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 “Suchie” on June 30, 2023.
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Good luck, IMVU. I have already applied for my last payout, hidden my derivable items, and started to hide the rest of my products. Thanks for making Second Life the more appealing option for me as a creator, especially considering the vast difference in creator profits, graphics quality, and in-world creator tools. Hope you enjoy the view as your ship sinks. :)
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Posted by “BunnyCakes” on June 30, 2023.
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The wording is so confusing! They should correct their announcement and label funneling somewhere. Its still confusing as hell.
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 30, 2023.
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We are not required to combine the income streams/MASA for linked accounts.
From Rigs' pinned post:
If we link two accounts with a VIP account, are we required to funnel our earnings and payments into one of the accounts?
Funneling earnings is a separate ask from linking accounts, and we won’t do it if the creator doesn't request it to be done. If you funnel your funds with two other accounts, the main account will have a new MASA calculation.
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Posted by “BunnyCakes” on June 30, 2023.
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I think MASA should stay separate when accounts are linked.
Is IMVU/TogetherLabs doing this to prevent people that are already at their MASA limit from cashing out monthly with their linked account?
Can we have a reason for this?
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 30, 2023.
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Whenever this is brought up they ignore us.
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 30, 2023.
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There is no fight or debate because IMVU INC. TOGETHER LABS Has chose to ignore us completely, how can we bring up increase in pay when they are hiding 100% from the creators, how do we know they aren't dealing with ransom etc. I'm highly upset and no most people don't have 15-20 accounts living in 3d, pls dm me regarding lawful action I can work with users to try to bring some justice to this situation this is essentially extortion asking us for the money every month in order to get paid our rightful earnings I expect they will ignore us completely so the time is now to come together.
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Posted by “Nums” on June 29, 2023.
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It's long overdue. The rate is too low.
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Posted by “sniperider” on June 29, 2023.
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LOt of creator dont even earn much hardly 10 doller to 50 doller month , you are saying they have pay 10 doller month ? hope u knew it loss to those be in loss forever sometime people go on break ther sale nearly get zero very less u have calculated from this time , imagine this imvu would u pay mostly all new users it take atleast 6 month to understand imvu craete mode then years to master years so that mean if person is just learning or beginer you keep RIPING off those beginer money even before they earn ? they pay u 10-20 doller a month imvu will go down this way as u are not sparing grandfather accounts also ...please remove thsi update nobody earning so much only few creator are expert in mesh and creating rest of creator will be in big loss each month . have u ever calculated everage income of creator , may i ask u if u can tell us i am sure its less then 50 doller a month i can assure u this so for 50 doller u want ripe them 10 doller ? month ...please sir dont do this request you on behalf of others not just myself for whole imvu. regardss
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Posted by “sniperider” on June 29, 2023.
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beg IMVU to reconsider. This could be catastrophic for the IMVU Catalog and Quality Products i am totaly against it we already earning nothing and forcing us to buy vip nearly everyone have more then 20 -50 accounts here as people here living life past 20 year on imvu please imvu stop doing this to your own people we are not from outside we build the imvu with you .please remove this update we dont want you force us to do this , it humble request .......please everyone support me
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Posted by “4u” on June 29, 2023.
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Maybe just fight for 45$ per 100k, it's still $3 less than some resellers were giving us a decade ago! but yeah solves everyone's problem huh?
>IMVU Turn this from a bad situation to a good one.
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 29, 2023.
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Nobody will address us obviously they don't care because the 21st has passed and nobody has posted from staff why?
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Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 29, 2023.
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Hello it's me again with my questions that are still unanswered!
What happens once our accounts are linked and we have to reapply for the Earn Money Program? This process can take weeks or even months and during that time people cannot withdraw money. Is this going to be the same case for us? Are you going to leave us without income? Do you realise that many of us rely on that income to live?
Are you going to improve the system for purchasing an annual VIP sub? The current process is very unfair to people outside of the US. We have to pay for an international call. We have to manage the time difference and call at an inconvenient time. What about people who don't speak English well? What about all those countries that are entirely excluded? Why did I have to spend even more money in the credit store to 'activate' my account?
Why won't you allow people who do not wish to buy VIP withdraw their full income if it is less than $50? This is essentially theft. And what about the money that is yet to come out of their pend after July 1? They just don't get to access that either?
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Posted by “HunnyHer” on June 29, 2023.
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I got the same exact message. Was hoping that meant "'its not the 1st yet but on the 1st we will do this" The least they coulda done was tell us that....anyways I added a comment to my ticket and asked- what does this mean?? Times Ticking and of course the 1st falls on a Saturday.
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A staffer has stated they'd be here after the 21st and check in regularly, is this true?
