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Hello to all ECT users.

We admins work hard to keep ECT a safe, easy-to-use, and user-driven space. With that in mind, we’re looking to update the rules for becoming Verified. This is the place to share your ideas on what changes you’d like to see for the verification process.

Right now, one rule is that you have to redo the process every five years. Personally, I think that’s too long and am considering reducing it to every two or three years. A lot can change for a person in just a few years. Since this is a user-driven site, we want your feedback before making any decisions. This thread will stay open for two weeks and close on 3/7/2026.

After that, we’ll review the suggestions and start setting up polls to decide on changes. If something needs to be updated immediately, we might skip the poll and make it an official rule to keep everyone safe.

So, let’s get talking!

EDIT: This topic is also open to staff.
 
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I'm good with every two years. Typically most leases on apartments / rental properties go for 1 year, but I'm finding it rarer that people stick around in one spot for longer than 2. Last time I verified it took maybe 5 minutes, so I don't see the harm in that every two years. Guessing this has something to do with the most recent verified user who scammed someone?

I'll be getting re-verified once my wife and I get our licenses updated soon, only reason I haven't yet!! (Hers expires next month so been waiting for that, and I need an updated picture as I definitely don't look 16 anymore, lol)
 
Do you feel more comfortable having your ID handled by a service like Stripe, or with us jokers setting up a drop site on a dedicated (no other apps) host? We'd see your id either way.


Closely related but different:

Do you feel more comfortable interacting with a trader who was verified by a service like Stripe, or by a member of staff? We used to hand verify before 2021.
 
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Yeah same I'd vote in favor of it for every 2 years or sooner. As far as stripe or staff handling the docs I'm cool with either. All of the staff I've known for years have never had an issue and are highly trustworthy. Stripe is a big company, same deal fine with either. Anything that increases the websites security for buyers and sellers and makes trading on the platform more secure I'm 100% for. This seems beyond reasonable I see no issues.
 
At this point just about every site on the web has a stripe integration there is a good chance they have more info on you than just about any other site.

Stripe seems better than a home grown solution
 
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I think the verified users mskr this site more legitimate and trustworthy is my input .. its great to buy fr varied users .. risky when dealing turn unverified users .. gotta be smart and not try to get scammed .. status makes s big difference and feedback
 
tslsmok said:
has to be away to end there verified once there id expires
this would be great to yes were edoing it every 2 yrs now BUT your id expired 3months into joining, RESUBMIT
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I mean a valid ID is all you need to pretty much do anything. Just because its set to expire in 3 months shouldnt change that it isnt expired now. As long as were not allowing people to verify with an already expired ID I think its fine.
Most places dont have a way to renew a govt id early anyways without spending money. So adding a rule that says if your ID has <3 months remaining you need to ID it is essentially asking people to spend money earlier than anticipated.

I mean we have had many many many scams with verified people, ive not seen anyone come back and post that us having the information made any difference. I still support the system, and i support making people re-verify once a year or whatever, but i think thats as far as we should be going. The harder we make it to sign up, the less people that will sign up. And the people who actually scam are a fraction of a percent of the people who use the site.
 
I agree with shortening the verification time. It should be once every 1-2 years, not every 5. If your ID expires after you have verified, I don't see any reason not to keep them as verified, since they will need to re-verify after a year with a new ID or risk not being verified on here. That's just my take on it.
 
Teichou said:
Hello to all ECT users.

We admins work hard to keep ECT a safe, easy-to-use, and user-driven space. With that in mind, we’re looking to update the rules for becoming Verified. This is the place to share your ideas on what changes you’d like to see for the verification process.

Right now, one rule is that you have to redo the process every five years. Personally, I think that’s too long and am considering reducing it to every two or three years. A lot can change for a person in just a few years. Since this is a user-driven site, we want your feedback before making any decisions. This thread will stay open for two weeks and close on 3/7/2026.

After that, we’ll review the suggestions and start setting up polls to decide on changes. If something needs to be updated immediately, we might skip the poll and make it an official rule to keep everyone safe.

