This is an important update for Grandfathered Creators.
In the announcement below we stated that starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators, including Grandfathered Creators, will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to be in the Earn Money Program and receive cash payouts.
(This requirement does not affect Grandfathered Creators who are subscribed to legacy VIP (from before Tiered VIP launched).
We realize this is a huge change for many Grandfathered Creators and have been closely following feedback regarding this new policy.
Based on your valuable input, we have come up with a solution that should make it easier for affected Creators to transition.
Details are as follows:
LINKED ACCOUNTS FOR GRANDFATHERED CREATORS
Starting July 1, 2023, Creators will be able to link three Grandfathered Creator accounts together, with only one VIP subscription.
Creators will choose one Grandfathered account for their VIP subscription, and two additional Grandfathered accounts that will not need VIP.
If a Creator already pays for Platinum or Diamond VIP on a non-Grandfathered account, they can apply it to two of their Grandfathered accounts.
All three linked accounts will be eligible for the Earn Money Program and payouts.
Once the accounts are linked, new earnings from these accounts will be combined into one MASA balance. Earnings from before the accounts are linked will not be combined.
Grandfathered accounts that are grouped with a VIP account will not need to apply for the Earn Money Program as long as they have already been approved to participate in the Earn Money Program prior.
Starting August 2023, earnings from the linked accounts can be set up to funnel into the VIP account.
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LINK GRANDFATHERED ACCOUNTS
Here’s how to link a Platinum or Diamond VIP Grandfathered account with two additional accounts.
Make sure one of your Creator accounts has Platinum or Diamond VIP
Submit a help ticket to the Earn Money Program, requesting linked accounts. List an account that has VIP, and two Grandfathered accounts that do not have VIP.
If any of the linked accounts is not in the Earn Money Program, those account(s) will need to join to earn money and request a payout. All accounts will be able to apply to the Earn Money Program without a VIP subscription. However, you will not be able to earn money or request a payout until the account has a qualified VIP subscription or is linked to a Grandfathered account with a qualified VIP subscription.
Once the team receives your ticket (and your Earn Money application(s) if applicable), they will:
Check to make sure the accounts are owned by you
Confirm your Earn Money Program application has been accepted.
As soon as your accounts are approved, the team will link them together, so all three can be in the Earn Money Program with only one VIP subscription
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT - JULY ONLY
Between July 1 and July 30, Earn Money accounts with less than $50 can convert their balances into Credits. To receive Credits, send a help ticket to the Earn Money team.
Attention Creators - Starting July 1 Earn Money Payouts will require VIP
This is an important notice for Creators who are not signed up for VIP but still receive cash payouts in the Earn Money Program.
Starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to receive cash payouts.
This does not include legacy Creators who signed up for VIP before the Tiered VIP system launched. They already have the equivalent of Platinum VIP and do not need to take any action.
CLARIFICATION:
Added 5/18/23: By "legacy Creators" we mean Grandfathered Creators. Grandfathered Creators without VIP will still be able to create, submit to their shop and earn Credits.
When this new requirement is introduced, Grandfathered Creators without VIP will still be able to create, submit to their shop and earn Credits.
Added 5/23/23 - You will not be able to earn cash or receive payouts unless you purchase Platinum or Diamond VIP. Once you join VIP you can earn cash and receive payouts. You will not lose existing cash balances. They will simply not be available without VIP.
The Platinum and Diamond VIP memberships offer exclusive benefits that will help Creators make the most of their IMVU experience, including free live chat rooms, live voice broadcasting, and catalog discounts. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
We realize VIP is new to many of you, and to that end, we have provided several weeks of notice so that you can review the Platinum and Diamond VIP offerings and decide which is right for you. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
Thank you!
The IMVU Creator Team
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Posted by “Flirtstone” on July 19, 2023.
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Les no matter what they have done this. And as long as we all have been here. We know . that no matter how much we talk here they don't look that's why they have you mods looking at this for they are to busy spending the money we made for them here. They don't care how we feel or the money they are taken from our income each year.... Shame. You pay for get our own money. Plus that we can't even control our own credits we have to beg for them to be sent to our other accounts. I made it I should be able to spend it the way I wish to... LISTEN imvu.....
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Posted by “Flirtstone” on July 19, 2023.
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Well, I didnt come here to work and not get paid for it? Is that not a bit strange to ask of someone to make your imvu bigger and I pay for it not only in real money, but the taxes I pay every year . Yet now your asking me to work on here for free and just given it to imvu for them to take more money off us. I don't think so. I don't know where you all come up with these things but if your going this for you want everyone to go to the phones. ipad ect. Then you need to close the client up and give us our money that we have worked for years for. I don't like any of what you have put in front of us. But you know something. We can talk till we are blue in the face you don't think about us. Plus the fact we can talk and say what we wish if you don't remove if. Your not going to go back and change nothing. So, people that have more than one account pays on the avg. Of 100 dollars a year for vip, the cost of deving, Textures, taxes, our time and oh of coure your ... blank blank blank next.... Well imvu you did it good this time. When I sign up with your tos way back when these rules was not in force. But, I will say this. I will close my account and you will not dev off my meshes or get anymore money from me if you all don't change some of this. You have made a mess out of the tier now you getting to the people that built your game. And all you have anymore is SEX rooms. Go take a look at what you have made of something I was proud to work in. NOT anymore......