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I'm sorry looks like they are finding issue with some of the accts you have tried to link I already figured they would have certain issues with certain things regarding linking accts still need to see the legal tos in which we agreed to having fees due at any time for this earn money program can someone produce the text/ contract/ tos etc because this wasn't what we signed up for thx
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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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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Suchie” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]Good luck, IMVU. I have already applied for my last payout, hidden my derivable items, and started to hide the rest of my products. Thanks for making Second Life the more appealing option for me as a creator, especially considering the vast difference in creator profits, graphics quality, and in-world creator tools. Hope you enjoy the view as your ship sinks. :)
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “BunnyCakes” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]The wording is so confusing! They should correct their announcement and label funneling somewhere. Its still confusing as hell.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]We are not required to combine the income streams/MASA for linked accounts.
From Rigs' pinned post:
If we link two accounts with a VIP account, are we required to funnel our earnings and payments into one of the accounts?
Funneling earnings is a separate ask from linking accounts, and we won’t do it if the creator doesn't request it to be done. If you funnel your funds with two other accounts, the main account will have a new MASA calculation.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “BunnyCakes” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]I think MASA should stay separate when accounts are linked.
Is IMVU/TogetherLabs doing this to prevent people that are already at their MASA limit from cashing out monthly with their linked account?
Can we have a reason for this?![linked]()
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]Whenever this is brought up they ignore us.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 30, 2023.
[Archived]There is no fight or debate because IMVU INC. TOGETHER LABS Has chose to ignore us completely, how can we bring up increase in pay when they are hiding 100% from the creators, how do we know they aren't dealing with ransom etc. I'm highly upset and no most people don't have 15-20 accounts living in 3d, pls dm me regarding lawful action I can work with users to try to bring some justice to this situation this is essentially extortion asking us for the money every month in order to get paid our rightful earnings I expect they will ignore us completely so the time is now to come together.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Nums” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]It's long overdue. The rate is too low.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “sniperider” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]LOt of creator dont even earn much hardly 10 doller to 50 doller month , you are saying they have pay 10 doller month ? hope u knew it loss to those be in loss forever sometime people go on break ther sale nearly get zero very less u have calculated from this time , imagine this imvu would u pay mostly all new users it take atleast 6 month to understand imvu craete mode then years to master years so that mean if person is just learning or beginer you keep RIPING off those beginer money even before they earn ? they pay u 10-20 doller a month imvu will go down this way as u are not sparing grandfather accounts also ...please remove thsi update nobody earning so much only few creator are expert in mesh and creating rest of creator will be in big loss each month . have u ever calculated everage income of creator , may i ask u if u can tell us i am sure its less then 50 doller a month i can assure u this so for 50 doller u want ripe them 10 doller ? month ...please sir dont do this request you on behalf of others not just myself for whole imvu. regardss
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “sniperider” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]beg IMVU to reconsider. This could be catastrophic for the IMVU Catalog and Quality Products i am totaly against it we already earning nothing and forcing us to buy vip nearly everyone have more then 20 -50 accounts here as people here living life past 20 year on imvu please imvu stop doing this to your own people we are not from outside we build the imvu with you .please remove this update we dont want you force us to do this , it humble request .......please everyone support me
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “4u” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]Maybe just fight for 45$ per 100k, it's still $3 less than some resellers were giving us a decade ago! but yeah solves everyone's problem huh?
>IMVU Turn this from a bad situation to a good one.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]Nobody will address us obviously they don't care because the 21st has passed and nobody has posted from staff why?
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “Polystyrene” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]Hello it's me again with my questions that are still unanswered!
What happens once our accounts are linked and we have to reapply for the Earn Money Program? This process can take weeks or even months and during that time people cannot withdraw money. Is this going to be the same case for us? Are you going to leave us without income? Do you realise that many of us rely on that income to live?
Are you going to improve the system for purchasing an annual VIP sub? The current process is very unfair to people outside of the US. We have to pay for an international call. We have to manage the time difference and call at an inconvenient time. What about people who don't speak English well? What about all those countries that are entirely excluded? Why did I have to spend even more money in the credit store to 'activate' my account?
Why won't you allow people who do not wish to buy VIP withdraw their full income if it is less than $50? This is essentially theft. And what about the money that is yet to come out of their pend after July 1? They just don't get to access that either?
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “HunnyHer” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]I got the same exact message. Was hoping that meant "'its not the 1st yet but on the 1st we will do this" The least they coulda done was tell us that....anyways I added a comment to my ticket and asked- what does this mean?? Times Ticking and of course the 1st falls on a Saturday.
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]A staffer has stated they'd be here after the 21st and check in regularly, is this true?
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Community posted 6 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on June 29, 2023.
[Archived]I'm sorry looks like they are finding issue with some of the accts you have tried to link I already figured they would have certain issues with certain things regarding linking accts still need to see the legal tos in which we agreed to having fees due at any time for this earn money program can someone produce the text/ contract/ tos etc because this wasn't what we signed up for thx
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