The Reefuge Gold Update
Hello everyone,
As some of you may know, there is something heading this way called The Reefuge Gold. I would just like to show members how it will work. Basically The Reefuge Gold is a donation system for members to donate money to The Reefuge to help with server and development costs. However, because the community is the heart of the website, I decided it is only fair that the donations made to the site are shared with the members.
So, having said that, this is how it works.
A member can purchase gold points via an online shop. Basically the member pays through paypal to buy points. At this point in time 1 point = 10c (10 points = $1). The user can then use these points to purchase things like account upgrades (a list will be made available in the future). However, a user can also use these points to motivate good content.
If a user makes a post with good content, a little logo will appear. When a reader clicks this, it will deduct 2 points from their account. 1 point will go to "The Reefuge" (the donation to the site), and the other point will go to the content creator (person who made the thread). It was originally planned that a 50% donation fee would be incurred when the user cashes their points in for money, but I believe it is better when done during the transfer.
Gold points can also be cashed in. So if a user has (for example) 50 points, they can simply cash them in for real money equal to the amount of points they have (in this case $5).
I would like as much feedback as possible, as I think this is a great way for users to not only support the site, but also to support each other.
http://www.thereefuge.com.au/threads/user-upgrades.6848/
Preview Account Upgrades
Thanks.
As some of you may know, there is something heading this way called The Reefuge Gold. I would just like to show members how it will work. Basically The Reefuge Gold is a donation system for members to donate money to The Reefuge to help with server and development costs. However, because the community is the heart of the website, I decided it is only fair that the donations made to the site are shared with the members.
So, having said that, this is how it works.
A member can purchase gold points via an online shop. Basically the member pays through paypal to buy points. At this point in time 1 point = 10c (10 points = $1). The user can then use these points to purchase things like account upgrades (a list will be made available in the future). However, a user can also use these points to motivate good content.
If a user makes a post with good content, a little logo will appear. When a reader clicks this, it will deduct 2 points from their account. 1 point will go to "The Reefuge" (the donation to the site), and the other point will go to the content creator (person who made the thread). It was originally planned that a 50% donation fee would be incurred when the user cashes their points in for money, but I believe it is better when done during the transfer.
Gold points can also be cashed in. So if a user has (for example) 50 points, they can simply cash them in for real money equal to the amount of points they have (in this case $5).
I would like as much feedback as possible, as I think this is a great way for users to not only support the site, but also to support each other.
http://www.thereefuge.com.au/threads/user-upgrades.6848/
Preview Account Upgrades
Thanks.