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Posted by “Sylaraia” on July 19, 2023.
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Plus it looks like making use of Chat Now via VIP privileges can expedite matters. Worked for Poly.
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Posted by “Erieann” on July 19, 2023.
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You should be able to open a help ticket and link your grandfathered creating account to your non-grandfathered VIP account with no issue. If the account you want to link is not a grandfathered account, I'm pretty sure they are not offering that right now.
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Posted by “HunnyHer” on July 19, 2023.
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I kept them separated, idk if Im going to funnel since it doesnt keep me from having to do the crap work on each acct, lol.
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on July 19, 2023.
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Good to know! Did you funnel your earnings or keep them separate?
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Posted by “HunnyHer” on July 19, 2023.
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Update: For anyone skeptical of linking accts- I had requested my accts to be linked- my first payouts this month they weren't enforcing it yet...however 2 weeks later I was just able to successfully request payouts for all 10 accts - 6 of those were grandfathered accts that were linked to other grandfathered accts that I purchased vip for. They all went through without an issue. So, if you are worried if it will actually work- it did.....just as it did before the change.
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on July 19, 2023.
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They've made it so that we can link up to three accounts together, you pay for VIP on one account and it will also apply to the other two. There's info about how to do it in the opening post and also the pinned post at the top.
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Posted by “Anniz” on July 19, 2023.
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it's a no. i have 50$ pending, just in time for a payout, whoops can't get a payout without VIP. so there goes my money down the drain.
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Posted by “FunkyCandy” on July 19, 2023.
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@RigsK
"Can the accounts I like to the VIP account be non-Grandfathered?
Only a Grandfathered account can be linked with a VIP account. You could link your Grandfathered account to one of your VIP accounts."
I am having a hard time with the help staff to understand that I wish for this to happen.... they're insisting that all linked accounts need to be grandfathered......
So If i have one account that is non-grandfathered and has vip which is this account, can i not link a grandfathered account to it? I fail to understand why imvu is giving me so much difficulty with this....
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Posted by “Mole” on July 19, 2023.
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I am disgusted with this situation. I'm here 13 years and now I must pay you 9,99$ for each of my account because you changed your rules? This is not what you promised us when you closed re-sellers. Every year you treat us more and more like *here should be poop emoticon*, not like people who help create imvu. SAD.
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Posted by “Anniz” on July 19, 2023.
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Time to quit. Gladly all my friends did too, see you in VRCHAT.
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Posted by “shopdaisylogo” on July 19, 2023.
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Lets just remember this, imvu has taken and taken and taken, we haven't got a pay rise, while they gift our products and give away lots of promo credits that we also get as 1 dev token per sale. I am just sick to the stomach how this company is abusing its creators, its heartbreaking.
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Posted by “Erieann” on July 18, 2023.
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Having that option only prevents other creators or customers from buying or using your products. It does not prevent IMVU from unhiding anything in your account and using it if they wish.
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They did state in 2012 when they changed the creator program and grandfathered the creating accounts in prior to the change that they reserved the right to change that status at any time. For 11 years, they have not made a change to the grandfathered accounts. It never said in the TOS that we were "safe" from VIP. It simply stated at the time that the new TOS and creator agreement came out, it was not a requirement for grandfathered accounts to need VIP to receive cash payouts. We DO NOT need VIP to create. Only to receive cash payouts.
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Posted by “RigsK” on May 15, 2023.
[Archived]This is an important update for Grandfathered Creators.
In the announcement below we stated that starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators, including Grandfathered Creators, will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to be in the Earn Money Program and receive cash payouts.
(This requirement does not affect Grandfathered Creators who are subscribed to legacy VIP (from before Tiered VIP launched).
We realize this is a huge change for many Grandfathered Creators and have been closely following feedback regarding this new policy.
Based on your valuable input, we have come up with a solution that should make it easier for affected Creators to transition.
Details are as follows:
LINKED ACCOUNTS FOR GRANDFATHERED CREATORS
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LINK GRANDFATHERED ACCOUNTS
Here’s how to link a Platinum or Diamond VIP Grandfathered account with two additional accounts.
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT - JULY ONLY
Between July 1 and July 30, Earn Money accounts with less than $50 can convert their balances into Credits. To receive Credits, send a help ticket to the Earn Money team.
FAQ http://im.vu/help1072
_____________________________________________
Original Message 5/18/23
Attention Creators - Starting July 1 Earn Money Payouts will require VIP
This is an important notice for Creators who are not signed up for VIP but still receive cash payouts in the Earn Money Program.
Starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to receive cash payouts.
This does not include legacy Creators who signed up for VIP before the Tiered VIP system launched. They already have the equivalent of Platinum VIP and do not need to take any action.
