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It has come to the attention of forum staff that Dollshe Craft has ceased communications with dealers and customers, has failed to provide promised refunds for the excessive waits, and now has wait times surpassing 5 years in some cases. Forum staff are also concerned as there are claims being put forth that Dollshe plans to close down their doll making company. Due to the instability of the company, the lack of communication, the lack of promised refunds, and the wait times now surpassing 5 years, we strongly urge members to research the current state of this company very carefully and thoroughly before deciding to place an order. For more information please see the Dollshe waiting room. Do not assume this cannot happen to you or that your order will be different.Dismiss Notice
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Dollshe Craft and all dolls created by Dollshe, including any dolls created under his new or future companies, including Club Coco BJD are now banned from Den of Angels. Dollshe and the sculptor may not advertise his products on this forum. Sales may not be discussed, no news threads may be posted regarding new releases. This ban does not impact any dolls by Dollshe ordered by November 8, 2023. Any dolls ordered after November 8, 2023, regardless of the date the sculpt was released, are banned from this forum as are any dolls released under his new or future companies including but not limited to Club Coco BJD. This ban does not apply to other company dolls cast by Dollshe as part of a casting agreement between him and the actual sculpt or company and those dolls may still be discussed on the forum. Please come to Ask the Moderators if you have any questions.Dismiss Notice
About Den of Angels
Den of Angels (DoA) is the largest English-speaking forum in the world for Asian ball-jointed dolls. DoA started in May 2002 as a Yahoo!Group, but outgrew that format and moved to a PHP-based internet forum in 2004.
Major Sections
DoA is organized into seven major sections.
- Intro to DoA
- This section houses threads that are about the forum itself, primarily rules, announcements, and tutorials for using the forum's features.
- News
- This section is for threads related to company news and events. (It is not for personal news or local meetups and events.)
- Discussion
- This section is the most active area of the forum and holds all of the discussion-based threads. It is divided into several smaller subforums to focus on specific doll sizes and sculpts as well as different styles of discussion.
- Community
- This section is for connecting to the community through organizing meet-ups, posting links out, planning new dolls, and waiting together for the arrival and new dolls.
- Galleries
- This is one of the largest sections on the forum and holds all image-based threads, from playing imaged-based games to members sharing their own dolls to requesting specific shots of other owners' dolls.
- Marketplace
- The marketplace is the main second-hand market for ABJD for English-speaking collectors. (It is for individual sales, not company or dealer sales.)
- Workshop
- The workshops focus on the customization and hands-on artistic aspects of the doll hobby.
Statistics
As of September 7, 2011, DoA has 33,903 registered users, 10,478 of whom are considered "active." There are 278,362 threads comprised of 5,270,728 posts.
On average, DoA receives an average of approximately 330,000 pageviews per day over around 200,000 visits; 78.36% of visitors log in multiple times daily. Visitors access DoA from 148 countries with the highest concentrations in the United States, Australia, France and Canada. On average, there are 400-600 users online at any given time with a low of around 200 during off-hours.
According to Alexa webranking, Den of Angels is ranked 109,405 in traffic with higher rankings in specific countries. Also by Alexa data, most browsers are between 18-24 years old, female and have some college education.
When registration is open, DoA adds between 30 and 70 new members daily.
DoA has 8 Seraphim (Administrators) who administrate the full forum; they are referred to generically as "mods" can be identified by their green username and "Moderator" title graphic. In addition, DoA has 15 Virtues who moderate specific high-traffic areas. They can be identified by their red username and "Virtue" graphic. The moderator types are named after the biblical choirs of angels.
