Premium Membership

posted by: ok_i_give

You need to make it easier for us to pay for a premium membership. the way it is now i will never upgrade, just saying give us a simple payment option transaction like via paypal or simple credit card transaction. and watch the premium membership explode as we all want premium benefits, just make it more simple for the non techy types please.

posted by: spandexpartyadmin

Hey all, and thanks for opening this thread! I agree with you. Depending on the country, credit card payments are much more convenient—and to be fully transparent, it also adds a layer of security with charge-backs for the end-user. no question about that. I've been in talks and battling with credit card companies and payment processors for several months (!) now. Since the big regulation revamp 3 years ago¹ the requirement for adult products and websites have drastically changed. It's not about the horrendous fees, I'd be fine with whatever. But one of the requirements from their side is making all users on from our community identify and verify their identity via passport or 3rd party identification services. This is not acceptable and will never happen. I love this community. full stop. And that's why I spent months of getting it back on track and plan on getting it even further! ¹) Maybe you remember when big porn removed Mastercard and Visa payment methods or when PornHub deleted 80% (eighty percent) of all their porn. It does have it good parts for instance it battles revenge porn really effectively. But every other well behaving adult site suffers from this. On the other side, costs need to be covered to keep the Spandex Party going. I know that many aren't comfortable or happy with bank deposits. I'm also researching and talking with alternate earning possibilities that doesn't involve exposing or selling our user data to others; so we get closer to cover the costs. E.g. I don't want to plaster the site with irrelevant ads that only annoys us in the end. I could see collaborations with big gear companies and give special discounts for Spandex Party users and let them know (Wrestling suits, Cycling gear, Amoresy, Thongs)—I personally would love to hear unobtrusively about these offers. I apologise for the wall of text here but let me try to wrap this up: The longer my back and forths with the credit card companies and payment processors take, the less hopeful I'm become. But I keep fighting for it and layed down how much we can comply with these regulations. If there is any development in this area, I'll let you know immediately. And as always I love to listen to your feedback on here, PM or support@spandexparty.com. Cheers!

posted by: spandexpartyadmin

posted by: Bonerman

What about anonymous payment in some crypto currency?

Hey man, I'm right now in talks with more alternative payment options. Crypto is one of them. Plus they don't have the same ridiculous requirements¹ as credit cards. ¹) by ridiculous requirements I mean the fact that they require every user on adult sites to provide identification and verification documents in form of their government ID card or passport along with clear face shots. After the credit card companies did a big policy revamp 3 years ago (remember when Pornhub had to delete 80% of their entire porns?—that's because of this). It has good parts, e.g. revenge porn and children safety. But yeah, it's a two sided sword.

posted by: HotandHorny65

posted by: spandexpartyadmin

Hey all, and thanks for opening this thread! I agree with you. Depending on the country, credit card payments are much more convenient—and to be fully transparent, it also adds a layer of security with charge-backs for the end-user. no question about that. I've been in talks and battling with credit card companies and payment processors for several months (!) now. Since the big regulation revamp 3 years ago¹ the requirement for adult products and websites have drastically changed. It's not about the horrendous fees, I'd be fine with whatever. But one of the requirements from their side is making all users on from our community identify and verify their identity via passport or 3rd party identification services. This is not acceptable and will never happen. I love this community. full stop. And that's why I spent months of getting it back on track and plan on getting it even further! ¹) Maybe you remember when big porn removed Mastercard and Visa payment methods or when PornHub deleted 80% (eighty percent) of all their porn. It does have it good parts for instance it battles revenge porn really effectively. But every other well behaving adult site suffers from this. On the other side, costs need to be covered to keep the Spandex Party going. I know that many aren't comfortable or happy with bank deposits. I'm also researching and talking with alternate earning possibilities that doesn't involve exposing or selling our user data to others; so we get closer to cover the costs. E.g. I don't want to plaster the site with irrelevant ads that only annoys us in the end. I could see collaborations with big gear companies and give special discounts for Spandex Party users and let them know (Wrestling suits, Cycling gear, Amoresy, Thongs)—I personally would love to hear unobtrusively about these offers. I apologise for the wall of text here but let me try to wrap this up: The longer my back and forths with the credit card companies and payment processors take, the less hopeful I'm become. But I keep fighting for it and layed down how much we can comply with these regulations. If there is any development in this area, I'll let you know immediately. And as always I love to listen to your feedback on here, PM or support@spandexparty.com. Cheers!

Dear Simon, Thanks for all of your hard work at reviving this Spandex Party site, and I and I am sure all appreciate and thank you for your hard. I am so sorry for all the trouble you are having trying to use credit cards to pay for the Premium Membership, but this is the only way that I can join. I have been a Premium member of Spandex Party for many years, and I would so like to be a member again as you have done a spectacular job of creating the new Spandex Party site. Again thank you, and I wish you continued success.

posted by: Bubblebum

Wise is very good - legit company, you just need to set it up.

posted by: cplethng

Hi. Is there any solution for profile payment in the pipelines? I can't do a monthly international bank transfer but really want to be back to being a paying member.

posted by: TightLycra22

I want to Upgrade I think , where’s my account ? Can’t fun anything

posted by: spandexpartyadmin

posted by: cplethng

Hi. Is there any solution for profile payment in the pipelines? I can't do a monthly international bank transfer but really want to be back to being a paying member.

Yes, I'll move mountains to get this working in 2-3 weeks from now. I agree, the nature of non-subscriptions and x-monthly manual payments is not optimal. It'll make everything much easier on the premium user's side and on my administrative side, too.

posted by: TightLycra22

I want to Upgrade I think , where’s my account ? Can’t fun anything

You can the Premium plan and perks on https://spandexparty.com/membership. as just mentioned I'll be adding more payment methods in 2-3 weeks.

posted by: cc8556

Just saying, feels like we should all be grandfathered into the premium version of this site if we were members beforehand.

posted by: cc8556

... if we were members beforehand.