Account levels

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.

Paid account

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

Paid Account Cost

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