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Account levels, costs, capabilities, and limits (as currently planned) for Dreamwidth.org.
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Account levels, costs, capabilities, and limits (as planned before launch) for Dreamwidth Studios.
  
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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).
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To create an account with posting capabilities, you need to either have an invite or get a paid account for a period of time. The minimum cost is $3 for one month of paid time, after which your account would revert back to a free account. If you don't want to be able to post, you may log in with OpenID.
  
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== Free user ==
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== Account capabilities ==
  
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=== Features ===
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
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!You can:!!OpenID!!Free!!Paid!!Premium / Seed
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| Post to your own journal||N||Y||Y||Y
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| Post to communities||N||Y||Y||Y
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| Upload icons||6||6||75||200
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| Receive Inbox notifications||25||25||500||1000
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| Recent comments view||10||10||100||150
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| Subscribe to journals||1000||1000||1500||2000
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| Grant access to others||N/A||1000||1500||2000
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| Add links to Links list||10||10||50||100
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| Use tags in journal||1000||1000||1500||2000
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| Use site directory search||Y||Y||Y||Y
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| Create new feeds||Y||Y||Y||Y
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| Create communities||N||Y||Y||Y
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| Edit own comments||N||N||Y||Y
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| Post via email||N||N||Y||Y
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| Find Similar Users||N||N||Y||Y
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| Use Network features||N||N||Y||Y
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| Receive own comments in email||N||N||Y||Y
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| Make polls||N||N||Y||Y
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| Mass-change post security levels||N||N||Y||Y
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| Create mood themes||N||N||Y||Y
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| View your journal entries sorted by security level||N||N||Y||Y
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| Receive text messages through Dreamwidth||N||N||Y||Y
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| Be notified when people stop subscribing to your journal||N||N||Y||Y
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| Be notified when people stop granting you access||N||N||Y||Y
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| Be notified when people vote in your polls||N||N||Y||Y
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| Be notified when subscribed users upload icons||N||N||Y||Y
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| Receive forwarded email at @dreamwidth.org||N||N||Y||Y
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| Ping weblogs.com on posting||N||N||Y||Y
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| Faster access to servers at peak load times||N||N||Y||Y
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| Ability to use Google Analytics||N||N||Y||Y
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* Userpics: 6
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== Pricing ==
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* Inbox subscriptions: 25
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* Recent comments view: 10
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* Maximum reading limit: 1000
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* Maximum trusted limit: 1000
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* Links in Links List: 10
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* Tags in journal: 1000
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* Can use site directory search
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* Can create new syndicated accounts (feeds)
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=== Free Account Cost ===
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All prices in US dollars.
  
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Free!  No ads.  Need an invite to get in.
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Seed accounts will go on sale at launch, and will continue to be offered until 400 have been sold. The price for a seed account is $200, with no further monthly cost.
  
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== Paid account ==
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Paid and Premium Paid accounts will be offered at a discount for the first six months of Dreamwidth Studios' existence, as a thank you to those who create an account early. After six months, the prices will rise to their normal levels.
  
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=== Features ===
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Regular pricing will be as follows.
  
