There are many reasons we charge a monthly fee. Since we are a mixed age grid system
that accommodates all walks of life from the web and the real world, its important to us to
make our citizens know they are accountable for their behaviors.
1.) Monthly verifications of accounts via our small payment through PayPal(r) means we know
our users are real people and not facades without having to ask invasive private questions.
THIS MEANS YOUR PRIVACY IS ALWAYS PROTECTED FRM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL.
2.) Then only way to verify through PayPal(r) is to pass through some type of fee.
3.) Only Premium Accounts can Rez, Build, Script, List Item for sale, Rent land and more. This is to
ensure that the community supports all its members and their investment fairly.
4.) With our users knowing their real identity is verified to us behind their avatar it usually
compels them to keep it real and behave in a much more meaningful and real manner.
5.) Reduces the threat of griefing, which makes our grid far more stable and secure.
We've all seen it and there are still ways for those little hackers to make a nuisance
of themselves, but by requiring they reveal themselves to enable the functionalities
to grief really does cut the threat down tremendously. This also means that you, the
user should be VERY CAREFUL about 'loaning out' avatar to others, as your Key Account
as a whole will be at risk if someone griefs in one of our avatars. Use it wisely.
6.) The government is becoming increasingly demanding on online communities to have some
Knowledge of their user's real world identities, due to the recent wave of criminal behaviors
associations with online interactions; i.e., kids committing suicide over ruthless taunting in
forums and blogs, rape, stalking, kidnapping and murder have been the sad results for some.
The governments from around the world are now pushing for us, the web community gatekeepers
to step up to the plate and help out. We think this is not only reasonable, but a responsible
thing for us to do.
7.) We want kids to be safe on our grid. Why? Because they are the future of this technology after all,
but the only way to know they truly are is if we put the power back into the hands of their parents.
Most parent guard their PayPal password far safer than they do their credit cards. Why? Because its
directly tied to their banking info. This means that for a child to get into our grid they'd have to be old
enough to have a bank account and knowledgeable enough to use it and they have to be able to run
through all the steps PayPal does and prove to them that they are an adult of legal age. These barriers
aren't impossible to overcome, but enough to that 98% of most kids will not try to circumvent them.
This means to be on our grid their parents have to be involved but adding them in under their own
Key Account. This puts them in charge and we think that's how it should be.
8.) We don't charge upload fees or listing fees, which people usually spend much more than $2.99
on per month. Most people prefer this to paying for uploads and listing fees.
9.) We saw in other grids that a very small segment of the community actually paid for their
experience in virtual and we felt that was an unfair burden and was one of the many reasons
why costs for owning virtual land were so high. Be making full functional accounts pay for their
play, then that imbalance is corrected and everyone shares the load.
10.) YES, it does helps us to pay our bills. We are not a non-profit, though sometimes we feel a lot
like one. We do have very big ideas on how this can help our economy, ecology and families. But,
having said that, we don't have 20m+ in investment funding to back us and not sure we are keen
on that at this stage, as they would take our vision in a different direction, as we've all seen.
YOU are out investors. Your contribution to this 3D Web system will pave the way to the future
of the web experience. To have a say in that you need to become a part of that solution and yes,
that means giving up on the idea that everything should can be free. One has to ask at what cost
does such freedom come?
Thank you for taking the time to read ….
TOP 10 REASONS FOR A $2.99/mth PREMIUM MEMERSHIP FEE.
We sincerely hope this helps you to understand and appreciate our vision for the 3D Web and how
it will add value to your experience with us. - SpotON3D Team (c)2010 PowerSynch, LLC
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