Guest October 14, 2015 Share October 14, 2015 So I'm not a subscriber myself and one of the reason that I am not is mostly because I do not really feel I'm getting much for the steep price of $10 a month. While a gold username, bigger avatar/background image/PM box and custom user title would be nice additions for one time donations it seems a little bit pricey to pay $120 a year to keep that. Not to mention there is little to no incentive to pay the bigger sub packages at all. What do I propose? Extra perks. $10 a month should warrant more perks. Ideas for new perks: Special forums just for subscribers/Contributors. Custom BB code for them. Access to some kind of download section with exclusive content. Ability to open up a commission shop without having to give MLP forums a percentage (I think that's fair considering you already pay a monthly fee). They're just some ideas. But I would love to subscribe if I felt I was really getting something more for my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,852 October 14, 2015 Share October 14, 2015 Question regarding point 2 and 3: Do you have anything specific in mind? I mean, what downloads exactly? We wouldn't host anything that would be related to piracy ... but if you had specific suggestions I'm all ears. What do you mean custum BBCode? What feature are you looking for exactly. I'm actually a fan of adding value to paid subscriptions so we would be interested in any other specific ideas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest October 15, 2015 Share October 15, 2015 Question regarding point 2 and 3: Do you have anything specific in mind? I mean, what downloads exactly? We wouldn't host anything that would be related to piracy ... but if you had specific suggestions I'm all ears. What do you mean custum BBCode? What feature are you looking for exactly. I'm actually a fan of adding value to paid subscriptions so we would be interested in any other specific ideas. Maybe like get some wallpapers, songs made from some of the users that are kindly donated, etc. As far as custom BBCode maybe like new emotes or something. Another good idea is making it so you can choose a theme for the whole site vs. just sticking with the default. Sometimes when it's late at night I would like a "darker" version of the site so that it doesn't hit my eyes with bright white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,852 October 15, 2015 Share October 15, 2015 In the spirit of transparency, we will not consider an exclusive forum available only to subscribers. In general this would constitute a paywall concept locking out members from full participation of discussion, and there is a philosophical opposition to that in general. There are the obvious questions about a discussion theme, and I would hate to have any topics worthy of discussion being hidden away from other members. Connecting commissions to subscribers creates other unique challenges that would make it more expensive than the current system. Also there is a general approval process that already exists to would make this more untenable to manage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chara 1,565 October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 For the Commissions without a fee I think is decent but the major con about that is that the MLP Forums uses that money to support the site and I don't think they would just easily give that money up. My ideas below - Exclusive emotes (animated or cool looking ones perhaps) - more fonts - 5-10% off or more on commissions (Most likely to not happen) - and maybe you can change the color of the text in your member title and username?? signature made by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphys Hedge 671 October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 (edited) For the Commissions without a fee I think is decent but the major con about that is that the MLP Forums uses that money to support the site and I don't think they would just easily give that money up. My ideas below - Exclusive emotes (animated or cool looking ones perhaps) - more fonts - 5-10% off or more on commissions (Most likely to not happen) - and maybe you can change the color of the text in your member title and username?? They wouldn't be giving it up, as if you are a subscriber you are already donating monthly to MLPForums. As for point 4: This would be bad, as every subscriber's username you see would probably be some sort of really bright color. Here are my opnions: Key Sharkz: "Special forums just for subscribers/Contributors. Custom BB code for them. Access to some kind of download section with exclusive content. Ability to open up a commission shop without having to give MLP forums a percentage (I think that's fair considering you already pay a monthly fee)." Point 1: This doesn't seem good, because you basically have to pay to access these forums. Further more, what would these forums even hold to make people want to pay to access them? Point 2: This depends on what you mean, but this might be a good idea. Point 3: Same as point 2, it depends. Point 4: This I agree with. You are already donating to the forums Monthly by being a subscriber, so there would be no need to give a percentage to MLPForums. My verdict? I think this would be a great idea. Edited October 16, 2015 by Alpha Hedge Character in profile picture is Pearl from Steven Universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,852 October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 The Commissions idea is as much of a non starter as the paid forum idea. Extremely prolific artists can cost us since MLPF pays a processing fee, and then you have high value sellers in which our share (which also helps to maintain this site) would decrease. Closing out a specific group of emotes would require reworking several aspects of our forum software (IPB). It also walks that line of locking out other members. If not for the development time, and if we were talking about early access only ... I would be more receptive to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Side Bird 566 October 17, 2015 Share October 17, 2015 That sort of reminds me of how nobility used to get special perks that differed them from the lower classes. While I am not a subscriber myself and feel that paying should possibly give you more than what you already get, I disagree with giving them the perks you mentioned. Don't be a dweeb ~Gilda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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