Feature Guides

Everything Server Owners Can Set Up

thecrimsonmarket.com is designed around a server dashboard first, with slash commands available when owners want to work directly in Discord. Each server gets its own settings page so setup stays easy even when an owner manages multiple communities.

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Visual Assets To Add

Screenshots, Diagrams, And Product Videos

These placeholders mark the best places to add real product images and short walkthrough videos without crowding the home page.

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Server Dashboard Screenshot

Show a server page with horizontal tabs, module cards, command status, and feature toggles.

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Giveaway Creation Walkthrough

Record creating a giveaway from template, adding entry methods, previewing the Discord post, and publishing.

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Cross-Server Bridge Diagram

Show Discord channels connected to TCM website forums and other Discord servers.

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Moderation AI Setup

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Discord Bot Comparison

An All-In-One Free Alternative To MEE6, Dyno, Carl-bot, And GiveawayBot

TCM is built to replace a stack of separate Discord bots: giveaways, leveling, moderation, role automation, tickets, polls, reward shops, multi-server giveaway campaigns, reusable giveaway templates, activity campaigns, server growth tools, trade bridges, LFG bridges, webhooks, and developer API access in one free dashboard.

Feature	TCM	MEE6	Dyno	Carl-bot	GiveawayBot
Dashboard setup	Free	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	Limited
Advanced giveaways	Free	Free/Paid	Limited/Paid	Limited	Free basic
Multi-server giveaways	Free	Limited/Paid	Limited	Limited	Limited
Activity, invite, and boost entries	Free	Limited/Paid	Limited	Limited	Limited
Giveaway templates and JSON export	Free	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited
Server-specific bot name and icon branding	Free	Limited/Paid	Limited/Paid	Limited	No
Server leveling and rank cards	Free	Free/Paid	Paid	Free/Paid	No
Level roles and webhooks	Free	Paid	Paid	Free/Paid	No
Reward shop and server credits	Free	No	No	No	No
Moderation and automod	Free	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	No
AI similar-message moderation	Free with your Gemini key	Limited/Paid	Limited/Paid	Limited	No
Tickets, polls, embeds, and scheduled messages	Free	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	Free/Paid	No
Discord Events, event roles, and reminders	Free	Limited/Paid	Limited	Limited	No
Trade and LFG channel bridges	Free	No	No	No	No
Server management developer API	Free	Limited	Limited	Limited	No

Leveling, moderation, welcome tools, AI add-ons, and giveaways.

Public pricing model: Free tier with paid Premium/AI/Pro services.

Why TCM: TCM focuses on making server growth, multi-server giveaways, reusable giveaway templates, leveling, reward shops, bridges, and API access free for owners.

Competitor pricing and limits can change. This comparison is based on public bot pages and pricing information available in July 2026, and should be treated as a practical server-owner buying guide rather than a permanent specification.

Giveaways

Giveaways are built for server growth campaigns, not only simple random draws. Owners can combine entry methods, upload images, schedule reminders, export entries, and publish giveaways to the public discovery page.

Entry Options

Button entries let members click the giveaway message to enter or leave.
Reaction entries support one or more standard or custom Discord emojis.
Activity entries reward messages, replies, comments, and posts with campaign windows, per-user earning cadence, or no time limit.
Activity campaigns can require attachments when owners want image or video posts.
Invite entries reward verified invited joins.
Boost entries reward members who start boosting during the giveaway.
Booster bonus entries can apply extra entries to every enabled entry method.
Reminder rows can DM entrants on configured dates, spaced at least 3 days apart.

Where To Configure

Open Manage Servers, choose a server, then open Giveaways. The dashboard shows exactly which required fields are missing before Post Giveaway becomes available.

Discord embeds use native timestamp markup, so each member sees the end time in their own local timezone.

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Bot Branding

Bot branding lets each Discord server make the bot feel native to that community while still using the shared free thecrimsonmarket.com platform.

Branding Controls

Server owners can set a bot display name that applies only inside their Discord server.
Owners can upload a server-specific bot icon to the existing R2 bucket or paste an HTTPS image URL.
Branding changes do not affect the public TCM bot listing or any other server.
Reset controls let owners return the server back to the default bot name and icon.
The dashboard shows the current bot name and icon before owners save changes.

Where To Configure

Open Manage Servers, choose a server, open Overview, then open Bot Branding. Save a display name, upload an icon, paste an HTTPS image URL, or reset the server back to the default bot branding.

This is designed for server owners who want a branded community experience without paying for a separate custom Discord bot.

Leveling, Rank Cards, And Global Levels

Leveling is server based, while Global Levels let Discord activity contribute to the wider TCM reward system when the integration is enabled.

How It Works

Server owners can configure message XP, voice XP, cooldowns, excluded channels, and excluded roles.
Each server has its own levels and leaderboard, so communities can tune progression independently.
Global Levels are sent through hubService so Discord activity contributes to the member's TCM-wide progression across participating servers.
If the member does not have a linked TCM account yet, progress is prepared against their Discord ID and attached when they link later.
Members receive a Lucky Point every 5 Global Levels, with optional private messages that link to TCM.
Admins with the correct TCM role can enable or disable Global Levels per Discord server.
Owners can enable replies when the member's message is the activity that earns a new Global Level.
Level-up webhooks can call the owner's own API with Discord ID, level, XP, and reward details.
Each level role reward can also call its own endpoint when that specific Discord role is awarded.

