Update: Seed Account Re-sale, Free Users + Custom Styles

[mark]

Two things for you today!


Thing the first:

We have not been able to finish and fully test the new site functionality that enables people to purchase accounts without a PayPal account. Instead of finishing it up an hour before the first sale is scheduled and crossing our fingers that it works, we've decided to push the sale off another week.

The new time of the Seed Account re-sale is Thursday, May 14th, 9PM EDT and again at Friday, May 15th, 9AM EDT. In total 200 accounts will be available.


Thing the second:

People with free accounts have probably noticed that a few days ago we took away the Advanced Customization area of the site. (The pages that let you make a custom style.) We had never intended for it to be available unless you paid, and having it on was an oversight on our part. After we turned it off, we got to hear a lot of really good comments from people and we reevaluated the original decision.

We've turned it back on, but gave free users a pretty low limit on the number of styles you can create (1 custom style, up to 5 layers). Short story: you can once again go back to customizing and importing styles from other sites. Sorry for the trouble!

Comments

[torina_archelda]

What exactly is a seed account and how much are they?

[mark]

Seed Accounts are Dreamwidth's permanent account. It has the exact same functionality and features of a Premium Paid Account and will never have anything extra, and they're $200.

It's really just for supporting the site for the first year, if someone's particularly interested in doing so.

[torina_archelda]

Awesome, thank you! <3

[elphaba_of_oz]

Can all current users buy them?

[mark]

Anybody can buy them, yes.

[ioevri1]

I have been up clicking tonight (in the UK) trying to buy one and JUST saw this. UGH!

Thank you for posting info about it and how much it costs. I would like to buy one for myself... when it is available, will it show up under paid accounts? Or will it be different link?

Is it possible to post a link to where it will be? Also what is PDT? Is that pacific time aka PST? Being an American in the UK, I have gotten myself all turned around in trying to sort out when I need to be awake to buy a seed account.

Any help in the right direction would be appreciated!

[mark]

It will show up in the Shop, yes. You're in the right area, but the sale isn't until next week.

9PM EDT is Eastern Time, aka 0100 GMT on May 15th for the first sale, and twelve hours later at 1300 GMT for the second batch.

[ioevri1]

Thank you for the prompt reply... now I am really confused! I think this ENT bug is doing me in! I have been up since 2AM my time and I need to get back to sleep! I was a travel and tourism major when I lived in the states and we didnt use the EDT but EST and the like. So London time aka GMT it will be one am and one pm?

A friend said it was at two! I just need to get it sorted corretly so I dont miss out. I am definately buying one for myself! Will I be able to PURCHASE A PAID ACCOUNT for someone else at the same time (not necessarily a seed account) Or will it have to be two separate transactions?

Thanks again for the help. (again!)

[mark]

GMT is not London time. GMT is GMT. London is on British Summer Time or something, I don't know. It's up to you to convert from GMT (also called UTC, if that helps you any) to your local time!

EDT is Eastern time in the summer, EST is Eastern time in the winter. So EST is GMT-5, and EDT is GMT-4.

Yes, you can buy several accounts in one order. For different users, for yourself, whatever! :)

[kristalyn]

It's like a permanent account, which means it'll never expire and you'll always have all the privilages that a premium paid account has at that moment. They're $200.

[kristalyn]

Wow, you guys are fast! Excellent ♥

[denise]

A Seed account is a permanent (never expiring) Premium Paid account, intended to support the business and provide our intial year of funding. They cost $200 USD (the price of four years of premium paid service). We originally intended to sell 400 of them, which is what we estimated would be our costs for the first year of operation, but thanks to some bugs in the payment system, we decided to hold another limited sale for the people who wanted to get one and couldn't thanks to PayPal errors.

[torina_archelda]

Thank you!