CLARIFICATION:
The Platinum and Diamond VIP memberships offer exclusive benefits that will help Creators make the most of their IMVU experience, including free live chat rooms, live voice broadcasting, and catalog discounts. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
We realize VIP is new to many of you, and to that end, we have provided several weeks of notice so that you can review the Platinum and Diamond VIP offerings and decide which is right for you. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
Thank you!
The IMVU Creator Team
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Posted by “Flirtstone” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Les no matter what they have done this. And as long as we all have been here. We know . that no matter how much we talk here they don't look that's why they have you mods looking at this for they are to busy spending the money we made for them here. They don't care how we feel or the money they are taken from our income each year.... Shame. You pay for get our own money. Plus that we can't even control our own credits we have to beg for them to be sent to our other accounts. I made it I should be able to spend it the way I wish to... LISTEN imvu.....
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Posted by “Flirtstone” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Well, I didnt come here to work and not get paid for it? Is that not a bit strange to ask of someone to make your imvu bigger and I pay for it not only in real money, but the taxes I pay every year . Yet now your asking me to work on here for free and just given it to imvu for them to take more money off us. I don't think so. I don't know where you all come up with these things but if your going this for you want everyone to go to the phones. ipad ect. Then you need to close the client up and give us our money that we have worked for years for. I don't like any of what you have put in front of us. But you know something. We can talk till we are blue in the face you don't think about us. Plus the fact we can talk and say what we wish if you don't remove if. Your not going to go back and change nothing. So, people that have more than one account pays on the avg. Of 100 dollars a year for vip, the cost of deving, Textures, taxes, our time and oh of coure your ... blank blank blank next.... Well imvu you did it good this time. When I sign up with your tos way back when these rules was not in force. But, I will say this. I will close my account and you will not dev off my meshes or get anymore money from me if you all don't change some of this. You have made a mess out of the tier now you getting to the people that built your game. And all you have anymore is SEX rooms. Go take a look at what you have made of something I was proud to work in. NOT anymore......
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Posted by “Sylaraia” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Plus it looks like making use of Chat Now via VIP privileges can expedite matters. Worked for Poly.
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Posted by “Erieann” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]You should be able to open a help ticket and link your grandfathered creating account to your non-grandfathered VIP account with no issue. If the account you want to link is not a grandfathered account, I'm pretty sure they are not offering that right now.
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Posted by “HunnyHer” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]I kept them separated, idk if Im going to funnel since it doesnt keep me from having to do the crap work on each acct, lol.
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Good to know! Did you funnel your earnings or keep them separate?
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Posted by “HunnyHer” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Update: For anyone skeptical of linking accts- I had requested my accts to be linked- my first payouts this month they weren't enforcing it yet...however 2 weeks later I was just able to successfully request payouts for all 10 accts - 6 of those were grandfathered accts that were linked to other grandfathered accts that I purchased vip for. They all went through without an issue. So, if you are worried if it will actually work- it did.....just as it did before the change.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Polystyrene” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]They've made it so that we can link up to three accounts together, you pay for VIP on one account and it will also apply to the other two. There's info about how to do it in the opening post and also the pinned post at the top.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Anniz” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]it's a no. i have 50$ pending, just in time for a payout, whoops can't get a payout without VIP. so there goes my money down the drain.
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Posted by “FunkyCandy” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]@RigsK
"Can the accounts I like to the VIP account be non-Grandfathered?
Only a Grandfathered account can be linked with a VIP account. You could link your Grandfathered account to one of your VIP accounts."
I am having a hard time with the help staff to understand that I wish for this to happen.... they're insisting that all linked accounts need to be grandfathered......
So If i have one account that is non-grandfathered and has vip which is this account, can i not link a grandfathered account to it? I fail to understand why imvu is giving me so much difficulty with this....
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Mole” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]I am disgusted with this situation. I'm here 13 years and now I must pay you 9,99$ for each of my account because you changed your rules? This is not what you promised us when you closed re-sellers. Every year you treat us more and more like *here should be poop emoticon*, not like people who help create imvu. SAD.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Anniz” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Time to quit. Gladly all my friends did too, see you in VRCHAT.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “shopdaisylogo” on July 19, 2023.
[Archived]Lets just remember this, imvu has taken and taken and taken, we haven't got a pay rise, while they gift our products and give away lots of promo credits that we also get as 1 dev token per sale. I am just sick to the stomach how this company is abusing its creators, its heartbreaking.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Erieann” on July 18, 2023.
[Archived]Having that option only prevents other creators or customers from buying or using your products. It does not prevent IMVU from unhiding anything in your account and using it if they wish.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Erieann” on July 18, 2023.
[Archived]They did state in 2012 when they changed the creator program and grandfathered the creating accounts in prior to the change that they reserved the right to change that status at any time. For 11 years, they have not made a change to the grandfathered accounts. It never said in the TOS that we were "safe" from VIP. It simply stated at the time that the new TOS and creator agreement came out, it was not a requirement for grandfathered accounts to need VIP to receive cash payouts. We DO NOT need VIP to create. Only to receive cash payouts.
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