Trading
Sometimes you have xats and need days, sometimes you have days and need xats. Other times, you may want to trade or buy powers with your xats or days. This guide will show you how to use the oxat trade engine for easier and safer trading. To find users to trade with, visit a trade chat.
Safe trading
Safe trading is a process of exchanging either xats, days, or powers between users. To use it, both users enter the amount of xats, days, or powers they wish to exchange. If the offer meets both users' expectations, they may continue with the trade by confirming it with their oxat account password.
Above the application, you'll see the "+" button, along with a search bar. If you click on the "+" button, a context menu opens in which you can see various options. The options All and 1 unit are available by default. The remaining options described below are only visible if you have the corresponding powers or meet the necessary requirements.
- All - All of your powers will be added without exception, including 666 and all double units.
- 1 unit - Exactly one unit of each power will be added.
- Doubles - Only double units will be added, while one unit remains untouched.
- AllPowers - Only AllPowers will be added.
- EveryPower - Only EveryPower will be added. Power 666 will not be included.
- Collections - If any of the collections is selected, only one unit of the corresponding collection will be added.
Additionally, a progress dialog will appear as the powers are added. Depending on the selection and if you have multiples of one power, only one will be added until you click the button another time. This may cause some delays if you have a large amount of different powers. To cancel an option, you must click on the "Stop" button.
If you attempt to trade group powers that are currently assigned to a chat, a menu will appear informing you that you must remove the group powers from the trade or unassign them to continue trading. This is because assigned group powers cannot be traded. To remove the group powers from the trade, click the "Remove powers" option on the menu. To unassign the group powers instead, click the "Unassign powers" option on the menu. Once the group powers have been removed or unassigned, you can continue the trade.
- The search bar will search for powers, collections and categories. For example, if "ea" was typed into the bar, any owned powers that begin with "ea" will be shown, such as easteregg and easterland. To see the rest of your powers again, simply remove all the letters in the search bar.
- When adding a power that you own with a quantity greater than 10, hold down CTRL (CMD) and click on it to set the desired amount to add at once. Then simply click on the "Add" button.
The top section of the trade application displays the total amount of xats, days and powers you have on your account. The middle-left section displays your offer and the middle-right section displays the offer from the person you are trading with.
After both of you have made your offers and agree to carry out the trade, fill in your oxat account's password into the bottom "password" field, click on "Accept trade", double check the offers to make sure everything is as it should be and click on "Confirm trade" to successfully complete the trade.
Transfer
To give someone xats or days without the use of the trade engine, click on their name on the users list and click the "Transfer" button.
On the top left corner of the window and also below the password field is the username of the person you are transferring xats/days to. Make sure it is who you think it is before transferring. Insert a message you want to display to the person receiving the xats or days and then proceed to enter your oxat password into the password field and the amount of xats or days you are transferring into their respective fields.
Note: The minimum transfer amount is 10 xats or 1 day. This can be increased with Mint power.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I get these error messages when I am trading?
- Failed
If you receive a "failed" message after you have accepted and confirmed a trade, this generally means that the person you are trading with has either input a bad password, does not have enough xats, does not have enough subscriber time or they have a transfer hold.
- Not enough xats
This error means that you do not have enough xats to trade. For example, if you only have 100 xats but you are trying to trade 400 xats, you will get this error message. This means that you do not have the other 300 xats to cover what you are trying to trade. You can get more xats or days by going to oxat.us and clicking the Store dropdown menu and then clicking "Buy xats days," or by clicking on the "Get xats" button located on the smiley bar of the chatroom.
- Not enough subscriber time!
You get this error because you do not have enough days to cover the trade you are trying to complete. For example, you could offer 7,000 days but you only really have 3 days. This will result in you getting this error. You can get more xats or days by going to the buy page or by clicking on the "Get xats" button located on the smiley bar of a chatroom.
- Bad password
This error means that you are inputting the wrong password. The correct password to enter would be the password that you chose when you had registered for your own oxat account. To recover your password, click here and select "Lost password/Username" at the top.
Note: This error also causes everything you input to disappear, so you have to re-open the trade application to try again.
- oxat Reserve Limit Exceeded
Reserve is a restriction that may occur after you buy xats and days. It is used to protect you from someone else getting into your account and giving them away. If you want a reserve reduction you can open a ticket and request it; otherwise, you must wait for the reserve to reduce. Note: There is no guarantee that you will receive a reserve reduction if you open a ticket.
- Held
The Phishing, and the hold was automatically put in place to protect your xats/days/powers. In this case, it will go away in a few days, which will allow enough time to let you restore your account and make sure the phisher can not take your xats/days/powers away.
How to avoid being scammed
To ensure that you do not get scammed, there is a small time delay between pressing “Accept trade” and changing your offer quickly before pressing “Accept trade” again. This is to assure that neither user gets scammed and that the safe trade system is safe to use.
If someone offered you 420 days but instead only had 20 days, when you and the other person press trade, a message will pop up informing you that the user does not have enough subscriber time. It will also show that the trade failed to the other person.
After clicking accept, both users are required to click again to confirm the trade. Always make sure that the trade is what you want before confirming. If you asked for days, make sure they did not enter xats. Also, double check to make sure that the correct number of digits are there, such as 380 xats instead of 38 xats for Nameglow, or 2600 xats instead of 260 xats for 200 days.
Please read Scams for more information.