Flakwolf

-- If you have unused credits and don't see a game you want, check the home page often. Popular games are requested quickly, and you can see the recently added games on the homepage

--- Have your address and phone # updated in your preferences. People can't contact you if they aren't correct.

--- Accept a request to trade as fast as possible. Users can sort games by who accepts trades the fastest. Your games will be requested quicker if you have a fast response time.

--- You might want to reserve using your "loaned credit" for the popular tiers. You only get one "loaned credit" at a time and if you use it requesting Kung Fu Panda, it might be a while before you get it back.

--- If you want to preserve the value of your credit, it's best to use a tier 1 credit for a tier 1 game. I'm not saying that you HAVE to do that, you might really want a Tier 3 game and all you have is a Tier 1 credit...so use it. But you'll never get that Tier 1 credit back.

--- The best way to take advantage of Flakwolf is to request a game, and then list it back for trade soon after you've received it. The game might or might not be requested by another user, and you can keep playing it the whole time that it's not requested. Meanwhile, you retain the value of that credit. In other words, if you request COD World at War, play it for 3 months, then list it after it's dropped to a Tier 2, then you receive a Tier 2 credit. If you continue to do that, eventually, the Tier 1 credit that you used to request COD is now a tier 6 credit. However, if you list it (even before your completely done playing it) you can turn that one Tier 1 credit, into many Tier 1 games. The only real inconvenience is that you might have to send the game before you're completely done with it. And if that happens...you can always request it back!

--- It's a good idea to include a comment (when requesting a game) or two about how best to contact you, work hours, how fast you'd like the game, or anything else that might help the sending user get you the game. Leaving the comment field blank, while still functional, doesn't help you get the game any faster.

--- The search feature is pretty robust. You can search for a specific platform, game, or zip code...all of it geared towards helping you get a game quicker. The search I utilize the most is: selecting a specific tier, and then checking the 360 box. Results are automatically sorted by copies available, so you can see what's up for trade.

--- Almost everything on Flakwolf is sortable. Any type of list you see is sortable by clicking on a category (i.e. game name, distance from you, if they are willing to meet, tier, etc.) Use the sorting feature to filter through results to find what you want faster. As the site grows, this feature will become more and more important.

Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

-Yep, very good ideas.

-Another good idea is to list as many of the older games that you are no longer playing as possible. Personally I have turned half of my games into games I have not played before. I figure I have saved 10 games at 20 dollars each so 10 x 20$ = 200$ (and that is a low estimate.)

-If you keep turning that tier one credit you can make that 60$ game worth several hundred dollars. If you trade it 4 times a year and get four new games you just turned that 60$ game into 240$... just think if you traded it 10 times, and played all the new releases for the season? What a great system.

Posted 1 year, 7 months ago