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July 21, 2005 2:32:46 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Hey everyone. I'm new here, just purchased OD and CursorXP. I was just looking through the site and I noticed a lot of people aren't able to subscribe. For whatever the reason.

I was thinking that (as mentioned before), allowing PayPal is certainly a step in the right direction. Even some who have credit cards would rather use PayPal. But the main reason I'm even posting about this, is I think it would be in this site's best interest to offer the ability to buy someone else a subscription. I'm not sure if this has ever been discussed, but this would also be a great oppurtunity for our authors/artists to also be rewarded by their fans. Or even up-and-coming artists who can't afford to get a subscription.

This is just a suggestion.

Any thoughts?
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Bichur
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Reply #1 July 21, 2005 2:58:59 PM
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subscription as a gift option - i like it

but.... what if 200 fans sign up to get the same artist a subscription?
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thomassen
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Reply #2 July 21, 2005 3:21:05 PM
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Or buy a friend. Or simply someone random. Allowing someone a taste of subscription might make them resubscribe. deviantart runs something like that.
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Reply #3 July 21, 2005 3:29:52 PM
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Sir Bichur, To be perfectly honest I personally don't see any reason why a person can't have their subscription paid for, for let's say a maximum of 2-3 years. Once a person has reached their max, a message stating that this person has reached their limit for subscriptions, the buyer can move on. \

thomassen, Yes...anyone in random. My artist/author suggestion was just an example of internal-community based support
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Madam GoodMorphing
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Reply #4 July 21, 2005 3:33:41 PM
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mailto:sales@stardock.com  Whenever I have wanted to buy something for someone I have contacted sales. 
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Winmodify
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Reply #5 July 21, 2005 3:34:02 PM
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Deviantart has that function too... but nobody bought me a subscrption yet
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Reply #6 July 21, 2005 3:41:20 PM
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GoodMorphing,

That is certainly a viable option. But that's not really a "public" way of doing it. I think it should be well known and a visible option.

Let's say you're browsing through the skins one day and you come across a skin that you absolutely love. You click on the author's name and look at 5 other skins created by him/her, and you love them as well! On his/her profile page, "Buy this artist a subscription!" would be awesome.
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Reply #7 July 21, 2005 3:56:10 PM
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yeah that works...everyone will be waiting for someone to buy them a subscription...nothing should change but if u wanna buy someone a subscription u should be able to...
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Reply #8 July 21, 2005 4:14:15 PM
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Ozzy,

Although that may be true, it would also encourage authors/artists to release some very good work. And I mean really, right now subscriptions are low. So there really wouldn't be a huge difference if you look at it with your eye.
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Reply #9 July 21, 2005 4:23:44 PM
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i think skinners are already encouraged enough....i don't think a lot of skinners are slacking....
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Reply #10 July 21, 2005 4:28:50 PM
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Ozzy,

I partially agree.
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Reply #11 July 21, 2005 5:37:48 PM
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I somewhat disagree.

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Reply #12 July 21, 2005 5:44:07 PM
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I have brought up Paypal in the past. I think it would help sales.
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Reply #13 July 21, 2005 5:49:49 PM
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Brad has already said in another thread that as soon as they stabilize the site, they're going to look into supporting PayPal.

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