Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: How Do I Add A Picture To My Post?


You can add a picture in one of two ways, either as an attachment to your post or blog or by hosting your image on another website such as photobucket.com or another image hosting website.


How to upload an attachment:

1. In your post reply box you will see a paperclip icon << Click it.
2. A window will pop up for you to upload your picture from your computer.
3. Find the picture you wish to upload and upload it.
4. Close the window once it has uploaded.
5. At this point you can just go and post and your attachment will be a link.
6. To make your picture show as a picture in you post...go back and click on the down arrow next to the icon. This will pull a dropdown box with your attachment/s click on the attachment and it will insert something in your post that looks like [ATTACH] some numbers [ATTACH]. then click preview post to make sure everything looks OK and if it does hit submit.

To upload your picture from another photo hosting website.

1. Upload your picture to your image hosting site.
2. Copy the URL for your image
3. Go to your post over here and click the icon.
4. A pop up window will appear.
5. Make sure to delete the http:// that is already filled in the box.
6. Paste the URL of your picture into the box and click "ok"

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Q: What Are User Ranks? (titles under your user name)

User ranks are images that appear beneath your user's names on their posts. Ranks assigned to All Usergroups appear for everyone.

The following user ranks employed by this site are based on post count and are as follows:

HOT = 50 Posts
SPARKING = 100 Posts
SMOKIN' = 500 Posts
FLAMING = 1,000 Posts
SIZZLING = 2,000 Posts
SCORCHING = 3,000 Posts


Additionally there are user ranks for members that are members of certain usergroups, they are as follows:

ADMINISTRATOR = Site Administrator, the persons in charge around here.
SUPER MODERATOR= Super Moderator, members that can make executive decisions based on policy site wide.
FORUM MODERATOR= Forum Specific Moderator, a member of our mod team that has been assigned a specific forum/s to moderate.
CHAT MODERATOR= Chat Room Moderator, a member of our mod team that handles issues that appear in our chat rooms.
BLOG MODERATOR= Blog Moderator, a member of our mod team that handles issues that appear in our blogs.

ENTREPRENEUR = Entrepreneur, members that have paid the subscription fee to post in our "Hot Entrepreneur" forums.

NEWBIE MENTOR= Newbie Mentor, A special title given to our mentors that are here to provide assistance specifically to new members.
TRADER IN TRAINING = Trader In Training (TNT), members that have read and agreed to the trading rules and have been approved to post in some of our Trading forums
TRADER =Trader, members that have met the requirements set forth for Trader in Training and have "graduated" to a full trader status and can post in all of our Trading forums.
TRADING COACH = Trading Coach, a select few members that have agreed to help new traders by answering questions and providing advice to members in our Trader In Training group.

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Q: How Do I Create A Hyperlink In My Post?

A hyperlink is a link that includes user specified text. A common use of a hyperlink at Hot Coupon World is a link to a members wish-list or have-list in that members signature.

To create a hyperlink follow these steps:

1. In either your post message box or edit signature box begin with typing out the word or words that you wish for your link to say. For example type out the words " My Wish-List"
2. With your cursor highlight the words you just typed out.
3. Then click the Code Button to insert a link.
4. In the pop-up box that appears paste the URL (website address or link) to the location that you wish to create a link to.
5. Click "OK"

Now your words "My Wish-List" will be created into a hyperlink that looks like this: My Wish-List. You can add additional formatting to your hyperlink by highlighting the link and using bold, italics, fonts, sizes, and color code buttons.

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Q: Why Can't I Post In The Trading Forums?

To post in any of the trading forums you must first join the Trader In Training user group HERE.

Once you are approved as a member of the Trader In Training user group you will have a user rank that says "Trader In Training". You will then be able to post in select trading forums.

Full access to posting in all of the Trading Forums is allowed once you have graduated to the Trader Group.

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Q: What Is The Trader In Training User Group?

All members that wish to trade coupons or offer coupons or other items of value must first join become trading members. This is to ensure that all traders have read and agreed to the trading rules before trading.

Our trading forums are read only until you have joined the Trader In Training Group.

The Trader In Training program has a forum for new traders only where you will have access to many trading tips and help from coaches to make getting started easier.

To join the Trader In Training Group you must first read the trading rules, and submit your request to join the trader group. To do this you must agree to the trading rules. To do all of that please read the following post: HERE

A moderator will then either approve or deny your membership depending on if you followed the instructions in that thread link.

Once approved, you will receive a private message from one of our trade forum leaders Tacatcon or Bugface711.


Approval can take as long as 24 hours.

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Q: What Is Feedback?

Feedback is how our members establish a trading history.

A member's feedback rating will tell you who they have traded with and what that experience was like.

When a trade is completed, you can leave feedback for the other member via the iTrader rating system. The iTrader rating system is only available for use by members of either the Trader In Training or Trader Group members.

You can leave feedback for other Hotcouponworld members for trades, trains, RAOK's, Auctions, and Classifieds.


How do I submit feedback?

Click the link on a person’s iTrader rating page that says "Submit Feedback for <Username>"

On the 1st drop-down box where it says, "You were the:" Choose one of the three options.

