OpaQue 15 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 CREDIT SYSTEM v3.0 ONLINE Dear Members, Thank you for supporting Xisto for all these years and as promised, I am proud to announce the launch of Credit System v3.0. Credit System 3.0 offers complete accounting of user posts which also counts features like views, popularity and reputation to help better distribution of cents. Unlike Credits, which used to represent 1 day of hosting, we now have a new point system called "cent". And yes, each cent represents 1 American "cent". The goal is to make good posts and gather 100 cents. Every time you cross 100, your cents will be converted to US Dollar and deposited into Xisto - Support.com Billing/Shopping area. Ooooo... so where is this Billing/Shopping area? https://support.xisto.com/ - This is our official Billing & Support area where we have been servicing Xisto - Web Hosting and Xisto clients. From today, even Xisto members are included So where is my $? To claim your earnings, simply register above with the same EMAIL which you are maintaining in our records at Xisto.com. suppose, at Xisto, your email address is ABC@ABC.COM, then the email used to register at Xisto - Support.com should also be ABC@ABC.COM. Once linked, an account cannot unlink unless you want to freeze the forum account. Your account will get linked automatically within 4-5 hours. Login to your account and you should be able to see "Account Credit Balance: $X.xx". Your member information beside your post will carry myCENT field where you can check your CENT earning value. Once you earn more than 100 cents, it will be deposited automatically into Xisto - Support.com Billing area. If you want to change your e-mail address at forums, before sign-ing up at Xisto - Support, please follow this link. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ SO WHATS NEW?? LOTS AND LOTS OF PRODUCTS! Domain Registration Domain Forwarding Service Dedicated IP Managed DNS Digital Certificates for SSL feature for your website. Windows Hosting Reseller Hosting JSP Hosting ColdFusion Hosting (planning...) Website Builders Corporate Mail Hosting Virtual Private Servers Wild-Card Domain feature Shell Access. (eligible only after 3 months of hosting or Payment by Credit Card) Ability to Register Domains and adding orders. Credits earned as as good as real money. Ability to refer and gain affiliate earnings. Multiple Products. Ability to add Dollars directly using Credit Card. All post calculated. Popularity, Reputation, Ratings etc. many features. accounted while converting credits to dollars. Do not be surprised if your dollars increase out of no reason ;-) Secure Access to Support/Billing Area. Integrated Annoucements, Knowledgebase, Troubleshooter, Downloads etc. inside the Billing Area. Server status page. An Integrated Control Panel to manage your Domains & Hosting and any other order with Xisto. `CENT feature to make sure you do not get debited in case any of your post gets marked as spam. :-) Xisto Forums and Xisto Forums will earn credits individually and deposit the money in your account at Xisto - Support.com. So members are free to post anywhere provided the E-mail address is maintained on the registration profile is same. CHOICE OF SUB-DOMAIN. (xxx.astahost.com) (xxx.trap17.com) ( more to be added ) Multi-Language Control Panel I hope you all enjoy this new version of Credit.. myCent System Instructions for New Members Signup at our forums. Signup at our Billing & Support Area. (this will activate myCENTS) This is the area where your earnings from forum participation will be deposited. This money can be used to buy any of our products or if you are our existing customer, you can also pay for your services using this earned balance. You are not required to have any credit-card and there is no age limit. Contribute & Share your knowledge. (Please observe forum discipline instructions strictly) Once your earning is about $2, you can buy a package at Xisto - Support.com Instructions for Existing Members Register at our Billing & Support Area and use the same email which is in our Forum Records. After 5 hours, You should be able to see your "Account Credit Balance" inside Xisto - Support.com Your credit balance (in USD, collected by forum participation) is used to buy products and services of Xisto - Web Hosting.com (Xisto - Web Hosting offers personalized website & e-mail solutions) Existing Members: "Do I have to collect myCENTS all over again?". No, Your previous posts from the date your sign-ed up are not lost and you get USD's for that automatically after you sign-up at Billing & Support. Existing Members: "Will my Existing Web Hosting Account be deleted after HOSTING CREDITS SYSTEM expires? " Yes, After we discontinue Hosting Credits System, it will soon cause the linked account to get automatically deleted from the Server. To secure this account, You must activate myCENTS and then Order a Package with the same domain name as your Old one. You are now safe as your entire Billing & Support Relationship is now secured with Xisto. Existing Members: "Will I be ever asked to Pay? Do I need a Credit Card?" As long as you are active on our forums making good posts, You keep accumulating your myCENTS automatically. This is as good as real money and hence, you do not require any Credit Card, Age Proof or any Contracts. Existing Members: "Do I have to order a new Package of Hosting? What about my old Package?" Yes, you will have to order a Package by logging inside your Billing & Support Area. If you want to continue with your OLD HOSTING PACKAGE :- 1. Use the same sub-domain name as before while ordering LOGIC PLAN. 2. In NOTES section (during order process), mention your cpanel username and password. It will be checked and your account will be upgraded/downgraded accordingly. How to Order xxx.trap17.com OR xxxx.AstaHost.com http://forums.xisto.com/topic/61751-topic/ I want to discontinue my old account. I want a NEW SUB-DOMAIN. Plan an order for a New Package as usual. At the time of Sign-up, In the notes section please mention "Delete My Old Xisto/Xisto Account, I