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WinCustomize Subscription Drive Begins

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WinCustomize Subscription Drive Begins

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https://www.wincustomize.com/store/
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WinCustomize.com is having a subscription drive. From September 30 to October 31 we are hoping to gain 2,000 new or renewed WinCustomize subscriptions. 

Stardock has hired long-time skinner Mike Bryant who is going to work on creating at least one (probably two) premium suites that will be just for WinCustomize subscribers.  In addition, WishX has been brought on board to help better coordinate efforts between the site development team and the volunteer moderators and administrators so that new features, changes, and bug fixes can be done even faster. 

On top of that, monthly visitors have increased from an average of 14 million at the start of the year to over 22 million now.  Those extra millions of users mean more bandwidth and more servers which is very expensive when you're at that level.

IF we make the 2,000 subscription goal we will also commit to adding some specific new features such as:

  1. Subscribers will be able to select their own "skin" for the site.
  2. An extra premium suite for subscribers
  3. Lots of additional new features for personal pages
  4. RSS feeds for select galleries

Presently, a WinCustomize subscription provides:

  • No Ads on site
  • Two Premium skin suites
  • The WinCustomize Browser
  • Unlimited Downloads
  • A WinCustomize Personal page with your name as part of the domain
  • A Personal photo gallery to upload images to.
  • And various minor features with more being added regularly.

A WinCustomize subscription costs $19.95 for an entire year.  Renewals cost $19.95 for an additional two-years.  We will be keeping you up to date on the status of the subscription drive.  In order to make 2,000 subscription we have to sell over 60 subscriptions per day.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i m not a subscriber at this moment, so i am thinking to subscribe 1st then straight away renew for 2 more years, in other words, i want a membership which will last for 3 years, is that possible??

got to support the great skinning community!!!

admire the kindness of Night Train, shame to me!!!
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok I am a current subscriber, what do I need to do? Also can think of an incentive so we can pass on to our friends?

I don't know like a free key ring or something
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Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anyone knows what will be offer to people who are clients since WB 1 ?
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
One "no frills" date to the movies will cost about the same as a WinCustomize subsription. What do you value more, a date where you probably won't get any, or two years of Wincustomize?
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
uhhh I'm not getting any with my two year subscription either
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Elessart! A deal for you. If you sit in front of your Web Cam and read Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" to me for 2 hours -- I will pay for your subscription. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!. Easiest $20 you'll ever make AND it's going to a good cause to boot. Also it's a damn fine read.

Hell I won't even ask you to dress up!
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Longtime visitor and admirer of the works produced here, so I finally signed up Gotta support the "good guys" and the community here is definitely one of them.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
100 UP .... 1900 to go .....!!!!!!!!
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hehe.. I think 2k is just a wee bit ambitious. But good luck!

I'll get one later this week, kinda running low on cash atm.
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Renewed! Hurrah!
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Elessart! A deal for you. If you sit in front of your Web Cam and read Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" to me for 2 hours -- I will pay for your subscription. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!. Easiest $20 you'll ever make AND it's going to a good cause to boot. Also it's a damn fine read.

Hell I won't even ask you to dress up!


lol, im not that desperate...but a reduced price with less features would be nice.
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ummm ill do it...send me an email to set up a time and where i can get the book...i want to help wincustomize, but my wife wont validate me spending when i already get object desktop each year.
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey All,

Been a Stardock ObjectDesktop customer since May of 2005. A couple days ago when the subscription drive began was the first time I even thought about subscribing to WinCustomize.com. I can add on an honest note, it was well worth it!! I now have access to WinCustomize.com through the use of their own browser and also have their browser integrated into Stardock Central. Amazing what people can make now. I have access to skins in a new way. Not only that, but the power to apply everything from a Wallpaper to a Windows Media Player skin from within the WinCustomize Browser. Thanks WinCustomize.com for making my task to fully customize windows' look a LOT easier!!
Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm going to subscribe real soon

Price: $19.95 is very fair.
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've been a member since 2001, it's a great service and it's very nice to be able to at least change your interface so it doesn't LOOK like Microsoft made it. Next stop for Stardock, make a good OS.
Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've never subscibed to WinCustomize. I can't justify paying the $20. It's not something I use that frequently and some of the features that I'd be paying for are simply things I have no use for:

Subscribers will be able to select their own "skin" for the site.
A WinCustomize Personal page with your name as part of the domain
A Personal photo gallery to upload images to.
No Banner Ads - It doesn't matter to me, my browser blocks them anyway.

Since I'm a current OD subscriber, the only feature I'd really be paying for is the WinCustomize browser and an extra suite or 2. I'd be willing to pay $10-15 for that, but not $20.
Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, the site does provide for a great place for skinners to gather and put thier skins Robin. Without the skins you don't change much within your operating system. I think that alone is worth keeping this site running. I don't go to any other site to get my skins. This site is the authority on skins and the best skinners choose to put their skins here. Let's keep this portal open!
Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how hard would it be to get a subscripition from australia,want to subscribe,got the money but don`t know what to do.we have western union if that helps
Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Link <<< Easy access to the order form, see below:

Q: I don’t have a credit card. How can I purchase Stardock software?

A: We also accept checks or money orders in US funds (no Eurocheques, please, as they are not certified funds). Please print and use the order form at https://www.stardock.com/order.txt (also found in the directories of Stardock’s shareware products) and mail with payment to:

Stardock Systems, Inc.

15090 Beck Rd., Suite #300

Plymouth, MI 48170

USA
Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top

UserID: 252281
Real Name: Rxxxxx Sxxxxx
Email: xxxxxx@xxxx
Member Since: 5/3/2002
Last Visited: 10/7/2005 2:58:30 PM
Access Class: Citizen (1)
User Level: CurrentCustomer (4)
Bytes Downloaded: 528 MB

For me to receive a half GIG of downloads I pay Bigpond [my ISP] approx $15.00 AUS.....3 GIG monthly limit.....94.88 per month.

I would have thought that 'obtaining' half a gig of content probably deserves some form of recompense, even assuming no other content/value/use for/from the site...

Reply #49 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Except that without the availability of content to be downloaded, OD is useless. If Wincustomize.com didn't exist I wouldn't be a continued OD customer personally. I'm another user who doesn't see any enticement from the $20 WC subscription package. I don't need a personal page and don't care about skinning the site. Premium skins would be the only real benefit for me. Now, if it's getting close to the 2000 mark I'll probably subscribe to contribute.
Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm sorry. Somewhere along the line I thought that since I subcribed to OD, I was automatically subscribed to WC (my mistake - I wonder how many others think the same thing?). I'm signing up now because the articles and forums alone are worth it. I don't download graphics much (maybe one skin or wallpaper per month) but the inspirational value of seeing the creativity of others is priceless! Support those that feed you!