The goal here at EpicNPC is to provide buyers, seller and traders across all game categories a safe and secure marketplaces to conduct transactions for free. While we do have many paid services, such as our verification memberships, it is still free to post in 98% of our forums.
The reason members trust EpicNPC over other trading sites is because we take precautions to make sure our members are safe as possible.
Location Info - All posts display a 'Location Info' button that shows a member's country of origin and their ISP. Members can use this info to compare it to Paypal, game accounts, phone numbers and other info they gather to see if things match up. IPS info is given so members can see if someone is using a proxy or VPN to change their country of origin. Both are very useful and from what I know, no other site offers this.
Email/Google Authenticators - By default all accounts have email authentication enable to prevent accounts from being accessed by unwanted parties. If someone's IP changes, they have to verify they're the owner by receiving a security code to their email. Google Authenticor is the same thing except it uses an app on your smartphone and is the most secure.
Verification - Every member that upgrades their account to one of our two Verification levels is manually reviewed by me personally within 24 hrs.
Dispute resolution services - We investigate every dispute we receive for free in a timely manner. When a dispute thread is reported it is updated by either myself or a moderator within 24 hrs and updated daily until it is fully resolved. Check any other site out there, no one resolves disputes faster than EpicNPC. I don't want to knock on SteamRep, but they're very slow when it comes to investigating disputes and issuing bans. I've seen reports sit there for days without a reply.
Approved Middleman services - All our MM who have been approved have been members here for years, have obtained 50+ positive feedbacks with 100% rating. They are some of the most trusted members we have, so members can be confident when using one.
Secure - I'm the only person that processes verifications and the only admin on the site, I'm the sole owner of EpicNPC. I'm the only person who has permissions to view ID images that are used for Verification and the images are encrypted so even if someone figured out the URL to an image, it wouldn't load. Moderators also can't view verification ID images.
BTC = bitcoin?
You can use bitcoin if you like, however each MM accepts payments individually, so you'll have to ask them if they accept bitcoin if they don't list it in their threads.
As a active Steam seller, I would also be interested to hear any suggestions for our Steam users in terms of new features or subforums that you might want to see added here. I'm always open to suggestions.
Thanks for the reply.
Still trying to understand how the transparency helps.. because when it comes to Papal there is 100% nothing a seller can do vs a claim. PayPal does not use screenshots as evidence and will always side with the buyer for virtual items, pretty much anything that isn't shipped and covered under seller protection. If you're doing a Wire Transfer the seller will need all your info anyways. Western Union should only be one with a middleman with very high rep (vs USD amount being traded, or a seller with extremely high rep). Basically, we way their rep / steam accounts value against items being traded.. In a of cases you can be 99% certain a seller/mm will not cash out rep for your trade.
If payment is sent as goods/services the buyer has 180 days to file a claim. Credit card chargebacks are 60 days. Depending if they live in the same state as you (USA) is the only hope you will ever have of winning a dispute vs credit card company.
So, If sent as gift 60 days to be safe, if not 6 months. We do not honor PayPal rep in most cases for 90-180 days.
I've found Bitcoin to be 100% most efficient. Once the coins are sent and has 3+ confirmations, it's impossible to chargeback. Buyers should always use a middleman unless they have a way to put a $ value on someone's reputation. If you're buying 500$ worth of items with someone that has 10,000-100,000+ rep.. pretty safe they're not going to cash out with your trade.
Bitcoin fee's are so minimal it's not even noticeable. The market is highly volatile and you want to cash out to your bank (other ways of cashing out) immediately to not risk receiving less $ than intended. For U.S.A some of Europe coinbase.com is very reliable and their interface feel like Papal. circle.com is another good one.
For anyone curious in more info -
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2rtdxo/rbitcoin_faq_newcomers_please_read/ this also teaches the different methods of obtaining / selling coins world wide.
As for tipping the MM.. Almost always PayPal or item unless they requested otherwise.
I need more research into your dispute process and spend more time in the steam trading section before I can give a opinion.
I've thought about selling my PoE currency/items for over a year.. just never felt safe surfing random websites, in my mind it's potential phising.
The other nice thing with btc is - say I'm selling 2000$USD of currency. We could break it down to multiple transactions to where whomever went first felt comfortable.
I love the layout..
but when I type I get some sort of typing lag, and my screen flashes. Only happens here.. Need to figure this out. It's a bit sketchy atm. It's also why some words are chopped up. any ideas?
Will definitely provide feedback if you're interested as I learn more.
As for VPN.. it's 2015 and I thought everyone used one =/ Plus, Skype can be exploited easily to reveal i.p. address.. now your average user can't do much with this other than DDOS you.. but still
Thanks again, for timely response.
The one suggestion I can make that would legitimize you for steam selling is becoming a friend or partner of steamrep.com This is steams anti fraud database... where we turn if we get #$%^%
He was rescently joined that time and i felt guilty.
