dA Bonus V5-dA Ranges #1: Membership

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Today begins a round of themes, called "dA Ranges" about the different ranges of users on deviantART. The aim of these issues is know the various occupations that have users on dA and its functions.

The first theme is "Membership". Who is the Premium user? As I can get a Premium Membership? What are the benefits of a Premium account ?. The answers to all questions in this special article.

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What is a Premium Membership?


A Premium Membership or Premium Account (also called by many "Subscription") is, as we all know, a higher rank and is that which gives us certain privileges and services, which of course do not have the Free users. His rank in DeviantArt is "Premium Member".

How I can get a Premium Membership?


In DeviantArt there are 4 ways to purchase a Premium Membership. Then I'll give a brief description of each:

:bademoticon: Credit Card: The main way to purchase in any website. A card with which we can buy things but considering that we pay and recharged the same for our next purchases. To purchase a Membership you must go to the purchase page of the same from the Shop> Buy Premium Membership menu. Enter you the "Credit Card" tab and insert your card details in the spaces. Finally press the "Upgrade to Premium" button and your payment will be processed. DeviantArt accepts Visa, American Express, Master Card and Discover. Once we made ​​the whole process a Premium Account. However, very few users have card so they resort to other means of purchase.

:bademoticon: Paypal:
Another way to pay is to have a Paypal account. PayPal is an American company, owned by eBay, belonging to the Internet e-commerce sector that allows the transfer of money between email users with an alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks or money orders. PayPal also processes payment requests in electronic commerce and other Web services, for which it charges a percentage.



More Info Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal

PayPal link: www.paypal.es/

:bademoticon: American Dollars:
Obtained real Dollars that you send by mail to the address of the company, in this case DeviantArt. But no one is currently using this method. The other way to get them is by selling Prints, which are certain artistic works that users put on sale. Also with the sell of Premium Content, Commissions, etc.

:bademoticon: Points:
Used by all website (with a different denomination). They can also be used to buy the Premium Membership. There are several ways to obtain Points: buying by Credit Card, Paypal Account and American Dollars. Also making Commissions, where you make drawings for others users in exchange for a certain amount of points; Through donations made by other users; And through contests that offer Points as a prize.

:bademoticon: Sending Real Money:
Another little known method to purchase a Premium Membership is sending real money to the DeviantART headquarters in the United States. The payment order should be sent to this address:

deviantART, Inc. 7095 Hollywood Blvd #788 Hollywood, CA 90028

You must include your full name, address of residence, DeviantART username and your email address. Only Americans Dollars are accepted, both for those who are living in USA and for international customers. This method can also be used to give a Membership to another DA user. You must include the above information but placing the name of the user who receive the membership and that it is for that user, not for you.

Money should be sent only in cash. DA does not accept money transactions, personal checks or Wire Transfer. This method of payment order can only be used for Pre-Paid Membership packages.

:bademoticon: Other ways to get Premium Membership:

-Competitions: on DeviantART exist in various contests, official and unofficial, that offer many prizes, such as a Premium Membership. Some contests offer Premium Memberships by 1 year, another of 6 months or 3 Months. Everything depends on the organizer of the contest, if that person has the possibility of awarding the prize.

-Raffles:  are also popular among users of deviantART. You can obtain Premium Membership or points in a raffle made ​​by someone else. You can find many raffles in the Journal Portal, using the word "Giveaway" in the search. Make sure to apply the filter "Newest" to find recent raffles.

-Gift: A generous person can give a Premium Membership to another user, a friend, whether for a special occasion or in gratitude to that person. The purchase page of membership has a special section to give a Membership to another user. And if you want what you can hide your name that person or let him know that you gave your membership.

What are the Membership packages available?


This is the list of Premium Memberships available, with prices in Dollars and Points:



  • Billing Membership: This Membership is renewed at the end of each month and can only be paid by credit card. You only need to enter your card details and your data remains in the system and thus dA collects money at the end of each month for renewal :). You can cancel the automatic renewal on "Settings > Rebilling", or with a link in a message sent to your email dA every month when the renewal happens.
  • Pre-Paid Membership: Is not renewed. For example, if you purchase 12 months Membership only last this and not be renewed at the end. They can be purchased by credit card or dA Points :). For now there are only two pre-paid Membership: 12 and 24 months. Before exist also the 3 months but have been removed by updates.
  • Pre-paid Membership with Status: This is a new Membership has been added and is pre-paid because you can also buy with card or Points. It is a package that offers a 7-year Membership and the Status ''til Hell freezes over", indicating Membership indefinite period (although in reality it is not permanent). Previously, only Administrators, Volunteers and some Seniors had this Status but now can be purchased by anyone to pay for it.

Gift

You can give a Premium Membership to another person through two options:

  • Use the "Give" button on that person's profile and click the "Give Premium Membership" option.
  • Click on the link "Click here to learn more" on the purchase page of membership.

You'll enter the Gift Membership page and you will find the following:



This is a list of the Membership Prices in Dollars and Points. Insert the name of the recipient, select a Membership that you want to give and your payment method to use. Then you can indicate whether you want to display your name to the recipient or be anonymous.

What are the Benefits of a Premium Membership?


A Premium Membership gives you access to additional features to your account. These features are:

:bademoticon: Browse more content, more quickly: You can broaden your search with more content on each page and a faster navigation.

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No ad browsing: Are you tired of seeing so much advertising on deviantART?. The Premium Membership hidden all advertising to improve your site navigation.

