Morrowind

New Premium servers and more payment methods including paying by SMS/text message

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As you’re probably aware from the advertisements we’ve dotted around the sites and in NMM we offer a Premium Membership service to users who would like to support the sites and get a little something back in return. I regularly get asked if we have a donation button on the sites. I regularly respond that we don’t take donations at the moment because we consider Premium Membership to be the perfect donation as it allows you to get something back for your financial support; so if you do want to donate to the sites then Premium Membership is the way to go. Premium Memberships are really important to us, as noted in that blog post I keep linking, because we rely more on you guys to keep us going than we do on the ads on the site. I think that’s how it should be and that’s how I like it. It means you guys are more important to us than advertisers.

In recent weeks we’ve added 2 more Premium-only file servers (servers only Premium Members can download from) to bring the total to 4 and last month we changed Supporter membership so that Supporters no longer see adverts on the sites. If you become a Premium Member you are automatically moved into the Supporter group for life when your Premium time expires. Supporter membership costs £1 (around $1.60) and 1 month of Premium Membership costs £2.49 (around $3.99).

We’ve always only offered Pay Pal as a payment method for Premium Membership which has become a point of contention for some people who would like to support these sites but don’t like Pay Pal, don’t want to use Pay Pal or can’t use Pay Pal for whatever reason. I promised that if that ever changed and we offered more payment methods I would let you guys know in the site news so here I am to let you know that we’ve (finally!) got some more payment processors for Premium Membership.

We’ve now added 2Checkout, a popular and well known payment processor to our list of payment processors which you can now use in place of Pay Pal for 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12 month memberships. Unfortunately 2Checkout weren’t big fans of the idea of a “Lifetime” membership for some reason so unfortunately we can’t offer 2Checkout as a payment method for that package. To pay via 2Checkout all you need to do is pick a package from the Premium Store and select “2Checkout” from the payment drop-down box. You’ll be redirected to 2Checkout for payment and then your membership should be applied within 10 minutes of payment being received.

Similarly we’re also trialing a different payment processor called Fortumo who provide the ability to pay for 1 month of Premium Membership via SMS/text message from your mobile phone. We’re currently trialing this in a number of European countries including the UK, France and Germany as well as Australia. In total we can currently support 21 countries via this payment method. First of all let me apologise if your country isn’t currently accepted (including those of you in the US and Canada). Every country has different rules, regulations and max amounts that can be paid via phone and the countries we’re trialing are the ones that were easiest to conform with in our system or who actually allow you to pay enough to cover the cost of the membership. We’ve setup a special package in the Premium Store to pay via SMS which you can find here. If this is something that you would like to use but can’t because it’s not currently accepted in your country please let me know as it will help me in deciding whether I want to expand on this payment processor or not.

I’ll finish by simply thanking, once again, those people who have helped to keep these sites running by becoming Premium Members. I really do mean it when I say these sites most definitely wouldn’t still be here without your support.

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  1. hagen120
    hagen120
    • premium
    • 1 kudos
    Can i pay premium with Euro (€)?
     
    I'm from austria and i would like to be a premium member.
  2. The92Ghost
    The92Ghost
    • premium
    • 0 kudos
    Seems like the link to the SMS payment doesn't work anymore... 
  3. RogueNineCH
    RogueNineCH
    • premium
    • 0 kudos
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  4. schreckse
    schreckse
    • premium
    • 0 kudos
    i just went premium (again) cause i hoped that it would help me get rid of that "file doesnt exist" problem....but nope, nothing. as i understand that this problem is quite unsolveable (well not really) on the "standard" servers....how can this be a permanent problem on premium servers (which have 20-30 people on them each o_0) ?

    guys, i really like the nexus and use it since i first heard of it (morrowind or so, cant remember)....but this just sucks. i´m trying to get my modded fnv finished now for 2 days and cant cause time after time i have whole hours where i cant access a single file (not manually, not per nmm, not per direct). trying to get willow and bogtype3 now for nearly 5 hours ....

    anyway, good luck

    schreck
  5. rustydog10
    rustydog10
    • supporter
    • 0 kudos
    I would love to support the nexus but the "pay by text message" is the only way i can send money don't have or want a credit card at this point in my life but being in the united states, im guessing i got to wait but i hope i don't have to wait long

    BTW Thanks Dark0ne for making game modding accessible to the masses
  6. AstroGazer
    AstroGazer
    • premium
    • 18 kudos
    Can not understand why the Premium Servers are slower than the regular server downloads.
    I downloaded the same file on "Premium" link it takes 3 hours.. The same file on regular is 3 minites.. Don't figure.. I thought it should be other way around.
    1. Voodoo McGee
      Voodoo McGee
      • premium
      • 11 kudos
      I have the same problem, premium server (Denver 2) 400K download speed. Non-premium server (San Jose) 2.7MB speed. I have to agree isn't this supposed to be the other way around?
  7. whitemage4ever
    whitemage4ever
    • premium
    • 2 kudos
    Any plans to add Amazon payments or Google wallet? I want to buy lifetime, but can't use paypal.

    Thanks!
  8. Justanotherbrickinthewall
    Justanotherbrickinthewall
    • supporter
    • 2 kudos
    Been content with Nexus ever since Oblivion came out - well worth the $$$ if means keeping the site going. Just wish they brought back the option to "stay" logged in - it's somewhat annoying having to sign in everytime I come to the site (esp. if im doing alot of back-and-forthing). (unless its on my end, like my cookie-killer whitelist not working right)
    1. DanteSSS333
      DanteSSS333
      • premium
      • 18 kudos
      I am always automatically logged in, I think its caused by your whitelist. Try it without blocking cookies and see for yourself if it works.
    2. ordog2
      ordog2
      • member
      • 1 kudos
      I am too always logged in, even after one month not open my computer.
  9. DeMoNhUnTeR1986
    DeMoNhUnTeR1986
    • supporter
    • 91 kudos
    Now that the sms payment option is here I will always donate money to the running of this site. Although its a small amount every little bit help. As to the premium download speeds and the other options these users get I say why not? In some ways I guess its a way to say thanks for the contribution. I read the artical about how big this site is including ALL nexus users and I gotta say this would be a huge undertaking for any person.
    So thankyou Dark0ne and all the sites employees.
  10. coreypikes
    coreypikes
    • member
    • 33 kudos
    Are you planning on accepting bitcoin anytime soon?
    1. manzurocking
      manzurocking
      • member
      • 0 kudos
      hyt