news: Looking for gift ideas?

Brad Fitzpatrick (

bradfitz) wrote in

news,
@ 2002-12-12 02:17:00

Looking for gift ideas?
Can't think of holiday gift ideas for your LiveJournal friends? Give them LiveJournal! For all 6 and 12 month paid account gifts purchased through 12/31, LiveJournal will give a free one month paid account to the buyer.

Also, props to

lady_xanax for the wonderful goat graphic on our front page!

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	ashley_y 2002-12-12 02:24 am UTC (link)
	You'll be like Google next, updating the goat for every different holiday. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lizard 2002-12-12 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	That was the same thought I had :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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algeh
2002-12-12 02:26 am UTC (link)

(Commenting on the right post this time) As a permanent account holder, what happens if I buy a paid account for one of my friends? Is it possible for my one month of "buyer paid time" to be transferred to someone else as well, or should I do something silly like log in as one of my communities before buying accounts for my friends just so the paid time won't go to waste?

(Oh, and might as well post it here as well. Perm. accounts show up under the "not expiring for a while" list, but without the purchase links. I don't know if that's intentional or not.)

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sherm
2002-12-12 02:31 am UTC (link)

We can transfer whatever the entire balance of a permanent account's paid time might be to another account, including these one-month things. Just shoot an email to accounts@livejournal.com with the username you'd like it to go to.

That said, it'll save both you and me some time if you go the "something silly" route and log in as a non-perm journal to collect the free time :).

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timwi, 2002-12-12 02:35 am UTC (Expand)

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tydel, 2002-12-12 03:16 am UTC (Expand)

	tydel 2002-12-12 03:15 am UTC (link)
	You should take communities out of the list. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	tsutton 2002-12-12 03:28 am UTC (link)
	No, I think it should be left alone... I have seen many people paid for an account for communities. That'll bring in more money for LJ! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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tydel, 2002-12-12 03:29 am UTC (Expand)

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tydel, 2002-12-12 10:44 am UTC (Expand)

	cyron 2002-12-12 03:39 am UTC (link)
	I have myself in my friends list. Do I get a month free if I buy myself a gift? :) (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	leora 2002-12-12 03:46 am UTC (link)
	No, you're not really your friend, you're you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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mart, 2002-12-16 07:23 am UTC (Expand)

	burr86 2002-12-12 04:14 am UTC (link)
	If I buy "surprise delivery" time, my friends'll appear in the last group. Will they also see that, if they view this page? Or will they still see themselves as free users? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherm 2002-12-12 06:01 am UTC (link)
	I'm guessing they'll see themselves in the last group. Good solution (actually doable easily) might be to not put a user's own journal in the list, even if he/she is self-friended? Doesn't keep people from logging onto another account and seeing themselves in a different list..but eh? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	friendtoanimals 2002-12-12 04:52 am UTC (link)
	Awesome idea! Thanks for doing such a nice thing with the extra month. (Reply to this)

	crschmidt 2002-12-12 06:25 am UTC (link)
	1. I love that icon ;) 2. THis is a great idea. Of course, had it been around a week ago, some of those 2 month accounts i bought for th news post people might be more than that :) But still. Very cool. I appreciate it, and may be using it as a gift for some friends. (Reply to this)

	ohmyhead 2002-12-12 06:47 am UTC (link)
	And suddenly, Frank was a walking fire hazard. And that can't be good for his reproductive system! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chevauchee 2002-12-12 12:56 pm UTC (link)
	Least he's not chewing on them. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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chevauchee, 2002-12-12 01:05 pm UTC (Expand)

