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ForumKorner: Market Place Guide
by Michael
Index
- Introduction
- Marketplace Overview
- Abbreviations and Definitions
- Marketplace Etiquette
- Commonly sold items
- Guides
Introduction
Welcome to the Market Place guide! I will cover a variety of sub-forums within. Let's start off by saying I will be using the term: "MP" to define as Market Place, so it'll be easier for the both of us. In this guide you'll know everything you need to know about the MP. Market Korner
Vouches:
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- ForumKorner will not be held accountable for any scams that could take place when dealing
- Create a scam report in the Scammers Bay if you are scammed. Provide evidence
- Fraudulent vouches are not permitted and will result in an immediate 3-month forum ban
- Creating additional FK accounts and "self-vouching" is an immediate 6-month forum ban
- Users may only vouch for users they have dealt with. Violators will receive a 20 percent warning level
Middleman:
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- ForumKorner will not be held accountable for any scams that could take place when dealing
- Create a scam report in the Scammers Bay if you are scammed. Provide evidence
- While we recommend the use of a middleman, we ask you use caution when choosing a middleman
- Avoid using new non-reputable marketplace users. Choose middlemen that are heavily vouched for
Contests, Giveaways, and Requests:
- No phished accounts or account lists
- No adult or pornographic website accounts
- Users may not ask for or hint towards reputation
- Users repute a giveaways' host at their own discretion
Coupons and Deals:
- No fake or fraudulent coupons
- No illegal coupons or discussion of illegal coupons
- No tutorials on how to obtain coupons illegally
Premium Market:
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- ForumKorner will not be held accountable for any scams that could take place when dealing
- Create a scam report in the Scammers Bay if you are scammed. Provide evidence
- This section is for upgrade users only. User may sell anything that abides by the rules here
Gaming Market:
Gamertags, RuneScape, WoW, and PSN:
- This subforum is for the buying, selling, or trading of Gamertags
- Wrong forum posting in this section is an automatic 20 percent warning level
- Stolen, hacked, or phished accounts may not be sold
- Payment options cannot be attached to the account(s) being sold
Game Cards:
- No stolen or "stripped" membership codes may be sold
- No tutorials on how to obtain membership codes illegally
Off Topic Market
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- ForumKorner will not be held accountable for any scams that could take place when dealing
- Create a scam report in the Scammers Bay if you are scammed. Provide evidence
- Items for sale that do not have a designated subforum belong here
Social Mediums:
- This section is for the sales of all social media website accounts
- Users may offer trading as a secondary option, selling being the first
- Post in the Traders Market if you are only wanting to trade
eBooks:
- Users may only sell ebooks they have written or have resell rights for
- eBooks that involve hacking, phishing, or payment fraud are not allowed
- Vouch copies may be given out at the full discretion of the ebook's seller
- You may only ask for a vouch copy if the seller has offered to provide them
Non Virtual:
- Proof is required regardless of tangible goods
- Paypal account, and credit cards are also not allowed to be sold
- Drugs are not allowed to be sold here
- Anything else illegal is also not allowed
Webmaster:
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- ForumKorner will not be held accountable for any scams that could take place when dealing
- Create a scam report in the Scammers Bay if you are scammed. Provide evidence
- All sales; buying, selling, or trading related to web marketing belong here
Dispute Korner
Scammers Bay:
- ForumKorner does not vouch for any individual user. All users deal at their own risk
- Make an attempt to resolve any deal disputes prior to creating a scam report
- Scam report creators have 120 hours to provide sufficient evidence or their thread will be junked
- Read about ForumKorner's Ban-A-Scammer Policy
- Read the following guide on how to properly file a scam report
Pardon Requests:
- In order to request a pardon, your account ban must be at least one month. Anything less must be served in full
- Users must be able to demonstrate goodwill and strong gratitude towards the forum and its users
- Users must act with maturity, despite their ban reason(s) and final pardon request outcome
Abbreviations and Definitions
- SM: Social Medium (Skype, Instagram, Tumblr, etc)
- MM: Middleman (A person who holds both items in a trade and safely secures them and sends them to the other party)
- WTB: Wanting to buy (Wanting to buy an item)
- WTS: Wanting to sell (Wanting to sell an item)
- OG: Original (The term used for a clean or rare username for a social website, etc)
- IG: Instagram (Photo sharing website)
- YT: YouTube (Video sharing website)
- GT/TAG Gamertag (Xbox Live Username)
- GLWS: Good luck with sales (Wishing luck to a person on their sale)
- BIN: Buy in (The auto-win price for an item, virtual or non-virtual)
- C/O: Current offer (The current offer on an item that is accepting bids)
- Semi: Semi Original (Often a rare plural or compound of words)
- LF: Looking for (Often used in threads in the buyers market)
- HMU: Hit me up (Contacting somebody on a social medium or PM)
- LMK: Let me know (Letting someone know. Usually in a trade or a deal)
- BTC: BitCoin (Payment processor involving Crypto Currency)
- PP: PayPal (Payment processor)
- WU: Western Union (Payment processor)
- MP: MoneyPak (You can reload a prepaid card, add money to a PayPal account without a bank account)
- Stat: Statistic (refers to an account with mass amounts of followers or posts)
- GFX: Graphics (Signatures, Avatars, Userbars, Awards, etc)
Marketplace Etiquette
- Do not ask a seller to private message you, always PM the seller (This is extremely frustrating)
- Do not lowball the seller if he has a set BIN
- Avoid offering other payment methods if one is specified in the sellers' thread
- Trashing sales will only result in disrespect and possibly a warning from the forum team
- Use common sense when dealing. If something is too good to be true, it probably is
Commonly Sold Items
Virtual:
- eBooks/Monetizing methods
- Forum groups
- Forum awards
- Koins
- GFX (Signatures, Avatars, Userbars, Awards, etc)
- Domains
- Codes
- Giftcards
- SM Boosting (Followers, Subscribers, Views, Retweets, Likes, etc)
Social Mediums:
- Twitters
- Instagrams
- Tumblrs
- AIMs
- Skypes
- KIKs
- YouTubes
- Gamertags
- Snapchats
Non Virtual:
- Gaming consoles
- Gaming controllers
- Headsets
- Games
Guides
- Taking Safe Steps to Prevent Yourself From Being Scammed by @Profanity (See more.)
- STOP being scammed by imposters! by @Philly (See more.)
- Appraisal Information - Things To Know by @Paranormal (See more.)
- Official Middleman Information by @Philly (See more.)
- How to Buy Gamertags Successfully on ForumKorner and Keep Them by @Kolton (See more.)
- How-To: Properly File a Scam Report - READ BEFORE MAKING A SCAM REPORT by @Jason (See more.)
- Pardon Requests Explained by @Jason (See more.)