understand that this will cause all my data to be erased from the Server Permanently." Can I buy MULTIPLE Packages? Yes. Can I buy a Domain First and then use it to buy a hosting? Till then what about my previous account? First, Secure your Previous account by buying a package with a domain same as the old one. After that, plan a domain. Because, we can change your domain for your account anytime What Package do you recommend for Starters, What would be the estimated Price? The following Plans will be easily affordable considering few posts a week. SAMPLE CUSTOMIZATION #1 Linux Regular Hosting - Logic Plan (mydomain.Xisto.com OR mydomain.Xisto.com) Âť DISK SPACE: 1000MB Âť BANDWIDTH (Transfer Limit per Month): 10000MB Âť E-Mail Soln. (Yearly Only): user@yourdomain -> forwarder/aliases Âť MySQL Databases: 5 - $0.49 USD Âť Addon Domains: 1 Âť Parked Domains: 1 Âť Subdomains: 5 Âť FTP Accounts: 1 Estimate: $1.48 USD Monthly SAMPLE CUSTOMIZATION #2 Linux Regular Hosting - Logic Plan (mydomain.Xisto.com OR mydomain.Xisto.com) Âť DISK SPACE: 10000MB - $1.99 USD Âť BANDWIDTH (Transfer Limit per Month): 50000MB - $0.99 USD Âť MySQL Databases: 5 - $0.49 USD Âť Addon Domains: 1 Âť Parked Domains: 1 Âť Subdomains: 5 Âť FTP Accounts: 5 - $0.29 USD Estimate: $4.75 USD Monthly Best Regards, Shree Xisto Web Solutions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Credit System v3 General Information Regarding Multiple Accounts, Xisto and Xisto forums FAQ Q1 I have Xisto and Xisto forum accounts. How does myCENT work and can I transfer from one to another to pool my credits? A1 If you use the SAME email address for both forums, Billing and Support will automatically merge your credit balance. There's no need for worry. Q2 What about the policy of not having multiple hosting accounts? A2 The current Credit System allows multiple hosting account IF you can keep up the credits. Since the credit balance is centralized by your email, multiple forum accounts posting with the same email will earn all credits to one Billing account. But our forum is set so that you cannot use an email address more than once. You can have one account in Xisto and another one in Xisto. More FAQ to come... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyoma 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Congrats on the new system!One question though - was I supposed to get some myCent into my account? Long back (quite long) - I was a member here and I had availed the free hosting. After some time, I shifted to paid hosting at Xisto - Web Hosting.com.So, was curious if it were a glitch in the system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Credit System v3.0 launched on October 18th, 2008 for Xisto and October 21th for Xisto. Any prior earnings and credits are not part of the new credit system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyost 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 How does the system decide how much myCENTS does a user get once he registers with the billing area? I am asking because my credits have been waaay below zero after I cancelled my hosting (due to an error during the cancellation), and yet I gained a certain sum on my account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khalilov 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Iam kinda confused Account StatisticsNumber of Products/Services: 0 (0)Number of Domains: 0 (0)Number of Support Tickets: 0Number of Referred Signups: 0Account Credit Balance: $2.00Due Invoices Balance: $0.00Where did the 2 $ come from O.o, is it a bonus for signing up or so?Also what does mycents stand for, mine is 40. somethingAnother question, a .com domain costs 9.99$ for a whole year, iam already at 2$. How much credits will it cost me to reach the required payment, also do i have to verify a bank acount or credit card to be able to use the $? cuz i don't have neither.Finally, can someone who is NOT REGISTERED neither at asta host or at Xisto - Web Hosting purchase me $ their without registering? might be a substitute for money services (paypal....) for my website since all money i will make will go to improving my website not personal profit, for now atleast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mordent 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 (edited) *applauds* One fairly critical point I'd like to raise? Any chance of sending out an email to people who have an account here about this new system? I only became aware of it because I happened to notice the threads in the latest activity section. Perhaps a PM to all members or something?Anyway, aside from that I'm still a smidgen confused about how it's going to work. The new credit system (3.0) is going to replace our current one? If so, will/do we have to do anything to keep our current sites (namely those already done) hosted? Is this in addition to the hosting system offered by Xisto? Basically, if I keep posting here will I keep my hosting, even if I don't sign up for anything at the Xisto billing page?Just a few things I'd like clarified, as I'm a little low of hosting credits at the moment so would quite like to know what the future of my hosting plan is. ;)More importantly, I suppose: I take it that our initial myEarnings are from our post history? Edited October 21, 2008 by Mordent (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OpaQue 15 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Where did the 2 $ come from O.o, is it a bonus for signing up or so?Also what does mycents stand for, mine is 40. somethingAnother question, a .com domain costs 9.99$ for a whole year, iam already at 2$. How much credits will it cost me to reach the required payment, also do i have to verify a bank acount or credit card to be able to use the $? cuz i don't have neither.- The 2USD came from your previous post history.- myCENT is a sweet name for real CENT in USD. Instead of Credits, now you earn directly real cents.. i.e. myCENTs. - You do not need any credit card or bank account.- After you collect 100 myCENTs, it automatically gets converted to 1 USD.