	dragon_moon 2002-12-12 06:56 am UTC (link)
	What a wonderful gift idea. And what a fun icon! ^__^ (Just a note, the first form that comes up won't let you pick any months, it's just blank. But if you follow the regular forms, that one will let you choose months). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	timwi 2002-12-12 07:10 am UTC (link)
	Ah! ... I've witnessed the same bug, and I thouht I was just seeing things. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Question dancinghrt 2002-12-12 07:24 am UTC (link)
	I would like to buy an account as a gift but would like it to be a surprise till the Holidays. Is there any way to purchase an account for a person and then let them choose their username later? I would rather not make one up when I purchase it as I think it would be better they do that and don't want to ask them what to make it and ruin the surprise. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	Re: Question timwi 2002-12-12 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Two solutions I can see to that: * Make up a username and make a rename token part of the present. :) * Just write a gift coupon and don't pay until after Christmas. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	drucat 2002-12-12 07:24 am UTC (link)
	man, i bought myself a paid account for 12 months last week, and NOW you tell us this? ~S (Reply to this)

	kyouteki 2002-12-12 08:31 am UTC (link)
	Mm. Good idea...though all the gifts I'll be giving will be 3 month. (Reply to this)

	callmeselfish 2002-12-12 10:15 am UTC (link)
	Paying for an account anonymously ... that will still earn you the extra month, correct? (Reply to this) (Thread)

callmeselfish
2002-12-12 10:32 am UTC (link)

Strike that, and reformulate the question.

Is it possible to earn the free month if buying for several two month accounts? ie: I bought 6 of my friends 2 month accounts each. That would be a total of 12 months purchased, only individually, instead of in one lump. And I could spread the holiday cheer to more friends, instead of only one or two select people. Or is it only the 6/12 month lump purchases that count?

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callmeselfish, 2002-12-12 11:29 am UTC (Expand)

	stalk_her 2002-12-12 10:54 am UTC (link)
	the goat was the first thing I noticed when I logged on today! I said, "eeeeeeeek oh my god cool!" Damn... I renewed my account waaaaaaaaaay to early! (Reply to this)

	Great gifts chrishaas 2002-12-12 11:29 am UTC (link)
	I give anonymously, so can the bonus month also be given to the recipient? (Reply to this)

balthcat
2002-12-12 02:27 pm UTC (link)

Does the recipient get a notice of the fact they just got paid for?
I didn't do surprise delivery, so it happened right now...

I'm claiming responsability ANYWAY... but I was just curious.

ps: This is a really neat idea.
pps: Did you thnk of upping the incentive next time, to give people 2months for 12months, I mean. I'm sure a few people have clued in to get 2x6mo that if they want to give a 12mo gift. (Actually, I'm not sure how that would benefit, with the savings in getting more months at a time. And I'm too lazy to look... for all I know, it saves you $5 to buy 12months at a time, so you'd actually be losing a month... rambleramble)

ppps: Oh... I think the goat SHOULD be like Google.

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	volantwish 2002-12-12 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	not important, just me being curious... for "friends with paid accounts expiring soon," how soon is 'soon'? (Reply to this)

	patrick 2002-12-12 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	And nothing says "I love you" like the gift of Livejournal. (Reply to this)

	minkrose 2002-12-12 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	damn.. and i just re-purchased mine AND one for a friend... ::smiles ruefully:: guess i should have waited... (Reply to this)

	nichiyume 2002-12-12 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	doh! i just bought a account for xmas for somebody a week ago! (Reply to this)

	alithea 2002-12-12 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	oh crap! franks a raver! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	debgirl001 2002-12-22 10:56 am UTC (link)
	bahahaha (Reply to this) (Parent)

	How fun! teufel 2002-12-12 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, at least some people are in the Christmas spirit. Fun job with the goat! ;) Sheetula (Reply to this)

	jovial_kitten 2002-12-12 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	what does it mean when there's not a [buy gift] link next to the name? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gooner 2002-12-13 02:35 am UTC (link)
	It would appear that those are permanent accounts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perpetualmotion 2002-12-13 11:03 am UTC (link)
	I paid for a paid account renewal as a gift a week or two ago, was I too early to benefit from that ? :T Damn me ! (Reply to this)

	excitinglife4me 2002-12-14 08:23 am UTC (link)
	a while ago, i remember there being some live journal merch??? i think it was a teeshirt? it was so funny andi think that would be an awesome gift idea. do you still do those? -em (Reply to this)

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