Owner Controls

Configure message XP, voice XP, cooldowns, ignored channels, ignored roles, level role rewards, webhook reward events, leaderboard visibility, and whether Global Levels syncing is enabled for that server.

Rank cards and leaderboards give members a clear reason to keep participating without forcing every server to use the same progression settings.

Reward Shop And Discord Server Credits

Reward shops turn activity into server-specific credit balances that members can spend on rewards chosen by that community.

Included

Each Discord server can use its own scoped server credit currency.
Members earn and spend credits without mixing balances between unrelated servers.
Admins can create reward shop items, set prices, manage availability, and review purchases.
Reward shop purchase webhooks can notify the owner's own API when members buy items.
Leaderboards help members compare balances and activity-driven rewards.

Why Scoped Balances Matter

A member can earn credits in multiple Discord servers without those balances colliding. Server owners control their own reward economy while the backend keeps the balances safely scoped.

Moderation And Automod

Moderation settings are designed to reduce staff workload while keeping decisions understandable for server owners.

Moderation Tools

Use automod rules to reduce spam, repeated messages, bad links, and blocked phrases.
Paste example messages into Similar Messages and use your server's Gemini key to remove paraphrased spam, scams, or evasion.
Configure warnings, deletes, timeouts, and escalation behavior from the dashboard.
Keep moderation settings server-specific so one community can stay strict while another stays relaxed.

Best Practice

Start with logging and low-risk rules, then add stricter delete or timeout behavior after you see how the rules affect your community.

Roles, Welcome, And Onboarding

Role tools make it easy for new members to land in the right place and choose the roles that fit them.

Role Features

Welcome messages help new members understand where to start.
Autoroles apply starter roles when members join.
Role panels let members choose optional roles without asking staff.
Reaction roles support familiar Discord behavior for simple self-assignment flows.
Level roles reward activity automatically as members progress.

Dashboard Flow

Open the server page, choose the relevant role module, select roles from the server role list, preview the member-facing text, then publish the panel or automation.

Trade And LFG Community Bridges

Bridges help compatible Discord communities share useful activity without asking staff to copy messages by hand.

Bridge Types

Trade Server Bridges connect selected trade channels across trusted servers.
LFG Channel Bridges connect group-finder channels across communities so players can find teams faster.
Bridges are configured from the dashboard because they often involve more than one server.
Each individual server page shows the bridges that include that server.

Server-Based UX

Owners manage each server from its own page. Cross-server bridge creation remains available from the dashboard where the owner can pick channels from multiple manageable servers.

Tickets, Polls, Embeds, Alerts, And Voice

Content and utility modules cover the common jobs server staff repeat every week.

Content Tools

Tickets create private support spaces for staff and members.
Polls help owners gather quick community decisions, including controlled vote-to-timeout or vote-to-disconnect actions.
Embeds let owners post clean announcement blocks without writing raw JSON.
Scheduled messages support recurring announcements and planned posts.
Discord Event automation creates or imports Scheduled Events, syncs interested members into an event role, and sends targeted reminders.
Social alerts can notify Discord channels when external content goes live.
Temporary voice channels let members create clean voice spaces without staff intervention.

When To Use These

Use tickets for support, polls for quick decisions or group vote moderation, embeds for clean announcements, scheduled messages for planned reminders, alerts for external updates, and temporary voice for flexible member-created voice rooms.

Developer API

Approved developer apps can manage authorized Discord servers, read bot data, and receive webhook events for custom server workflows.

Server Management

Use scoped API access to manage servers where the app owner has the required Discord permissions.

Giveaways And Leaderboards

Read public giveaways, server-specific giveaway lists, level rankings, and economy rankings outside Discord.

Webhook Events

Receive signed level-up and reward shop purchase events in the owner's own API.

Open API Guide

Slash Commands Reference

Most setup should happen in the dashboard because it can validate required fields and show server-specific options. Slash commands remain available for common in-server workflows.

/dashboard

Returns the server dashboard link.

/invite

Returns the bot invite link.

/giveaway create

Creates a giveaway with dashboard-equivalent options for prize, channel, duration or exact end time, timezone, winner count, entry methods, emojis, image URL, role rules, activity entries, invite entries, boost entries, and notifications.

/giveaway list

Lists recent giveaways in the current server.

/giveaway edit

Edits an active giveaway.

/giveaway end

Ends a giveaway immediately and draws winners.

/giveaway reroll

Draws replacement winner entries.

/giveaway export

Exports weighted entries as copyable JSON.

/create_lfg

Creates the default LFG setup.

/connect_lfg_channel

Connects a channel to an LFG bridge.

/disconnect_lfg_channel

Disconnects a channel from LFG bridging.

/create_market

Creates the default market channel structure.

/remove_market

Removes the market structure created by the bot.

Setup Checks

These checks cover the most common setup issues for new servers.

Missing Server

Confirm the bot is installed, your TCM account is linked to Discord, and your Discord account can manage the server.

Missing Commands

Open the server dashboard and use the command status refresh control. The bot also refreshes commands when it joins a server.

Missing Permissions

Give the bot the permissions required by the module you want to use, such as Manage Channels for setup, Manage Server for invite tracking, and message/reaction permissions for giveaways.