Admin Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 As many of you know we recently switched hosting plans and moved to our own virtual private server. This new server has significantly reduced, if not eliminated page loading errors, and has greatly enhanced the sites ability to handle the increasing amounts of traffic that we've been getting. As is the case with most things in life, the higer the quality the more expensive things become. CamCaps has reached a point where the costs of hosting, bandwidth, backups, and development have become too much for me to bear alone. As such, I am going to implement a new paid membership policy to help offset the costs of running this site. I thoroughly enjoy this community that you all have helped to build, and I hope that you will stay here despite the new membership policy. My goal here is to be as reasonable and straightforward as possible. I understand that no one likes to pay for porn, but I think what we have here is much more than that. The new membership system is as follows: Paid member: Paid membership is $12 USD per year nonrecurring. Paid members can view posts, make posts, view attachments, add attachments, view links, and view the media gallery (update coming soon). Essentially, paid members have the same access as registered members have now, but they also gain unrestricted access to the media gallery. Basic member: Basic members can read and respond to forum posts, and view links. They cannot view attachments (e.g. pictures or videos), participate in promotions, or access the media gallery. Essentially, they will have what is currently guest access, with the exceptions that they will be able to make posts and view links. The idea here is that you can still participate in the forum, but you won't be able to access costly bandwidth intensive resources. As of now we can only accept PayPal payments. Other arrangements can be made if you don’t have a PayPal account. Feel free to ask me questions. Update: Basic members are able to view and post links, they can also post attachments but they are not able view them. I have added a third party image upload module to make things easier. Please follow the tutorial here: http://camcaps.net/read-me/basic-member-image-posting-tutorial/. However, basic members are not be able to view content hosted on CamCaps.Net (e.g. Any images or videos that have been posted as attachments). Additionally, there is no guarantee on how long the content posted to third party image hosts will remain available. It is solely up to the discretion and generosity of Paid members if they want to post directly to CamCaps, or post to third party hosts. If paid members choose to use third party hosts to share media basic members will be able to see it, if they use CamCaps only Paid Members will be able to see it. Please note that purchasing a membership does not mean that you are purchasing images, videos, or any other form of content from us, all of the copyrights belong to their respective owners. A membership simply grants you the right to use our server as a platform to share data. Note: The integrated upload to third party hosting module does not allow video uploads. Thanks again, and I hope that you will continue to participate in this community. -Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here is a tutorial on how to sign up for a paid membership: 1. Click on Profile 2. Click on Actions 3. Click on Paid Subscriptions 4. Click Order 5. You will be redirect to PayPal - Follow the instructions on their site Note: You many not be automatically added to the paid members group, but it will happen within 12 hours Note: Use the same e-mail that you used to register with or provide your forum username with the payment. Let me know if you have any issues, or questions. Thank You, - Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG 150 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I'm down for it all. The sites been down most of the day, I thought that we were blown off the Internet there for a while. May thanks to you hard efforts. Off to be in the top 10 for registering. tbg150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dth Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'm in. Payday is 1-17. Will I still be able to post tell then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brureb28 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'm staying....Camcaps is the best. I gave up my membership to RLC after cam #3 showed up at Isabels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredbee2010 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'll be in as soon as more money goes into my paypal account. I missed this place the last couple of days, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG 150 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 It does kinda grow on you, doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgeous george Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 What exactly am I being asked to pay for, a forum mostly in another language with supposed Pic/Vid posts that turn out to be just uninteresting gossip about nothing, or pictures of unlocked rooms OR downloads from ul which don't work. Are you going to make it a rule that the download programme is accessable by all?. lately I have found it all a bit boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love C.C. Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 What exactly am I being asked to pay for, a forum mostly in another language with supposed Pic/Vid posts that turn out to be just uninteresting gossip about nothing, or pictures of unlocked rooms OR downloads from ul which don't work. Are you going to make it a rule that the download programme is accessable by all?. lately I have found it all a bit boring. WOW........if you don't like it.......leave......or pay the 10 bucks and quit crying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 What exactly am I being asked to pay for, a forum mostly in another language with supposed Pic/Vid posts that turn out to be just uninteresting gossip about nothing, or pictures of unlocked rooms OR downloads from ul which don't work. Are you going to make it a rule that the download programme is accessable by all?. lately I have found it all a bit boring. The membership fee is to help pay for costs associated with hosting this site. If you find the content boring or uninteresting then so be it. CamCaps is not a content producer, we simply provide a forum for users to share media and converse about various topics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG 150 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I wanted to say what love CC said, but I thought I would let Admin answer the question diplomatically. I never was good at public relations. I was always of the mind that if I didn't like something and couldn't change it, just shut up and walk away. If I have the power to somehow change it, then jump in with both feet. You'll almost never stop a lot of the members here from writing in their native language or posting vids in a host that you may not like. If you don't like it, don't look. Not much else I can tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther063 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 True, if the Video is UL. or some other upload site, then I don't waste my time, fortunately some members put AVI files on which are much more user friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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