HDHome

HDHome was initially launched as HDBiger and was an open torrent website. In due course of time, the website has turned itself into a private torrent tracking website. Though, there is only one way to gain access to the website i.e. by invites. Every year, the mods do keep open a window for new users to join via normal registrations too.

Is HDHome safe?

For a torrent site to be safe for browsing, it needs to have an SSL certificate, which HDHome does have. By using tools such as SEOQuake and MOZ, you can easily check the credibility of a website by gauging Domain Score (DS) and Trust Score (TS). Based on my research, HDHome has a domain score of 3 and a trust score of 31 which is underwhelming. Sure, it’s not uncommon for torrent sites to have a DS less than 15 and a TS less than 40. But given that HDHome started its journey back in 2012, it would’ve been great if the site had a DS of at least 5.

What should you expect from HDHome?

VIP Status – Finding it hard to maintain a healthy ratio, get VIP status to avoid profile deletion, and even gain access to the website’s exclusive content. How to get VIP access? The answer’s very simple, by donating to the website. HDHome has a donation page where you can donate a certain amount in exchange for VIP status.

Donation – The lowest donation amount is $50 which can get you benefits like 1 TB upload, 50,0000 bonus points, permanent yellow star. Apart from these mandatory offerings, you can get sitewide freeleech, freedom from Hit and Run rule, access to the tabletop of upload rank, send invitations anytime, interim and year-end exams waived, and more. You can pay the donation amount with PayPal or the website’s integrated payment gateway ‘Alipay’.

Lively Forum – HDHome has an active community that takes part in the numerous forum discussions almost every day. There are various topics that you can speak on and even start your topic. You can also write about the difficulties that you might be facing while using the website. These types of discussions are answered by senior ranking members of the website or the sysops.

When speaking in forums you need to abide by the rules set by the website and to start a topic, you need to have a rank higher than the user.

Funbox and Polls – To ensure that the website users have a fun-time, the website has a funbox and various polls placed on the homepage. The funbox usually has jokes and funny sayings that the users can read when landing on the homepage. There are polls that are updated every week or sometimes once in two days, these polls usually have questions that are related to the changes made to the website or sometimes just taking the member’s personal opinion on general things.

HDHome in numbers

HDHome is a mid-size community with over 10,000 registered members. Though it’s a Chinese torrent site, all the free indie content on the website is available in English. Now, as a private torrent member, the free indie content may not be a massive number but let’s not forget, it’s still enough to attract hundreds and thousands of users each month.

As per the Alexa rankings, HDHome is ranked #18,621 which makes it amongst the top 20,000 websites on the internet. It attracts more than 400,000 users a month and an average visit on the site lasts for more than 8 minutes. An average user visits 2.34 pages before bouncing off the website. The decent engagement number on the website is further justified by a low bounce rate of just 23.98%.

How to access HDHome?

You can access HDHome by searching for the term ‘HDHome’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: HDHome.

HDHome Rules

There are certain rules that you have to consider when accessing HDHome. These rules are imposed to maintain the quality and discretion of the website and only members of the higher ranks can make amends. One of the basic rules remains to maintain a healthy ratio which if dropped can result in account deletion. Other general rules are as follows:

-Obeying the administrator’s instructions

-No spamming

-Account retention rules

-No cheating

-No multiple accounts

-No sharing of torrent files to other platforms

Design

The website has a very simple design which attributes to its high loading speed. HDHome is made using basic functionality tools to ensure smooth navigation. The pages have texts and links that take you to the other pages of the website or enable you to choose your option. The default text on the website is in traditional Chinese which can be changed with the website in-built language changer or by Google’s translate extension.

Inner Pages – The website has very few inner pages such as homepage, browse torrents, FAQs, rules, donation, bonus/Magic value system, and a forum page. Among all the pages the ‘browse torrent’ page is designed with a table that has links, icons, numbers, and text.

Free Indie Content – The website has a wide variety of free indie content that can be downloaded by the members. Moreover, the uploaders and other community members upload new torrents regularly to keep the website updated. All the free indie content on the website comes in different viewing resolutions. Nonetheless, any free indie movie or free indie TV show that you download will likely be compatible with your device. HDHome also has a lot of freeleech torrents that enables the website users to download torrents without hurting their website ratio.

Desktop/Mobile experience

HDHome is more compatible with desktops than mobile phones. The website has a sleek desktop layout with functionalities that make navigation easier. Pages take very little time to load and downloads are much faster.

The website is accessible from cell phones too, but convenience can be doubtful. The website opens a layout similar to the desktop version for mobile phones which then has to be used by zooming in and out or scrolling sideways. Moreover, the mobile version may not be an optimal choice for torrent download due to unstable internet connection.

Suggestions I have for HDHome

In order to be perfect for every torrent downloader HDHome needs to make the following changes. The website needs to include a header with the necessary options. This will make the website easier to navigate and help the users to reach the pages faster. The donation amounts seem to be high too, while other torrent websites have only $5 as their donation amount, HDHome has $50 as the minimum donation amount.

Conclusion

HDHome is a great source to download torrent if you are able to ignore the minor flaws. Overall, it’s a solid website with a lot of meat. Sure, it isn’t meant for everyone but if it does feature the content you like, you shouldn’t miss out on the opportunity of becoming a part of this community.