Rules of Promotion Category
We understand members' requirement of promotion in the forum, but chaotic and disorderly promotion will bring bad user experience to the forum. Therefore, in order to regulate the advertising & promotion behavior of the forum, the following rules of promotion category are formulated.
Basic principles of the promotion category
- Do not post promotional posts repeatedly for the same promotional content, you can choose to comment under the old post to make it float up.
- Do not promote GFW-related services (like proxy), we do not accept such promotion, violators may be warned or banned
Whether it is required to be posted in the promotion area
- In principle, the content of advertising posts should be posted under the promotion category, but it can also be posted in other categories according to some specific circumstances.
- To promote your personal shopping site, or sell your products or services in bulk, you must post them under the promotion category
- Selling mailbox, google voice multiple time treated as a bulk sale
- To share interesting tools, wensites and products, you can choose to post them under the daily, tech or info category
- For the previous rule, don't worry about posting under wrong category, because if the administrator judges that it needs to be moved to the promotion category then it will be done without punishment
- Free giving away can be published in the daily category, and advertise for your promotion post or your website is also allowed in such post.
The difference between the promotion category and other categories
- Posts in the promotion category will not be displayed on the homepage by default, and users need to find them by clicking the promotion category.
- Even the post exposure of the promotion category increases relatively slowly, but the upper limit still depends on the attractiveness of the promotion content itself
- Posts published by premium members will be displayed on the homepage simultaneously, thus will obtain more traffic.
Promotion Frequency Limit
- Users should not create new topic more than 3 times per week in the promotion section.
- High frequency of posting promotional content, bump a large number of top promotional topic by comment, will be banned or suspend.
- Free giving away should not be used as a common promotional measure, and should not be used more than 2 times per week.
- If waiting time of Free giving away is more than 3 days, topic may be moved to the promotion section.
Premium Provider Member
What is premium provider member
- Merchants can apply for identity authentication, we will verify the basic information of the merchants, and if the conditions are met, the merchants can be awarded a provider tag.
- The service itself charges a subscription fee of
$50$200 per year - After getting the tag, the merchant's promotional post can be displayed on the homepage
- It is recommended that the average promotion frequency should not be higher than 2 times a week(soft limit), since forum members can choose to block unwanted promotions.
- Don't post a lot of repetitive promotional topic with the similar content, bump old topic via comment instead
Note: Merchants created before December 8, 2025 can choose to keep their original rates or upgrade to the new package standard.
How to apply for premium provider member
Merchants can contact the administrator quickly by telegram (@nodeseek), or by normal email method ([email protected]).
To apply for a premium provider member, you need to provide the following information:
- Company establishment time, main business field, official website and registered address
- If your business is related to PAAS/IAAS, what qualifications do you own
- If you focus on SAAS, please provide us a basic introduction
- How many employees do you have
We will keep the merchant's private information confidential. For IDC-related businesses, necessary qualifications is required, such as IDC operating qualification license (required by Chinese companies).
If the verified information meets the requirements and subscription fee is paid, the administrator will grants you provider tag.
If the merchant is dead pool, or there is a serious reputation crisis, we have the right to withdraw the provider tag.
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FAQ
Is it possible to post promotional posts without provider tag？
Yes, as long as it is posted in the promotion area, no provider tag will only result in less exposure. Because it will not be displayed on the homepage, it will only be displayed in the promotion category, and users need to manually click to view it, so the number of views and exposure speed will be slower, and there are no other problems
Why are some promotion posts pinned to the top?
- If some promotional products are very competitive or helpful to forum users, we will pin related posts during a short period
- For some merchants who have in-depth cooperation with us, we may give them a friendly support
- Whether do you have ASN and server hardware equipment
- For merchants who have a strong demand for pinning, we accept paid pinning. Such fees have not been standardized yet, so you need to contact us and talk about it.
