push my post half way down the front page few minutes into my bump...

 

[Futen]

I wish every section of the forum to have a ban list ( Put the button above, so that all buyers know that this forum section has banned dozens of scammers), I barely remember the scammers who were previously banned in that forum section, Every scammer always has almost the same selling pattern, such as country, ip, etc ( However, when they are banned, they create a new account and then carry out scam actions on the same forum section )

 

[EpicNPC]

A thread feature added to shop items that allows you to bump or post additional 5 threads on page 1 of all forums, specifically in the highly active category. I'm down to paying a reasonable amount for this as a high-end seller selling more than 10+ high-end accounts, and I believe others are as well. This would be a big help to us after all.

The fact that more than 40% of users voted for either slightly lowered or no change in the page 1 thread poll explains how many were affected. Sellers had to adjust to 5 threads by making a thread with a list of all their accounts, but in the end, it had a huge impact because nearly everyone got both fewer views and buyers for their specific account(s) they couldn't bump every time.

Unlike low-end sellers who just sell starters and average accounts, which belong to one thread, high-end accounts don't. They are different in their own ways, and complainers can't lie about them having only a few differences; that is, for low-end accounts. If ever, this isn't for all users and is a paid exclusive feature from the shop, so I don't see a point in others complaining more.

This was voted on a few months ago.
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/page-1-thread-limit-updated.2697207/

80% of members wanted a significant or slightly lower limits
20% wanted to keep the high limits

The limits were then reduced by 50%. Active sections have a limit of 5 which is still higher than the original limit of 4 from a few years ago.

We already had a feature to purchase extra threads, but it was not used often. It also caused confusion with mods not knowing if the extra threads were purchased or the seller was violating the rules.

I do not plan to add this feature back since it wasn't popular. We added the the 'Single Item' or 'Multiple Items (Store)' shortly after the thread limits were adjusted. As suggested, you can create 1 or 2 store threads to list the majority of your items, then post a few extra threads for the more expensive items.

I wish every section of the forum to have a ban list ( Put the button above, so that all buyers know that this forum section has banned dozens of scammers), I barely remember the scammers who were previously banned in that forum section, Every scammer always has almost the same selling pattern, such as country, ip, etc ( However, when they are banned, they create a new account and then carry out scam actions on the same forum section )

We have a ban list here, however are contemplating discontinuing it. In the last few years about 80% of bans are bots with junk data that's not useful. I'm not sure if the list is useful anymore.
https://www.epicnpc.com/banned/

 

[Futen]

This was voted on a few months ago.
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/page-1-thread-limit-updated.2697207/

80% of members wanted a significant or slightly lower limits
20% wanted to keep the high limits

The limits were then reduced by 50%. Active sections have a limit of 5 which is still higher than the original limit of 4 from a few years ago.

We already had a feature to purchase extra threads, but it was not used often. It also caused confusion with mods not knowing if the extra threads were purchased or the seller was violating the rules.

I do not plan to add this feature back since it wasn't popular. We added the the 'Single Item' or 'Multiple Items (Store)' shortly after the thread limits were adjusted. As suggested, you can create 1 or 2 store threads to list the majority of your items, then post a few extra threads for the more expensive items.



We have a ban list here, however are contemplating discontinuing it. In the last few years about 80% of bans are bots with junk data that's not useful. I'm not sure if the list is useful anymore.
https://www.epicnpc.com/banned/

That's a ban list in general, it also doesn't show them as a scam on which forum section, Many scammers don't give up after being banned several times, then create new accounts , Many new members create multiple threads, then they hide their activities, so I suspect they are veteran scammers, but I have no clue, even ignored them to give twc. Not long after that they were banned & their threads (scammers) in that forum section were moved to message jail

In my opinion, many buyers may think this forum section is safe even if they transact with new sellers, because they haven't explored the user ban list.

 

[SECURITYLEVELING]

hi good day alot from philipines black desert boosting to many scammers making new profile selling again and again remove those new seller they make scam. they creating very2x low price

 

[Kai]

hi good day alot from philipines black desert boosting to many scammers making new profile selling again and again remove those new seller they make scam. they creating very2x low price

This will become a nonissue when the new seller verification is added.

If you suspect someone of scamming, please report those members, and we will investigate.

 

[SECURITYLEVELING]

ok sir thank you. thank you for rply me sir ❤

 

[pewpewgogo]

Probably already suggested, but can you add litecoin as a payment method ? Paying $22 instead of $9 because of btc fee is unaffordable : /

 

[EpicNPC]

I'm sorry, we have no plans to add litecoin sorry.

Verification will be going live in a few weeks. All sellers will be required to become verified before they can post anything for sale. More details will be announced as we get closer.

 

[Tony and Friends]

how discounts for sticky topics calculated? i received email about -50%

price at diablo 4 boosting was 40 usd
now its 28, not 20 like with -50%?

 

[EpicNPC]

The 50% was a mistake. It was immediately changed to 30%, but the 50% message was already sent. Sorry.

 

[Alifice]

I think there are too few Sticky Threads.
Some game threads are added long before the official release, and then they sell out quickly and remain immune for a long time.
When I see them, even though I'm willing to pay a higher or even several times higher price, I can't buy them
Because Sticky Threads can get a lot of exposure, saving me a lot of time.
I really hope to buy them at a high price for some new popular games.
I don't know if it's possible to increase the quantity or offer a new scheme for sellers who are willing to pay more for similar ads.

