Velvetpark Mate Update
What being a Premium Member of Velvetpark means is that you will have complete and total access to all the dating features. Those features include: Full access to profiles, Private Messaging, ability to read other peoples (public) love notes, letting someone know you Crush them, and Hooking Up your friends and being Hooked Up.
As I mentioned in the open thread and in the vid below, as a free user of Vp you will still be able to have complete access to content, and your own profile, but partial access to others' profiles. And you will continue to be able to read your own love notes, but not others. All of your current PMs will be saved in your account, though you won't have access to them until you upgrade.
Premium access to Velvetpark will be $5.95 a month.
You will be able to subscribe and unsubscribe to your Premium Membership through your "edit" account tab on your profile page. You will be charged monthly, and will have control over when you terminate your subscription.
I really understand that we want our Internets for free, but as they say, nothing is free. So far I've absorbed the cost of what its cost to get Velvetpark to this point (by taking out a small loan) and now its time to pay the bills. And despite my original estimates, we've spent well over 20k.
I hope you understand that this is a community effort, while we come here to have fun, blow off steam, find out whats happening in the world there is still a cost involved.
So if you have any additional questions (I'm sure I didn't cover everything) please ask them here and we'll try and clarify. Thanks for listening.
your,
Moon
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she had me at sustainable...
she had me at sustainable... god damn her and her earthy lezbo talk!! i fall for it everytime!
Your hair is short
Grace--
Your hair is short. Did you cut it all off? I need to see it in person.
Also, I would pay any amount to be a part of velvetpark mate. Thank you for this wonderful site, Grace.
Love you.
-Katie
Lots of love.
Upgrade
Me: Honey, I'm going to spend ($any amount) to upgrade my Velvet Park membership.
J: Really? What do you get for that?
Me: Well, you get full access to the mating features...
<Some hours later...>
Me: Uh, where am I?
Nurse: You in the hospital dear. You were dumped at the ER door. You've been mumbling something about "velvet" and "the park" and "but honey."
Me: Ughhhhh...
There's a thin line...still...
LOL
Why don't you ask her to join and cyber flirt with as if you didn't know each other in real life?
-Do not follow me, I'M LOST-
Also remaining 100% free? The
Also remaining 100% free? The forums, which I finally made time to revamp this morning. They are shiny and new, people. So have at 'em!
Click "Discuss" on the main menu bar or click right here:
http://www.velvetparkmedia.com/forums
Maddow Drool Cup?
For realz? Are you trying to kill my Brainiac Buzz? How about Clinking Glasses with the Intellegeek Lasses? Anything has to be better the drool. When we swoon over Rache, that is not the kind of puddle we are make.
lmao I'll see if I can't come
lmao
I thought it was funny! I'll see if I can't come up with something less shocking to your delicate sensibilities, though.
Wow, $5.95 a month is a
Wow, $5.95 a month is a steal...even if we can't log in very often. Thanks.
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
Hi, PK!
Good to see you playing in the park today!
Twitter Time @kdhales
Hi Kd :) Yeah I pop in
Hi Kd :) Yeah I pop in every now and then. That's a gorgeous kitty.
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
I thank you...
and Winston thanks you!
Twitter Time @kdhales
More than happy to oblige
Grace, you've been bankrolling us for how long? More than a year now? This is LONG overdue.
I don't look at paying for 'Premium' service as just enabling me to access the dating features--I view it as keeping this site and this community afloat in the long term.
Btw, you're just ahead of the curve--the NYTimes is going to be moving back to an online payment system in a few months as well. We can't expect to have everything for free and then cry about why there's no jobs!
I've write something alike
I've write something alike just a minute after you.
-Do not follow me, I'M LOST-
Okay, so how relieved was I
Okay, so how relieved was I that you were using my profile to demo free membership, thus not flying my freak flag hanky code for the entire interwebs to see? Um. Very.