• Buyer – If you sent Pay-Pal, cash, or other forms of money.
• Seller – If you received sent Pay-Pal, cash, or other forms of money.
• Trade – If this was a swap of coupons or other items.

On the 2nd drop-down box where it says "Overall experience:" Choose one of the three options

• Positive +1 – If your trade went smoothly and nothing was amiss.
• Neutral -0 – If your trade was OK. Maybe something was amiss but the other person made it up.
• Negative –1 – If your trade never showed up and you could not get it resolved in a timely fashion.

On the 3rd text box where it says "A short comment: Visible to all" enter a comment about the trade. Such as: "great trade look forward to more! A+++++"

On the 4th text box where it says "Deal thread URL: Optional" you may if you want to, enter the link to the item for sale or trade. This is optional, though.

On the 5th large text box where it says "Additional comments: Visible to buyer, seller and staff only" you may elaborate on the details of the trade or add additional thanks to the trader. This is optional as well.

Last but not least click the button that says "Submit Reply".

A private message will be automatically sent to the person that you left feedback for so that they know that you have received your end of the trade.

How do I find the feedback for another member or myself?

To find the feedback page for another user or yourself.

• Under each member's user name within a post or thread are the words iTrader: (#)
• The number in the parenthesis is that user's rating.
• Click the number in the parenthesis to be directed to that member's feedback page.
• Alternatively you can find a member in the members' list and find their profile which will also show the iTrader: (#) which is a clickable link.

Using one of the above methods you should now be looking at a feedback page.

What do I do if I make a mistake when leaving feedback?

Don’t stress about it. Simply send a private message to either Queenofthehivemomof5, Hotcouponmama, or sbp (your site administrators) and they can fix it. Just let them know who the feedback was for and what it is supposed to be and they can change it.

Is there a limit to how many feedback ratings I can give in a day?

Yes. There is a limit of 10 feedback ratings that any one person may give in a 24-hour period.

Why is my rating score so low when I know I have done more than that many trades?

The score that shows in a parenthesis under your user name and in your profile is calculated based on unique traders only. So if you have done 10 trades with the same person their feedback only counts once towards your rating score.

What do I do when I have made a trade with a member but they have not left feedback for me yet?

Sometimes members get busy and forget to leave feedback for a completed trade. The best thing you can do to try and persuade another member to leave you feedback for a completed trade is to send that member a polite Private Message and inquire about the trade to make sure they were satisfied with the trade and to ask them to please leave you feedback. Also make sure that you have left feedback for them as well.

Can I transfer my feedback to Hotcouponworld from eBay or another coupon or trading site?

Unfortunately that is not allowed. We have no physical way to transfer feedback from other sites and we also believe that once you become a trader here at Hotcouponworld the only feedback that matters is the one that you have earned by making trades with other Hotcouponworld traders.

However if you are a new trader but are established at another website you are free to send other traders that you wish to trade with a link to your feedback page on another website via PM (this is not allowed on the forums)

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Q: What Are Blogs?

Blog is an internet term that means "web log". Blogs are like public diaries hosted on the internet. The Blog system gives you your own personal space at Hot Coupon World. All registered Hot Coupon World members are able to create thier own blog entries and control who may view them.

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Q: What Is The Blog Sidebar?

The blog sidebar contains the links to maintain your blog as well as information in regards to your blog and the other blogs that you may visit.

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Q: How Do I Post New Blog Enties?

All registered member are allowed to post blog entries, you will always have a link in the blog sidebar titled "Post to my Blog". This link allows you to post entries immediately, entries that will post automatically at a future date, or create a draft entry for later review and posting.

Pending Entries

Entries that you wish to create now but have them become publicly available at a later time are referred to as Pending Entries. To create a pending entry, create an entry as normal but before submitting the entry, find Publish Status in the Miscellaneous Options on the lower section of the entry creation page. This option defaults to Publish Now.

Change Publish Now to Publish On and then choose the date and time that you wish for the entry to go live. Due to the architecture, pending entries can appear a few minutes later than the time that you specify but they will have a time stamp that matches the date and time that you choose.


Your Pending and Draft entries are only viewable by you until they are published.


Draft Entries

Draft entries allow you to compose an entry in stages. To create a draft entry, create an entry as normal but before submitting the entry, find Publish Status in the Miscellaneous Options on the lower section of the entry creation page. This option defaults to Publish Now.

Change Publish Now to Draft and then save. Alternatively, you may press the Save Draft button at any time.

Your Pending and Draft entries are only viewable by you until they are published.

Past Date Entries

You may also post entries that have a time stamp in the past. This is useful for those entries that you just forgot to post and they work best in chronological order.

To past date an entry, create an entry as normal but before submitting the entry, find Publish Status in the Miscellaneous Options on the lower section of the entry creation page. This option defaults to Publish Now.

Change Publish Now to Publish On and then choose the date and time that you wish for the entry to appear to have been posted. If you select a date in the future, you will be creating a Pending Entry

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Q: Can I Categorize My Entries?

You may categorize entries in multiple categories of your own creation. Before you may categorize entries, you must define your categories in the Blog Control Panel.

After creating your categories, you will be able to select multiple categories from the blog entry page during the creation of a new entry, or by editing an existing entry.