 

[EpicNPC]

We increased the amount of sticky threads from 3 to 4 about four months ago and it has worked well.

We averaged about 15 sold out sections before this change, now we only have 5. A decrease of 66%.

Unfortunately there will always be some very popular sections that will sell out, so we can't just keep increasing the number of sticky threads, sorry.

 

[Tony and Friends]

suggestion - let sellers setup displaying number of positive feedbacks they have, below their real amount
ie for example user want positive feedbacks always displayed as 1000
good number, just for better visual marketing
but user have 1357 positive feedbacks

let that total real number will be displayed at the user profile only
and at the topics under user avatar and in the forum section at the line with topic preview (topic title, creator, join date, etc) will be custom number seller can tune

 

[SECURITYLEVELING]

hi suggerstion for me . is this ok like this on the trade. if not its ok.

 

[EpicNPC]

So above your thread, you want to display your profile banner?

 

[SECURITYLEVELING]

yes sir banner just suggestion only. hehe

 

[Fluentcee]

I think it would be nice if TG Free automatically applied a generic Feedback for both members upon completion similar to the Middleman version. Something simple like "Trade Guardian Free Transaction successfully completed"

Safe to say if a TG Free transaction reaches the end, that means there was no reason to give less than positive feedback on either side. If any reason ever comes up, you can always edit the Feedback or report the Transaction via TG History afterwards when issues arise. Just my thoughts as a frequent user.

 

[doomedtofail]

I think it would be nice if TG Free automatically applied a generic Feedback for both members upon completion similar to the Middleman version. Something simple like "Trade Guardian Free Transaction successfully completed"

Safe to say if a TG Free transaction reaches the end, that means there was no reason to give less than positive feedback on either side. If any reason ever comes up, you can always edit the Feedback or report the Transaction via TG History afterwards when issues arise. Just my thoughts as a frequent user.

There are reasons they don't automatically do this, mostly to prevent feedback trading/abuse.

 

[Fluentcee]

There are reasons they don't automatically do this, mostly to prevent feedback trading/abuse.

I don't really see how that prevents feedback abuse. You can leave a review for anyone for no reason. At least on TG you'd have a record of what the transaction is supposed to be for. If people wanted fake feedback, it'd be easier to just... leave it without a record. Least I'd imagine. Maybe I'm missing something important

 

[EpicNPC]

We will be re-evaluating feedback once we launch our new seller verification process next month. It's possible it could be automatic after that update.

 

[A.GG]

Feature Request:
Add Ability to Embed SVG Images

These images are variable, and we can create dynamic images for posts.

Here's an example from shields.io:

Currently, it does not work with epicnpc because epicnpc cache every image. but when epicnpc exclude .svg from CDN it will be supported.

 

[EpicNPC]

We do that so images are not broken over time. When they were hosted elsewhere we ended up with a lot of dead links.

We'll consider adding support for SVG in the future

 

[A.GG]

We do that so images are not broken over time. When they were hosted elsewhere we ended up with a lot of dead links.

We'll consider adding support for SVG in the future

How about whitelisting GitHub only to avoid broken links, and giving users the option to use GitHub as a non-cached solution for listing images? I believe this will also benefit the epicnpc CDN solution by avoiding cache costs.

GitHub is well-known for free .svg hosting, and they don't have any rules about deleting images after a certain period of time.

Additionally, there are many CDN solutions for GitHub that are 100% free, such as statically.io.

 

[EpicNPC]

Can you show me an example of a post somewhere else that uses SVG images?

 

[Kamain]

hi. i guess "verifiecation upgrade" should be changed to "epic member upgrade"
https://www.epicnpc.com/forums/dota-2-mmr-boosting.473/

 

[EpicNPC]

Its been updated. thanks.

 

[Tony and Friends]

i renewed 4 sticky topics today
but it says they purchased not today and will expire not in 30 day but earlier
please fix

Purchased: 04/15/2024
Start: 04/15/2024
Expire: 06/14/2024

it must be until 06/18/2024



https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/ton...scrolls-online-services-with-✅stream✅.943309/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/ton...-plus-membership-from-3-5✅-gold-road.1829100/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/ton...6-services-with-✅stream✅-cheap-atoms.1430348/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/tony-and-friends-fallout-76-cheap-✅atoms✅-and-more.2679289/

 

[EpicNPC]

These are not new purchases, they were renewals. This is why the start time shows as April 15th.

30 days is added from the original time, so you still get 60 days.

May has 31 days, so this is why the expiration is June 14th instead of June 15th. I'm not sure how you get June 18th, that would be 64 days.

 

[Tony and Friends]

These are not new purchases, they were renewals. This is why the start time shows as April 15th.

30 days is added from the original time, so you still get 60 days.

May has 31 days, so this is why the expiration is June 14th instead of June 15th. I'm not sure how you get June 18th, that would be 64 days.

those topics was not sticky for last 4 days
i tried to do new purchase, without Renew button, it still shows Sticky Advertisement for all of them will Expire at June 14
i paid today, today is May 18
= total 28 days topics will be sticky, instead of 30

or i do not get something

 

[EpicNPC]

Okay, I see what happened. I didn't realize you renewed after they already expired.

I added 3 days to each thread and we'll make an update to correct this issue.