That there's a Product Search feature for when you're hunting for that next assignment. Yeah, it took me forever to find it and I had no idea what everyone was talking about. In your "Account" view, click "Review Program" and in the new menu on the left hand side of the screen will be the "Product Search" engine. You can apply your material preferences, a price range, and if you don't want any reviews done on the items. less

That there's a Product Search feature for when you're hunting for that next assignment. Yeah, it took me forever to find it and I had no idea what everyone was talking about. In your "Account" view, click "Review Program" and in the new menu on the left hand side of the screen will be the "Product Search" engine. You can apply your material preferences, a price range, and if you don't want any reviews done on the items. less

Yes you can! Click that tiny little heart on the left side of the thread title. It then becomes a "favorite" thread. And then when first enter the forum, you can click the "Favorite Discussions" button!And any thread you've posted to (not merely participated in a poll, and excluding comparatives), will appear in the "My Discussions & Posts" section. less

That there's a Product Search feature for when you're hunting for that next assignment. Yeah, it took me forever to find it and I had no idea what everyone was talking about. In your "Account" view, click "Review Program" and in the new menu on the left hand side of the screen will be the "Product Search" engine. You can apply your material preferences, a price range, and if you don't want any reviews done on the items. less

That there's a Product Search feature for when you're hunting for that next assignment. Yeah, it took me forever to find it and I had no idea what everyone was talking about. In your "Account" view, click "Review Program" and in the new menu on the left hand side of the screen will be the "Product Search" engine. You can apply your material preferences, a price range, and if you don't want any reviews done on the items. less

Affiliate Code: Anyone can get a personal affiliate code that provides the user of the code with a 15% discount on any order. A lot of people don't realize that you can use your own code for the discount. less

In the most recent Community Events Committee (CEC) meeting (link, we discussed a lot of great ideas. Among them was the common theme that newbies can easily be overwhelmed by how much the site and community have to offer. While there is still some discussion as to how best to present all of this information, I was thinking we could start making a list of helpful tips that we didn't necessarily know about immediately.RSS feeds: I tried to read every review when I first joined but was frustrated with how quickly new reviews posted. The Review Page only lists the 30 most recent reviews. Similarly, the Community News Page only lists the last 60 reviews. At the rate reviews are pumped out these days, reviews are quickly bumped off the page. My solution, which I didn't learn about for a few weeks, is to subscribe to the RSS feed. That way, I never miss a review again. How do you do that? For those unfamiliar, simply select the little square range icon on the Community News page and subscribe using your reader of choice.Alerts: Did you know that you can set an alert and be notified by email on a number of different things on the website? You can set one for an out of stock item and be notified as soon as it is back in stock. You can set one to be notified any time someone posts a message on your wall (this should be set by default IMHO). Following a forum thread you're really interested in? Yup, you can set an alert to be notified anytime a new post is made.So share a few helpful ideas you have come across that you wish you knew about sooner. less

Everything!!!

I am a regular member for about sixish weeks now, and I am a Luddite. So many things confuse me about this site, but the viewing of the items have become second nature, and the Forums as well.

My only question/suggestion is there like a buddy system in place? Someone who I can bombard with questions about how to do some of the member programs? less

Related to this, you can also request coupon booklets that you can pass out to anyone you come in contact with and you get a percentage of whatever they buy.

I've given them to servers at restaurants, my tattoo artist, someone at the sex toy party I just went to... not to mention IRL friends that know what I do. less

There is, of course, the mentor program, which you can join to get help/advice about the review portion of the site.

There is talk of setting up a buddy system but it's not there yet.

I'm happy to help you, though, if you've got any questions (and I'm sure there are loads of others who would be happy to help, too!)

If you're so inclined, shoot me a message by scrolling to the top of the page, selecting 'account' and then going to the 'messaging' tab on the right side of the account page. You can then select 'compose message' and type on the recipient's username and write away.

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