:bademoticon: Schedule and submit multiple deviations at once: The Submit page has new embedded options. You can upload multiple images at the same time in separate tabs for each. Also you can schedule a deviation to appear in your gallery at some point of your choice. Select the date and time of your choice and the page make the rest. These options are very useful when you have new works to show, and when you need that to appear in your gallery later if you can not do it now.

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Change your username: You do not like your current username? You want another?. The Membership lets you change your name on your Settings page. You can change your name once every 6 months, not allowed to return to have the old name or use the name of a disabled account. You can not have a refund of Membership if you have used this feature.

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Unlock your Sta.sh with 10 GB of storage: Sta.sh is a storage platform for your files before being presented in your gallery. You can save any file on Sta.sh and is a completely private site, only you can see the content on your Sta.sh. Normally, you can only access 2GB of space on Sta.sh. The Premium Membership allows you to unlock up to 10GB of storage space for more content.

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Save 10% off Prints purchases
(can be stacked with most other special events and sales!):
You can have a 10% discount on the purchase of Prints and other special purchases.

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Cruise through 400% more deviations per page:
The Premium Membership allows you to perform special configurations in the search engine to look more content per page. Free users can only see 24 deviations per page but with Premium you can see 60 to 120 deviations per page.

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Customize your Journal and your Profile: You have the opportunity to use a custom Skin in your journal, besides being able to decorate most of the widgets from your profile with funds and other special resources.

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Journal: The dA Journals system also works with CSS codes, which allow you to create a custom style for your Journals. However, it is necessary to have some knowledge of CSS to start working. But there is an alternative for those who do not know of CSS or do not have time to create your own design. This alternative is to use an Installable Skin, a design created by someone else that decides to share it on his account so that other people can use it. You can find many styles for journal on dA search engine. Also I recommend groups as: journalcss y
JournalSkin


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Gallery: You can also decorate the folders in your gallery with custom backgrounds. The Premium Membership allows you to work with CSS in your gallery to create your own custom background or add a design created by someone else. In the dA search engine you can find several designs for your gallery. You must choose your preference and download the CSS on your PC for use, because designs gallery can not be installed unlike designs journal.

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Custom Box: This is a widget that you can customize in the way you want: you can set the background and content of your choice, plus you can also add more than one Custom box for more variety of content. This is a very basic tutorial on how to add a background to your Custom box:

cyphervisor.deviantart.com/art…

In the gallery of CypherVisor, in the folder "Custom Box Resources", you will find a variety of resources to customize your box. These codes can also be used in other widgets (with description box) profile, if you so desired.

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Extra Widgets: There are other extras widgets that only can be used by Premium users: Polls (For surveys) Twitter (For show Tweets of your Twitter account), Shoutbox (Chat a little on your profile), Forum (a forum in your profile) Gallery folder (to display a specific folder in your gallery) collection (To display a specific collection of your favorite) And Delicious bookmarks (To display bookmarks of your favorite web pages).

:bademoticon: Engage and track your visitors with extra widgets and stats:
There is a special widget (for Premium users only) called "Visitors", which lets you keep track of recent visitors to your profile. Note: A user in the "Invisible" state (premium or free user) will not appear registered in the "Visitors" widget of a Premium user.

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Give and get meaningful feedback on your art with Critique: Premium users have the ability to receive critiques (Positive) in their deviations. This option can activate in the Submit page, tab "Publishing Options" when uploading your deviation (Press the "Edit" in existing deviations). The option is "Request Critiques". When enabled this option other users can see the "Write a Critique" button on your deviation and may leave a Critique in it.

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Gain instant community privileges:
Sometimes when a new update is released to the public, are given to Premium users the privilege of use most of your choices. You can also get a special discount when purchasing Prints, among other privileges.

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Administrate more than three Groups:
As a free user you can only manage 3 groups. The premium membership allows you to manage up to 10 groups.

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Access exclusive weekly giveaways

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Beta-test new site features:
Beta Tester is a user who has the ability to test new tools and updates before they are released to the public. If you are a Premium Member you have the possibility to be a Beta Tester. No need to apply for this job with the Staff. To activate the Beta Tester funtion you must go to Settings> Beta Testing and check the box. Your star will be transparent and you can provide to devBUG, the team of Beta Testers of the site.

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Earn more with exclusive commercial tools

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Make more money on each sale by setting your own print prices

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Buy your own work at a discount - up to 50% - for gifting or reselling

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Promote yourself with Portfolio - your own personalized website and art showcase without any dA branding:
The Portfolio is a special tool of dA that lets you organize your art in a more professional manner. As a free user you can create a Portfolio but with Premium Membership you can create more Portfolios and has access exclusive to Premium user actions, such as:
  • Unlimited Portfolios
  • Use Your own Custom Domain
  • Custom logo images
  • Password security
  • No more dA Branding
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The Premium Membership is undoubtedly a excellent medium that allows us to customize our site (Profile, Gallery, Journal, etc) in a free manner, that is, to our preference. It also offers various tools such as Portfolios and Critiques, to give it a more professional touch our artwork. And if you want to buy or sell any Print your you can get a discount. There are many advantages that free users do not have, but that does not mean a free account is less important than a premium account.

A free account can also take advantage of a good way without having a Premium Membership. It is true that we can not use custom backgrounds, but we can make decorations using dA Emoticons, Icons PLZ (User Accounts used as Emoticons and more) free use of Thumbs codes for free users in most sections of the account, Widgets free to use, etc. With good management of the resources available to free users and imagination we can decorate our page in an attractive way. In a next edition of dABonus I'll explain how you can customize your profile.

I hope this information helps you make the most of all the privileges offered by the Premium Membership =D.

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