If you were on SWAPD today, you’ve probably noticed that the site has crashed a few times, we apologize for that. We’re making some changes on the backend and things went south. However, things are good now and we’re almost ready to introduce a few new things you should all know about. So, what’s new?
Feedback system!
No more badges! Well, kind of. The badges still stay, we’re only quitting on the Positive/Negative transaction badges. Yes, staff will no longer award these at the end of transactions. The SWAPD Feedback system was created so users can rate themselves. Real feedbacks by real users! You can learn about our new system here. We encourage everyone to learn our feedback system do’s and don’t, so we don’t run into problems. Also, sellers are NOT allowed to ask for reviews on completed tickets which they received a transaction badge for. Sellers can only ask for reviews on new or pending tickets starting from today. Buyers, however, can ask sellers for feedback on previous tickets, as they didn’t get awarded for past transactions.
Close/sold button!
This feature is not live yet, as we’re running into bugs. But we should have this solved over the weekend. The close/sold buttons (once live) will appear on the bottom of your first post:
Members will now be required to close their own listings. Users will have two choices, close temporarily or close + mark as sold. This way users have more control and don’t have to wait for admins to shut things down.
We’re switching servers!
Expect downtime tomorrow between 10:30 and 11:30 CET. We’re at maximum capacity (we’ve grown too much) so we need a more powerful setup. We apologize for the downtime, the upside to this is that the site will run faster and smoother!
That’s pretty much it for now. Thank you for using SWAPD!
P.S. If you have any questions about the feedback system, feel free to ask. It’s still in its infancy, we plan to add features soon.