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* Userpics: 75
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
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* Inbox subscriptions: 500
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|+Paid account
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* Recent comments view: 100
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!Time!!First 6 months!!After 6 months
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* Maximum reading limit: 1500
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* Maximum trusted limit: 1500
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| 1 month||$3.00||$3.00
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* Links in Links List: 50
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* Tags in journal: 1500
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| 2 months||$5.00||$6.00
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* Can forward your domain to your journal
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* Can edit your own comments
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| 6 months||$13.00||$17.50
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* Can post via email
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* Can use the 'Find Similar Users' feature
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| 1 year||$25.00||$35.00
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* Can use the "Friends of Friends" feature (which we're calling the Network)
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* Can use the 'Popular with your friends' (aka, your watched users) feature
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* Can get emailed copies of your own comments
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* Can use polls
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* Can use the mass-privacy-level generator to change the security of a bunch of entries all at once
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* Can create mood themes
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* Can view your journal entries by what security level the posts were posted with
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* Can let others text message you through the site
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* Can get notification when people unwatch/untrust you
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* Can get notification when people vote in your polls
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* Can get notifications when your watched users upload new userpics
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* Can have an @dreamwidth.org forwarding email address
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* Can ping weblogs.com on posting
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=== Paid Account Cost ===
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
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|+Premium account
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!Time!!First 6 months!!After 6 months
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| 6 months||$20.00||$25.00
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| 1 year||$40.00||$50.00
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First six months of DW running, to account for bumpiness in growth and bug fixing:
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For a discussion of the reasoning behind these prices, see [http://dw-biz.dreamwidth.org/332.html Business FAQs]
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* $25/year
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* $13/6 months
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* $5/2 months
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* $3/month
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* $35/year
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* $17.50/6 months
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* $6/2 months
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* $3/month
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== Premium Paid/Seed Account/Staff Account ==
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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.
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=== Features ===
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* All features available to Paid accounts
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* Userpics: 150
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* Inbox subscriptions: 1000
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* Recent comments view: 150
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* Maximum reading limit: 2000
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* Maximum trusted limit: 2000
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* Links in Links List: 100
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* Tags in journal: 2000
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=== Premium Account Cost ===
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First six months of DW running, to account for bumpiness in growth and bug fixing:
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* $40/year
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* $20/6 months
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* $50/year
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* $25/6 months
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=== Seed Account Cost===
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Selling 400 of these as a one time purchase at site launch until they run out:
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Latest revision as of 22:48, 8 December 2017

Account levels, costs, capabilities, and limits (as planned before launch) for Dreamwidth Studios.

To create an account with posting capabilities, you need to either have an invite or get a paid account for a period of time. The minimum cost is $3 for one month of paid time, after which your account would revert back to a free account. If you don't want to be able to post, you may log in with OpenID.

Account capabilities

You can: OpenID Free Paid Premium / Seed
Post to your own journal N Y Y Y
Post to communities N Y Y Y
Upload icons 6 6 75 200
Receive Inbox notifications 25 25 500 1000
Recent comments view 10 10 100 150
Subscribe to journals 1000 1000 1500 2000
Grant access to others N/A 1000 1500 2000
Add links to Links list 10 10 50 100
Use tags in journal 1000 1000 1500 2000
Use site directory search Y Y Y Y
Create new feeds Y Y Y Y
Create communities N Y Y Y
Edit own comments N N Y Y
Post via email N N Y Y
Find Similar Users N N Y Y
Use Network features N N Y Y
Receive own comments in email N N Y Y
Make polls N N Y Y
Mass-change post security levels N N Y Y
Create mood themes N N Y Y
View your journal entries sorted by security level N N Y Y
Receive text messages through Dreamwidth N N Y Y
Be notified when people stop subscribing to your journal N N Y Y
Be notified when people stop granting you access N N Y Y
Be notified when people vote in your polls N N Y Y
Be notified when subscribed users upload icons N N Y Y
Receive forwarded email at @dreamwidth.org N N Y Y
Ping weblogs.com on posting N N Y Y
Faster access to servers at peak load times N N Y Y
Ability to use Google Analytics N N Y Y

Pricing

All prices in US dollars.

Seed accounts will go on sale at launch, and will continue to be offered until 400 have been sold. The price for a seed account is $200, with no further monthly cost.

Paid and Premium Paid accounts will be offered at a discount for the first six months of Dreamwidth Studios' existence, as a thank you to those who create an account early. After six months, the prices will rise to their normal levels.

Regular pricing will be as follows.

Paid account
Time First 6 months After 6 months
1 month $3.00 $3.00
2 months $5.00 $6.00
6 months $13.00 $17.50
1 year $25.00 $35.00
Premium account
Time First 6 months After 6 months
6 months $20.00 $25.00
1 year $40.00 $50.00

For a discussion of the reasoning behind these prices, see Business FAQs

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