So, let’s get talking!

EDIT: This topic is also open to staff.
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2 years sounds good to me
 
Seller every year, buyer every 2 years? As a seller mainly I have no problem verifying my legitimately run operation. Would be no different if you have a brick and mortar (at least in US, they require constant verification).
 
toru said:
One and done.

My identity does not change. The fact that my form of ID expires doesn't mean I do.
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but contact info could change (phone number, address_ making it hard to contact if a person defrauds you this is why I feel one and done just doesn't work in today society of scammers anymore unfortunately
 
I don’t think every 2 years really changes all that much in the grand scheme of things. Every 6 months seems fine to me, especially since verifying doesn’t take that long to begin with
 
pixelpioneerseq said:
What about including a "last verified Month/Year" under our Verified tag
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I've been AFK for a few weeks but like this idea, if it's possible to implement.
Also like the idea of every 1 year to post a for sale ad, every 2 year for buyers. I'd like verification to be a requirement to transact at all- or, at the very least, to sell. If you don't want to then freely go use playerauctions and give them your data and fee money.

There's also the issue of international users and whether we get value out of a foreign national being verified... but that's a tough nut to bust and probably best left up to users whether they want to transact. There's no recourse with some countries.
 
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What about including a "last verified Month/Year" under our Verified tag
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What would be the point of this? If we know verification is every 2 years. Does it matter when someone was last verified? Are people going to place value on traders who were verified more recently? If that's the case is there a way to opt in and verify every month? Or would I just be stuck with a higher level of scrutiny because I'm in the last 25% of my verification window?

I don't see a point for this.
 
As I said before. I think that requiring more frequent verification is fine. But changing the site rules beyond that is a slippery slope.

I frequently deal with non verified people because I am significantly lower feedback than most of the higher volume krono sellers. If all the sudden were turning away anyone who doesn't want to get verified, regardless of intent to scam, we're basically just saying to anyone not in the top 10 feedback, "good luck"

I'm also not entirely convinced that someone BEING verified matters when the day is done. I've never read or seen a follow up in a dispute thread that lead to someone getting their money back because they received the verified users information. The verification process likely deters some people who may have bad intentions, but its not like it's going to erase the ability for people to scam if they want to.
 
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I don't see how requiring verification information would limit buyers/sellers to dealing with the top 10. If anything it would level the field a little more. Plus, this is a recommendation thread. Not all recommendations have to be implemented or considered. The "Last Verified" could be a flag if we decide against forced periodic updates and leave it up to users to submit new information to validate.

Regarding successful fund reclamation, refer to User - Style - has reported $297.50 in transactions as suspicious where I was provided the guy's information, found him on LinkedIn, and definitely didn't message his boss to let him know about his employee's online habits. I got the money back and Style stayed on the site but I'd blocked him. His story was bullshit but my feedback was changed to reflect that.
I've also called local police departments and state cybercrime units when people have scammed me. Like the F*tzgeralds.
The only one that really stung was MarryMe- a top 10 seller that got me for a lot more money than I like to think about by using stolen PayPal accounts. But since he was based in China I had no way to reclaim the 100+ Krono he stole.

Scams are few and far between but more information provides more power. Especially if the data is current because I think I verified in.... 201X and the information that ECT has is out of date.

I offer new/unverified members a free Krono (with the purchase of 10+) to verify when they buy from me as a way to support ECT.
 
I'm glad you were able to get back the money you lost. But that's 1 time, out of how many? Everyone (or most people who at least read the safe trading guide) already knows that dealing with unverified traders is a slight added risk. I don't see the need to force people to verify.

As I've said I'm all for increasing the frequency of verification. But I don't see any added value to listing when the last time someone verified was, nor in forcing people to verify.
 
When you post a Krono thread you have to manually set the payment country flag, when you post an account thread you're supposed to set the account's registered country as a flag.
I think it'd be better to have a flag next to the verified tag like this:
VERIFIED🇺🇸
VERIFIED🇨🇳
 
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