About Spletkomat

Spletkomat is a web site for the people who collect stickers, and want to swap their double for the ones they still miss to complete their album.

Registration at Spletkomat is free, but some options are only available to members. Annual membership fee is 10 EUR. Read more about membership and fee payment.

Collections and stickers

• You may check if your collection is at Spletkomat, by entering it's name in a search form, or by clicking the name of the publisher on the left.
• Each collection at Spletkomat is presented with the following data: name of collection, publisher, image of the album, number of stickers in collection, number of swappers, number of stickers offered and missed, and "demand and supply" statistics for each sticker number.
• Each collection has it's page with a list of stickers that users have entered - missing stickers and double stickers. Click on the number in the list to find out who needs or offers individual stickers.
• If you can't find your collection at Spletkomat, please send us a message.

Registration and settings

• If you want to enter your missing and double stickers, it is required that you register.
• After registration you will receive an e-mail which you use to log in.
• Click "Settings" in menu to change your password, e-mail and other personal data.
• For your privacy protection you may choose if other users of Spletkomat can see your e-mail and post address.
• You can select your preferred language you'll be using at Spletkomat. Curently supported languages are: English, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian and partially Macedonian.

Enter stickers

• Click button "Enter stickers" in menu to enter your missing and double stickers. On the form you select a collection and enter your stickers.
• You can enter stickers manually - one by one, or a whole range (eg. all stickers from 1 to 100), which saves your time.
• As soon as your sticers are added to the database, the system can find possible swaps.

Swaps

• The following swap options are available to the members of Spletkomat only: the "Swaps" button and the lists: "Who has them", "Who needs them" and a list of possible swaps with individual swapper.
• The "Swaps" button shows a list of possible swaps with other users. You may narrow the list to swappers from selected country or to those who visited Spletkomat in the last 2, 7, 14 days. In this list of swappers there is a list of stickers you need and they have, and a list of stickers they need and you have. Next to each row in the list, there is a button "Suggest swap" - by clicking it, a new message for the selected swapper is created. By selecting "Advanced message" a text for the message will be automatically generated in a selected language.
• In the list of your missing stickers "I need" and your double stickers "I have", you will find the following lists: "Who has them" and "Who needs them". They show swappers and the stickers they need and you have, or they have and you need, even if you have no possible swaps with those swappers. These lists are available for each individual collection and can also be narrowed to swappers from selected country or according to when they last visited Spletkomat.
• Open users's profile to see what you can swap with individual swapper, or what stickers each of you has that the other needs.
• The above listed possibilities are only available to the members of Spletkomat. Other users don't see these options, but they can wait for some member to send them a proposal for swap.
• If you are only looking for a few stickers and you are not a member, you can still find possible swaps by looking into the lists "Who needs them" and "Who has them" at specific collection.

Private messages

• Private messages are a part of Spletkomat and are used to send proposals for swaps and other messages.
• The number of messages in your box is limited, so you are required to delete old messages occasionally.
• You may require answer to your messages, so the recipient will have to answer it before they will be able to send other messages.
• The system enables you to browse all messages with individual swapper, all received messages, all sent messages, or all messages.
• Private messages will open in a new windows, so you need to have pop-up windows enabled in your browser.

Swappers

• Use button "Swappers" to search for swappers by their name, e-mail, description. You may narrow your search to swappers from specific country.
• In the list of swappers click on swapper's name to open their profile where you see their data, what they collect, how many and what marks they got and they gave, when they registered and last visited Spletkomat, and do they have unanswered messages.
• It is recommended that you check user's profile before swap and use these information at decision about swap.
• You can see your own profile by clicking "Home" button in the user menu.

Marks

• After a successful swap users can give a positive mark one to each other. In case of an unsuccessful swap you may give a negative mark.
• Marks are subjective, so you should not relay on them, but it is still good to check them before swap.
• Swappers who got most positive marks are on the "Golden list".

Miscellaneous

• Forum - members can use forum, where swappers talk about stickers, Spletkomat and other topics. Other registered users can read posts on the forum, but can't send their own posts.
• Chat - same as above, but in real time.
• On the first page of Spletkomat there are published: new collections, most popular collections, news, number of swappers, collections and stickers, and a number of current visitors. There are also a list of new swappers, and a list of countries with most swappers. Countries with less than 100 swappers have a link to the page with a list of all swappers from that country.
• Select your favourite color for Spletkomat by clicking on the color bar which is just below logo.
• There is a "Remember me" option at log in, which stores a cookie on your computer. That way you don't need to enter your e-mail and password everytime you open the site.
• One of the aims of Spletkomat is to offer you fresh data, so inactive users (the ones who haven't visited Spletkomat for more that 2 months) will be periodically deleted. They will be notified about that before by e-mail.
• If you use Spletkomat on a public computer, please click "Log out" when you leave the computer in order to prevent unauthorised use of your user account.
• If you decide that you will no longer use Spletkomat, you can delete your user account. Click "Settings" in your user menu, and at the bottom of the page click "Delete user account". By doing this, your user account and the data you entered, will be deleted.

Conditions of use

1. By registration you let other swappers to see your data (self-desctiption, e-mail)
2. You will receive a few e-mails per year, informing you about news on this site.
3. The editorial staff will not intervene in case of unsuccessful swaps, or unfair marks.
4. On Spletkomat it is prohibited using unacceptable language, sexual innuendo or explicit vocabulary, racist, nationalistic, religious and insulting comments which are not acceptable in a civilized world. In order for Spletkomat to be an enjoyable place for children, please use appropriate language when sending your posts.
5. The messages on forum and private messages express the views of the author of the message, and Spletkomat will not be held responsible for the contents of any message. Each user of Spletkomat.com is responsible for his/her posts on this site.
6. In case of violating these rules, moderator of Spletkomat reserves the right to remove, edit or close any post or user on the site or limit user's options.
7. In case that registered user is a minor, their parents are responsible for all their activities at Spletkomat.

Editorial staff of spletkomat.com
6. 7. 2009