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Posted by: leedbreak Nov 28 2007, 03:16 AM

I am planning on getting a friend of mine about a six month membership as a Christmas Present. Maybe you can offer a package at a certain price as kind of a gift certificate. These could be bought only by existing members. You could make a pretty thing to print out for under the tree with a place to add the receiver's new log in name and password.


Just an idea that could really boost memberships.

I tried to post this twice on Kris's board but it disappeared when I clicked "post new topic"

Posted by: kahall Nov 28 2007, 03:20 AM

Hey, good idea. I would probably get at least one gift cert for someone I know.

Posted by: JVM Nov 28 2007, 03:38 AM

I think it's a great idea.

Posted by: Ayen Nov 28 2007, 04:31 AM

Good idea, but how would the subscription process work? I think if it were just a use-for-a-while system, Piracy might come into play. Not by GMCers of course, but by the person receiving the certificate.

Posted by: lavendell Nov 28 2007, 09:14 AM

Awesome idea leedbreak! It would be a great christmas present

Posted by: mattacuk Nov 28 2007, 11:51 AM

Fantastic idea. They would sell like hotcakes for sure.

Posted by: Smells Nov 28 2007, 12:02 PM

yup I agree its a good idea, I`ve told a couple of m8`s about this site but they have a look but dont really want to comit to subscription (daft in my opinion, but thats up to them if they want to miss out) could be a good tempter for them?

Posted by: DeepRoots Nov 28 2007, 12:15 PM

Indeed it would!



Same here- my best mate doesnt like subscribing to stuff- hopefull this'll be a nice kick up the ass for him if we can get it going..

Posted by: tonymiro Nov 28 2007, 12:16 PM

Looks like a great idea to me Leadbreak .

Maybe we could also do the reverse - give gift subscriptions to the 'not so good' guitar tuition sites to people we don't like .

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: mattacuk Nov 28 2007, 12:16 PM

For the small fee it cost to join, its unbelivable some people refuse to sign up!!

Posted by: Smells Nov 28 2007, 12:23 PM

Agreed, sorts the commited from the not so commited I think m8

Posted by: DeepRoots Nov 28 2007, 12:29 PM

Maybe there could be a fairly easy way to get this started....

Somebody talented at arts-fartsy stuff photoshop etc (matt ?) could design a certificate/gifty thing...then all we would need to do create an account for that person ourselves...

one small problem though...we would need to set up a new paypal account.

I guess the process would go as follows-
--create blank certificate
--make new paypal account (you! will make one for your friend...no admins etc )
--make new subscription with a forum account
--cancel subscription (this would still give the user their remaining 6 month etc left am i right?)
--make sure credit/debit card is removed from paypal account!! (just incase that friend gets a bit carried away when he/she sees a paypal address--after all they're going to see it often.)
--then just make sure your friend is given the paypal address and password along with the rude forum name and password...maybe write it on the back of the gift certificate.

This way i think would work without too many threats to our moneys etc.
GMCers could just download the template certificate and print it out

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 28 2007, 03:38 PM

Thanks Leedbreak, this is a great idea - I hope we can get this done very soon - it would be awesome if people used gmc as a Christmas gift!

Posted by: leedbreak Nov 29 2007, 03:25 PM

Could there not just be a way to purchase a username and password that would just automatically expire in 6-12 months and then if the gift receiver wants to keep going he will just have to sign up on his own after that. We as members would guard the new account since GMC would have a record of who is responsible for buying that account.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 29 2007, 03:38 PM

That's how we are going to do it!

Posted by: The Uncreator Nov 29 2007, 03:40 PM

Excellent Kris, and great idea Leedbreak.

GMC Just gets better!

Posted by: Pavel Nov 29 2007, 04:31 PM

The way Leadbreak described it, it should be a really great thing! Good idea my friend!

Posted by: leedbreak Nov 29 2007, 09:39 PM

Thanks, my commissions will be in US funds right?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Nov 30 2007, 02:09 AM

No, forum Karma - worth a lot more

Posted by: Smikey2006 Nov 30 2007, 02:29 AM

This is a great idea!. I have tons of friends who have looked at the site while im on it and loved it!hopefully giving them a memembership will get them addicited and consiquently make them stay

Posted by: JVM Nov 30 2007, 02:31 AM

Thats awesome I have some people i might buy one for.

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 30 2007, 02:34 AM

Great idea for a Christmas present. I hope this gets implemented soon as I may well get a membership for my mate.

Posted by: Zephyr Nov 30 2007, 02:49 AM

I have a friend who is learning guitar that I would love to have on this site, but he has dial-up internet that is so slow, it literally (no exaggeration!) takes about 10 minutes for one page to load... so, as you might guess, he doesn't use the internet much...

Maybe someday after he gets a better internet setup he'll join...

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 30 2007, 02:52 AM

My mate has his phone ring tone as the old 56k dial up tone. That is how classic it is Maybe get him broadband for christmas? It is only 10 a month for 1 Mbps

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Nov 30 2007, 02:53 AM

heh - cool idea for a ringtone

Posted by: leedbreak Nov 30 2007, 06:20 AM

Well, that is actually true.
Can't get nothing at Walmart with it, but still true.

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Nov 30 2007, 08:33 AM

Yeah, it's a good idea !!! what would be better than this ???

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 30 2007, 10:00 AM

That's just a matter of time!

Posted by: mattacuk Nov 30 2007, 01:08 PM

I belive anything is possible for GMC. The site is already unrecognisable from when I joined last December! Just think what a year or two can bring.

Posted by: Pavel Nov 30 2007, 03:24 PM

Karma can be great at some point But US dollars smell better

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Nov 30 2007, 03:48 PM

I absolutly agree !!!

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 2 2007, 11:36 AM

I am now proud to present the gift certificate live!

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Dec 2 2007, 03:20 PM

Wow, concentrated coolness!!!

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Dec 2 2007, 07:02 PM

Great idea man, you really can get you friend one valuable christmas present. THats nice

Posted by: mattacuk Dec 2 2007, 07:05 PM

Fantastic !! I hope this will be a permanent thing

Posted by: Maximus Dec 2 2007, 07:48 PM

Awesome. Thanks to all who made this happen so quickly.

Posted by: leedbreak Dec 5 2007, 11:10 PM

Not a bad Idea




Will the six months start the day we pay?

I would prefer paypal.

Posted by: Pavel Dec 6 2007, 09:55 AM

Up already? Wow, that was some fast job! Good job Kris!


Ok, if somebody wants to send me a gift for Christmas - i take US$, Euro and UK Pounds

Posted by: mattacuk Dec 6 2007, 11:36 AM

You cant blame him for trying Who knows, it might work!!

Posted by: DeepRoots Dec 6 2007, 12:06 PM

+1

Posted by: tonymiro Dec 6 2007, 02:06 PM

plus unwanted guitars, amps and effects

Posted by: Pavel Dec 6 2007, 08:51 PM

How could i forget that

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 6 2007, 09:29 PM

+1

However, Paypal is every web developers nightmare - had we chosen to go for a Paypal certificate we would have been ready for next years Christmas!

If the certificate thing turns out to be appreciated we will change to Paypal for sure!