*applauds* One fairly critical point I'd like to raise? Any chance of sending out an email to people who have an account here about this new system? I only became aware of it because I happened to notice the threads in the latest activity section. Perhaps a PM to all members or something? If so, will/do we have to do anything to keep our current sites (namely those already done) hosted? Is this in addition to the hosting system offered by Xisto? Basically, if I keep posting here will I keep my hosting, even if I don't sign up for anything at the Xisto billing page?Just a few things I'd like clarified, as I'm a little low of hosting credits at the moment so would quite like to know what the future of my hosting plan is. More importantly, I suppose: I take it that our initial myEarnings are from our post history?- Yes, Mails will be sent and I want another confirmation if you did not receive any mail yet.- Say, you have $10 in your account. You may buy a logic plan at Xisto - Support.com/billing for say $2.5 a month. Then, you are all set for 4 months as your balance will be used for keeping your hosting up.- It is recommended that you sign-up for Logic-Plan package at Xisto - Support.com/billing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Running With Scissors1405241561 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Wow, Good job guys! It looks awesome and like it took a lot of hard work. I'm still kind of confussed though, do we still just post as we normally would and are websites are hosted? Do I have to do anything other than sign up on that site OpaQue said to sign up on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 do we still just post as we normally would and are websites are hosted?Yes, that's correct. Instead of earning hosting credits as you contribute to our forum you will earn myCENT. For every 100 myCENT you earn it will deposit $1 to your Account Credit Balance. Although you physically did not transfer or deposit a real money, you can use Account Credit Balance to purchase anything Billing and Support offers. And Xisto - Web Hosting will honor your Account Credits as though it's a real cash.Do I have to do anything other than sign up on that site OpaQue said to sign up on?We are still ironing out the process. But for now there's a talk of just registering every member to Billing system. OpaQue may automatically set the invoice for your current hosting and send you a reminder to pay for next 1 year hosting price, or monthly installment. But whatever the case may be, we're still working on the plan so we'll let you know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khalilov 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 (edited) ogic Plan - When Compromising is not a Choice, a Simple Logic helps :-)1 GB space * upgradeable to 25GB10 GB bandwidth * upgradeable to 1024GB/1TB 1. Multi-Core Processor Server 2. Network Powered by XO Communications 3. Automated Monthly Backups 4. On-Demand Backup 5. Weeky Database Backup 6. Supports Joomla, WordPress, VBulletin, Invision, phpBB, Gallery etc. 7. Special Optimizations for WAP sites. 8. Secured Client Area for Billing & Support Queries 9. 365 Day Support 10. Forum Support by more than 48,000 MembersIs this the same service offered by Xisto? meaning the same organisation of control panel and such?BTW whats TB? Ideal Plan - Absolutely Un-Metered!“It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service” - Albert EinsteinUnmetered Packages for Peace Lovers :-)Space : UnlimitedBW : UnlimitedFeatures : Unlimited.Subject to only *one* Condition: Don't Abuse your Powers!Can someone please tell me how much this costs and how much BW usage is considered as abusing my power Edited October 21, 2008 by khalilov (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Is this the same service offered by Xisto? meaning the same organisation of control panel and such?Yes. Logic Plan offers even further customization of your hosting account. You need more bandwidth than SQL? Do you need more Space than Add-on? etc.BTW whats TB?TB stands for Terabyte. 1000 Gigabyte equals 1 Terabyte. Can someone please tell me how much this costs and how much BW usage is considered as abusing my powerLogic Plan starts at mere $0.99 per month. And you customize your needs by adding on additional features found during the check out process. The more you post, the more you earn myCENT that will deposit more Account Credit Balance you will have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Credit System v3.0 launched on October 18th, 2008 for Xisto and October 21th for Xisto. Any prior earnings and credits are not part of the new credit system.So what happens to the old credits, and are they still used till people sign up on this new page? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khalilov 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 K, i know i've asked alot about this so plz be patient:PBut when all members get an acount their and the service is fully started, what will happen to credits here? will the credits be removed and completely replaced by $. Also what about the options like transfer credits and credit bank.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darasen 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2008 Just wanted to congratulate the team on this change. I think it looks great thus far. I do have a couple small questions. When setting up the logic plan I see that it asking for a domain. Will there be a problem if I enter my current Domain here? (ciab.astahost.com) Being a sub-domain it does not have the "www" prefix. Thus, to set up the logic plan there does not seem to be an option to continue with the Xisto sub-domain that I currently use. I am fairly certqin I am missing something or perhaps the control is missing something. I am also assuming that the system is aware of me as I have registered and show a positive balance. The other question: Does posting at Xisto (where I do not currently have a hosting account) earn myCents to the same Xisto billing account? Thanks for your time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
