FAQ
1. What is Game Trading World?| » | Game Trading World is a website for video gamers to trade games with other members. Verified members can also list games for sell on our site. Our website is about giving gamers options that make more sense than the traditional game trade in option. Using our site will save you money, by allowing you to set your trade in value, instead of paying you partial value for your games. |
| » | My Booth is your portal to the trading world, it allows you to add items, contact members, look at offers that have been made, and more. Basically this is the main page for creating listings, and offers. |
| » | Trade is the listing of all the video games on our site for trade. Game Trading World doesn't put a value on your vidoe games like most place.We allow you to control what you trade your video game for. That's why we say " We put you in charge of your trades." You select the person you trade with and what you want for your video game. |
| » | Sale is the listings of video games people have setup to sell. They're not looking for trades just needing some cold hard cash. Only verified members can list items in this category. We charge a 10% commission on all sell items. |
| » | The wish page is the list of video games members are looking for, or want to have. You can search the wish listings, and see if a member might be wanting a video game you have lying around collecting dust. Then you can contact them and try to work out a trade.. |
| » | First you need a verified member badge, this will cost $4.95 a year. This allows us to verify your billing address and contact details. Then you select your item to list, fill in your asking price, and shipping cost. We charge a 10% commission for listing the item, and $1.00 to have the item listed as a featured item. If you check the members who are looking to buy your games and make sure they are verified this will make your sell the safest as possible. |
| » | If a user has a video game you want you can offer, another video game or games. (The shipper should use a postage with tracking ability and insurance. Just to protect the shipper. ) In the future we hope to have postage available for purchase on our site, and package tracking will also be built into the site. |
| » | Well one option is to use Paypal and the USPS, which is the easiest option. We have provided a link in the upper right corner for the USPS to print shipping labels from your computer. You should have bubble mailers, shipping tape, and a scale to weigh your package. Or of course you could use Fedex, DHL, UPS, or take it to your local post office. These options require you to go to a store to ship these items unless you have an account. |
| » | Our site allows the owner of the video game to set there own trade in value. This is much better than taking it back to retailers who take in trades, because they only pay you a percentage of what the game is really worth, since they in turn put it back on the shelf for sale. |
| » | Trading games is a slight risk. GTW collects information from all of our registered users. When you accept a trade, we in turn give you the information needed to complete the trade including an address, phone number, and email address. You should use this information to contact and verify it accordingly. Or look for verified members to trade with, a verified member is one who GTW has already confirmed the address and contact information of the user. We also recommend using a shipper that allows package tracking, to protect both parties. We strive to build a strong game trading community and will help out users when there is a problem. |
| » | We are proud to have a strict policy against unsolicited bulk e-mail and against sharing e-mail addresses with third parties. |
| » | When both the parties confirm for the trade/sell this site gives you away the contact details of the other party, along with a shipping label you can print from your pc. Then the deal should be handled (ship goods, verify etc) external to the system. |
| » | In order to contact a user about an item, you must first be a registered user. After you register and log in, select the item you are interested in and click on it. You will then notice a link in the listing that says "Make Offer" Click on this link, enter the details of your offer and the comments/message to the user. Please note that making an offer is the first step to go ahead with the deal. |
| » | In order to create a listing, you must first be a registered user. After you register and log in, you will notice Add Sale/ Add Trade/ Add Wish links in the 'My Booth' section. Click on the appropriate link and enter all the information to create your listing. Do I have any obligations? Your obligations are set out in the site's Terms and Conditions which you have read as part of your registration. In brief, the items offered must be legal and non-offensive to even a small number of people, and must be your property to offer. You have no obligation to complete a trade or sale unless both you and another party have confirmed you want to go ahead with the deal, at which point you both MUST proceed. Otherwise, you can withdraw from a deal at any time up to this point. |
| » | Is there a place on GTW to track packages? Yes if you navigate to the site map located in the bottom right menu. There is a link titled Track Shipment. We have provided links to USPS, UPS, Fedex, and DHL. |
| » | I know many gamers who have bought the latest games, beat them in a week,and then returned them to the store. When they return the games they just bought for $60.00, for $15.00 now thats a rip off! We created this site for gamers to join together, and create a world where they could safely trade games with each other taking those retailers out of the equation. Basically we cut out the middle man, you set the price of your game, you decide what you want to trade for. "We put you in control of your trades." This site is useful for swapping stuff you don't want, or simply sell it to someone who does want it! You are not committed to anything until both you and a second party (ie the other swapper/buyer) agree to proceed with the deal - you can withdraw an item at any time right up to this point without obligation or commitment. Why Register with this site? In order to sell and leave postings we need you to complete the short registration form. The information collected by this site will solely be used for activities that accommodate the trading or sell of items between users of the site. While you can still search and browse without registering, if you want to trade, buy or sell, you will need to register. |