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These will be sold starting at open launch and [[http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Dreamwidth.org:_Business_FAQs#Why_aren.27t_permanent_accounts_going_to_always_be_on_sale.3F|are not planned to be sold again]].  They will help fund the first year of operations and moving into a colo.
  
 
=== Features ===
 
=== Features ===

Revision as of 01:01, 17 March 2009

Account levels, costs, capabilities, and limits (as currently planned) for Dreamwidth.org.

To get an account, you either need to have an invite or get a paid account for a period of time (the minimum being $3 for one month of paid, after which your account would revert back to a free account).

Free user

Features

  • Userpics: 6
  • Inbox subscriptions: 25
  • Recent comments view: 10
  • Maximum reading limit: 1000
  • Maximum trusted limit: 1000
  • Links in Links List: 10
  • Tags in journal: 1000
  • Can use site directory search
  • Can create new syndicated accounts (feeds)

Free Account Cost

Free! No ads. Need an invite to get in.

Features

  • Userpics: 75
  • Inbox subscriptions: 500
  • Recent comments view: 100
  • Maximum reading limit: 1500
  • Maximum trusted limit: 1500
  • Links in Links List: 50
  • Tags in journal: 1500
  • Can forward your domain to your journal
  • Can edit your own comments
  • Can post via email
  • Can use the 'Find Similar Users' feature
  • Can use the "Friends of Friends" feature (which we're calling the Network)
  • Can use the 'Popular with your friends' (aka, your watched users) feature
  • Can get emailed copies of your own comments
  • Can use polls
  • Can use the mass-privacy-level generator to change the security of a bunch of entries all at once
  • Can create mood themes
  • Can view your journal entries by what security level the posts were posted with
  • Can let others text message you through the site
  • Can get notification when people unwatch/untrust you
  • Can get notification when people vote in your polls
  • Can get notifications when your watched users upload new userpics
  • Can have an @dreamwidth.org forwarding email address
  • Can ping weblogs.com on posting

First six months of DW running, to account for bumpiness in growth and bug fixing:

  • $25/year
  • $13/6 months
  • $5/2 months
  • $3/month

After six months:

  • $35/year
  • $17.50/6 months
  • $6/2 months
  • $3/month

Premium Paid/Seed Account/Staff Account

These will be sold starting at open launch and [not planned to be sold again]. They will help fund the first year of operations and moving into a colo.

Features

  • All features available to Paid accounts
  • Userpics: 150
  • Inbox subscriptions: 1000
  • Recent comments view: 150
  • Maximum reading limit: 2000
  • Maximum trusted limit: 2000
  • Links in Links List: 100
  • Tags in journal: 2000

Premium Account Cost

First six months of DW running, to account for bumpiness in growth and bug fixing:

  • $40/year
  • $20/6 months

After six months:

  • $50/year
  • $25/6 months

Seed Account Cost

Selling 400 of these as a one time purchase at site launch until they run out:

  • $200, one-time