What gets you to buy Premium/VIP?

[JLogan]

Besides wanting to support a community, what exactly gets you to buy premium?

 

[xpl0iter]

Some awesome tools which is available only for VIPS?

 

[Jerlene]

I guess just the features. Other than that, nothing.

 

[Rihtar]

I'm not a fan of purchasing VIP access on forums, because I believe it's a waste of money, since none of them provide any features that are worthy of mentioning. In other words, I purchase VIP access only if I want to support the forum and that rarely happens.

 

[Miss K.]

I've given money to a forum once, when donations were asked for. Donators got access to a private area with fewer rules. I don't think I'd do it again unless the perks were really impressive, which is difficult with forums.

 

[Beverly]

The only premium membership that I purchased was on my friends forum and I did it to support him. And, it made him feel really good, so I didn't mind spending the money. I was already moderator on that forum, so I wasn't really concerned about private access forums. It was just a way to help a friend out. That's what motivated me.

 

[wasi90lk]

If premium members get extra benefits and I want those benefits, then I may go for premium membership.

For example, I bought upgraded membership on Warrior forum and I am glad I did! I received so many useful information after upgrading my account.

 

[iPhonefreak]

If it was cheap. I do not pay lots of money for sponsorship, as I do not have much.

 

[milksheikh]

I only would buy membership if it was cheap and if it was a good forum than i would love to be a happy donator.

 

[Shortie]

I would be more than happy to donate or buy premium membership for a forum that I enjoy using, however I would also consider what I would get in return for helping the said forum out with a donation or purchase. More benefits on the forum and also it being a cheap price to get the premium membership are two things I would consider before jumping into a purchase.

 

[Azareal]

One thing which people really seem to neglect when running sites is trust.
They seem to assume that people who come to the site will automatically trust them and assume that you're not just going to take the money and run.

This is particularly bad when you have no clue what the owner's real name is or any sort of information about them or any of the staff. This is one of the main reasons that I have never paid for premium MyBB Plugins. While the sites which did follow this guideline didn't have anything of interest.

 

[Robmaniac]

I don't really do it for the rewards, it is purely to aid the forum and the rewards are a bonus.

 

[Jordan]

Depends on the forum. Such as Digital Point, I buy premium there for the webmaster benefits. I would not do it to support the forum as the forum is already highly supported and is in no need of outside support.

Other forums however, like Rihtar said, do not normally give good enough benefits so I would purchase Premium/VIP if I am looking to support the forum. I also only purchase it if it is a forum I am visiting often.