Hey, It's Etherim :)
I'm a chill / laid back dude that's been on the site for just about a month now, I've decided to share my journey with you through a guide, aimed at helping you start your journey and find your own path!
This guide should help you understand how to design your profile the way you want it to be, Pricing, and how to get your first few orders
So without further ado - let's get right into it.
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I. Profile, Personality and Aesthetic.
One of the first steps when it comes to growing on E-pal, is to design your profile around a certain Aesthetic that represents you as a person.
For instance, I'm pretty calm and laid back as a person, so to let people know that, I like to tap into gifs/pictures that are Aesthetically pleasing and relaxing. (Oceans, stars, sky, etc)
Through the use of Voice messages, profile pictures, cover pictures and Introductions, you have a chance at giving your visitors a look into what you're like as a person. A lot of things go into this but to simplify it, here are a few key things that have helped me:
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• Find GIFs, Pictures or Memes that you personally relate to
• Keep your voice message and Intro short and simple!
• Pick complementary colours for your cover pictures (The sliding ones), as well as colours that inspire whatever mood you want your visitors to feel! (Example: Blue = Calm, Red = Bold, Outgoing)
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While Rank, Voice (oh boy), or other features may help, what gets people through the door is a strong sense of Personality.
Some great examples for Male profiles are: Lord Kira, Veri hot grill, and mine :^)
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II. Discovery, Presence.
Now that you've just finished working on your profile, let's move on to your bread and butter.
Discovery is the first thing you want to be focusing on, the saying "Availability is the best ability" applies to E-pal quite a lot.
Discovery can be summed up as all the different ways people may come across your profile, and there are a lot of social spaces that you can take advantage of to promote yourself!
Here's what you can do to promote your own profile:
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• Join the Discord server and get to know some of the people there, interact with the community, join Voice Chats and just make friends!
• Put your profile link in your Social Media bios, along with your Discord status.
• Use the #introductions channel in the server consistently. (Once every 6 hours, just write an intro based on who you are, what you offer, and put the link at the end!)
• Use the Community tab on E-pal and post anything - be it guides, promotions, your just what you feel like :^)
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For presence, always have an E-pal tab open and try to be Online as much as you can!
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III. Pricing.
Pricing is very straight forward - you want to be cheap and scale your price as you get more reviews. Always start at 1$ per game when you're starting out, and as you grow you can increase your prices!
A few key things to remember when setting your Price is:
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• The lower your price is, the more likely you are to be picked for orders
• Be patient with it, slow and steady wins the race!
• Don't let money be your main drive, focus on the experiences and money will eventually find It's way in!
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That's about it for now! :^)
If you enjoyed reading this then let me know and I'll add in more parts to it :D
-Etherim.
(Picture for the "colours" part)