Hahahahahaha.
i think
the interwebs may already know how your freak flies... just sayin'
tweet tweet @gracemoon
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MC Escher moment
Hahaha, I loved your reference to MC Escher. Also, it was fun to see my Avatar hanging out there on Julia's profile.
$5.95. I will imitate Rustonomics and say that in Minsonomics that means one fewer Latte with a low-fat blueberry muffin as a chaser. Can do.
Still searching for the right brainy quote.
thank god that refrence wasn't lost!
lets just say your avatar gets around...
tweet tweet @gracemoon
Do you want to date my avatar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU
Grace - the buying power of
Grace - the buying power of the pound is about the same as the dollar I reckon, so for the sake of fairness I'll pay 5.95 sterling. That's such a bargain for unrestricted flirting with Tex!!
A delightful go between...
Big smooch to you, sweets! Have a delightful weekend....did that sound British? I was using my British accent!
Twitter Time @kdhales
It totally did!! Y'all have
It totally did!! Y'all have an awesome weekend too! How about that - did that sound American/Texan?!?
Yep,
it certainly did! Off to make snow angels...
Twitter Time @kdhales
i might take your
Sterling and invest in the Yuan, we may get a better return.
tweet tweet @gracemoon
The pound ain't what it used
The pound ain't what it used to be, that's for sure!!
Off topic but not...
ain't that the truth....my stocks (except for Macy's) are doing terrible! I'm not gonna look any more today and go play in the snow!
Twitter Time @kdhales
Grace...
Fatty is part of the community.....might be one of the best parts!!!
I'm not a cat lover...but that is one cool cat!!!
The site and what you have created is important...Thank you!!
Use the money however YOU need to.....
100% support in this house!!!
Lake
you're a nice lady...
Now where's my food?
Love the new 'do!
That wallet is hot! Okay, okay back to task....heck yeah I'm gonna give ya $5.99 or whatever a month. Some of the reasons:
1. I'm gonna support a fellow woman, lesbian, and friend in her endeavors
2. I've cyber met and physically met some really nice people through Velvetpark
3. The hunger and possible demise of Fatty will not be on my hands
4. It's just dang fun....and "informative" on so many levels
Diggin' The Kitchen Chat....talk to us more often! I'd love to see and feel that passion on LGBT issues
A big thanks and smooch for your persistence and patience in seeing this venture through...
Nothing but love
Tex
Twitter Time @kdhales
okay i think my point about Fatty was misunderstood
my point about Fatty was this:
If I spend 5 dollars a week on my Cat, what is spending 5 dollars on my community?
If you buy coffee at starbucks twice a week thats close to 5 bucks on coffee a week, so whats 5 bucks a month on a community?
To be clear, the money Velvetpark is trying to make is to cover bloggers, pay back the loan I took out, This does not go to my Cat fund. My cat is living off my teaching gigs.
You can't run a business if you give everything away for free, and this is the juncture we've come to.
I do agree with all of your other points
tweet tweet @gracemoon
Right.
But the $5.95 a month does go to pay bloggers which, in turn, goes to feed Jalla the Butt and Chewbacca LaRoux.
Won't you be my neighbor? @theKELword
Okay, now that's officially explained....
go with it....rope in those bleeding heart lezzie cat lovers! Fatty is one cool cat! So glad to see he is already a lover of the cat weed. I'll have to get some for Winston....
Twitter Time @kdhales
Fatty's and Winston's theme song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw
Lake
Was that Catnip?!
I thought it was the kitty version of wheat grass. Does this make our innocent baby girl Gracie a dealer?
Quick, call a Lush Rumball; the Park is spinning out of control!
Rustonomics
In Rustonomics that's about 2 pints of beer a month. I can do that.
"When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will." ~ Pollyanna
Thanks Rusty
its all relative ain't it?
tweet tweet @gracemoon
hehehehehehe
Put up Winston's glamour shot - show it to Fatty, please.
Twitter Time @kdhales
:)
meow.
I'm in....
I will not be responsible for Fatty starving........
I could think of a better weed to buy....I'm just saying!!!
Lake