For the life of me I can't figure out how to put my stuff I want to sell on here. Please help
For the life of me I can't figure out how to put my stuff I want to sell on here. Please help
You need at least 50 posts and then must follow the guidelines here.
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...rum-Guidelines
Pay particular attention to the following part of Rule 1:
Attempts to circumvent the minimum 50 posts rule by posting rapidly to raise your post count is not allowed, and will result in loss of access to the Marketplace forums.
I can't count the number of people over the years who have tried to run up their post count just to sell something. It's so easy to spot and report when someone posts 47 times in less than 24 hours, and then immediately posts something for sale when they hit post 50.
Don't be that guy!
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
where do you create the new threads to start post count?
Within any forum there is a button at the top that says "+ Post New Thread." You should have access to do this in most of the forums except:Originally Posted by Snooze_89
For Sale because your post count must be at least 50 and then you have to join the Sellers Group
and the Donating Members Off Topic forums because you're not currently a donating member.
You don't have to start a new thread in order to increase your post count, btw. Replies in existing threads count.
how do I join the sellers group and what is the responsibility of becoming a donating member?
You get access to post for sale items by being an active member here for 50 posts. This allows people time to get to know you.
To join the sellers group, after reaching 50 posts you follow the first few instructions here:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/content.php/156
There really aren't any responsibilities to being a donating member - it's simply a $10 per year donation. It's not set to an automatic renewal or anything like that. Just like joining the forum as a normal member has certain benefits like being able to view photos, being a donating member allows access to a group of forums that are not strictly hammock related, for example those about backpacks, camp cookery & stoves, or off-topic discussions. The donations help the site owners offset the cost of maintaining the website.
You just need to chime in on some threads...add your two cents but you the mods frown on you just trying to rack up all 50 in a day so keep that in mind.
I think it's an incredibly smart policy... as well as the "bump" policy. Being new I appreciate the bit of peace of mind it gives when making purchases from forum members you have absolutely no frame of reference with. At least you can see their join dates and gauge how active they are in the forum community. It gives them a bit of a defacto credibility they're here to stay, care about their reputation, how they represent their items and are more likely to try to resolve any misunderstanding.
I had little hesitation in making the few purchases I have. Every transaction has gone like clock work and the gear has been as good, if not better, than the items were represented.
Not that it's been a "goal" of mine, but getting to 50 isn't exactly easy to do when you're not only new to the forum, but the hanging world in general with little to contribute. Then again... I'm still working on filling out just ONE basic setup so it's not as if I have any spare gear laying around I would want to sell "anyway"!
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