Bonus for bringing new players?

[Tyhm]

Or whoever gets the most referrals gets invited to a special meeting with the superadmins, wherein he (or she) can suggest courses of action to those who run the game? No guarantee they'll follow it, but they gotta at least listen.

[Devil]

Originally Posted by Tyhm

Or whoever gets the most referrals gets invited to a special meeting with the superadmins, wherein he (or she) can suggest courses of action to those who run the game? No guarantee they'll follow it, but they gotta at least listen.

Wow, what a stupid idea.

[HoudiniMan]

I support a delayed referral system, like the one ING Direct uses (a bank).

At ING if you refer somebody and they open an account with a $xx initial deposit and keep it for 60 days, you get $25 added into your savings.

So why not if you refer a friend, and they buy a year subscription, and don't cancel the order or back-charge through their credit card company for 60 days, you receive a month gold for free?

Worst case scenario, your referral figures out how to get a 10 month refund after the 60 days, but Graal is still having 2 paid months, and only giving 1 month access away. It's still a net profit. Also, assuming there is any profit in the subscription price, it is cheaper for them to give 1 month access than it is to pay 1 month worth of subscription back to the player as a referral bonus.

Best case scenario, the players are thinking 3 months down the road and bringing in new people all the time to keep their own subscription rolling.

I personally think this is a good idea, but I'm not in charge of the business model. However, what bad could possibly come from offering it?

[Spark910]

Originally Posted by HoudiniMan

So why not if you refer a friend, and they buy a year subscription, and don't cancel the order or back-charge through their credit card company for 60 days, you receive a month gold for free?

I don't think Graal really gets/does 'refunds' or reverse charges. But naturally, some delay would be needed incase charges are reversed.

[Andy0687]

Originally Posted by Spark910

I don't think Graal really gets/does 'refunds' or reverse charges. But naturally, some delay would be needed incase charges are reversed.

In 2001 there were tons, honestly, the big thing was scamming people by upgrading their accts to get their gralat on 2k1 and then reversing the charge on the cc.

Not so much now that the gold servers dont impress. Goes to show you what kind of a hold 2k1 really had on a lot of people.

[HoudiniMan]

Originally Posted by Spark910

I don't think Graal really gets/does 'refunds' or reverse charges. But naturally, some delay would be needed incase charges are reversed.

Like I said, that is worst case scenario, and still good for the company.

[Joey_P2P]

It was suppost to be for playerworlds, so that every 5-10% off from the sale comes off your next PW pay or something.

Pff.. if that was true, I'd have enough graal accounts for 5-10 years =p!

[Demisis_P2P]

One week of free gold time isn't much.
If players get one month free they might actually try to start playing GK or Zone and get some stuff on those servers.
After they've been playing there for one month the chances of them upgrading their own account again so that they can keep playing there and keep their stuff will increase dramatically.
It'll also help to keep those servers hustling-and-bustling. At the moment GK is pretty dead, if 20 players start playing there on their free month then even more people are going to start playing there (it's a pretty acknowledged fact that servers with the most players attract more players, while servers with almost no players generally stay that way).

[Joey_P2P]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

One week of free gold time isn't much.
If players get one month free they might actually try to start playing GK or Zone and get some stuff on those servers.
After they've been playing there for one month the chances of them upgrading their own account again so that they can keep playing there and keep their stuff will increase dramatically.
It'll also help to keep those servers hustling-and-bustling. At the moment GK is pretty dead, if 20 players start playing there on their free month then even more people are going to start playing there (it's a pretty acknowledged fact that servers with the most players attract more players, while servers with almost no players generally stay that way).

Maybe if they were updated on days that are not holidays =!

[Tyhm]

Yes, yes, updates are important, content is important, but that's not the topic; referrals is the topic, and how well it'd drive traffic. Better than ads, I'd say, but ads are important too.

I agree with the delayed referrals system, that patches things nicely. Still have to keep people from referring each other in a loop, but...
Hey, actually, a discount on ReUpgrading would cover that. And keep people playing longer.

[Infernix]

lol Graal already has enough community staff interaction and infact more than any game I can think of.

I dont think graal is gonna invite 12 year olds to staff meetings regarding the future of the business. Be serious and stop smokin crack.

[Demisis_P2P]

Originally Posted by Infernix

lol Graal already has enough community staff interaction and infact more than any game I can think of.

I dont think graal is gonna invite 12 year olds to staff meetings regarding the future of the business. Be serious and stop smokin crack.

Some players aren't 12. Some players have some very good ideas. Some players don't smoke crack.

[HoudiniMan]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

Some players aren't 12. Some players have some very good ideas. Some players don't smoke crack.

But that is still a stupid idea.

People can make support tickets any time they like.

[Infernix]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

Some players aren't 12. Some players have some very good ideas. Some players don't smoke crack.

Yea Keyword:Some

[Tyhm]

Hmmm...when you create a new account, it Does have a field for "How did you find out?" and if you click Player, it asks for their accountname...so the framework's there...
Now if only it had an option for Server, we'd be all kinds of set. ;-)