Anyways here is some info about the company and what will happen to 1130.com as they follow the same pattern with any acquisition.
1. The site will have numerous adds interspersed in all sections and in all postings.
2. There will be standard but limited access.
3. There will be a premium account which will grant larger avatars, and additional mail space etc. more $$
4. There will be a super premium account that will give you more access - more $$
5. No one will be able to sell their created items without paying a monthly m embership fee as a vendor. So those who make home brackets, etc, good bye. The administration suggests that they just mark up the price.
6. Big time vendors will pay big time $$ to advertise.
7. Apparently there is some sort of percentage for selling personal items.
8. They new administration is in this to make big $$.
9. ANY invention that has merit and is posted on the site becomes the property of the company.
10. Several more that I can't think of right now.
11. A lot of the postings will be supporting paid products. No product is ever called bad, even if it falls apart. Information will no longer be reliable.
11. Since the company now has deep pockets, Harley will be able to sue and will, for any product infringement or defamation etc. As to 11 above.
By the way you will start seeing posts on 1130 that refer back to motorcycle.com and questions about how many actual recurrent users etc. This is their management doing some preliminary stats.
Here is the current bill of fare for motorycle.com site of the V-Twin forum they bought several months ago.
Membership Type: Free Member Premium Member Lifetime Member Vendor
Recognition: None
Avatar Size: 96 x 96px 144x168px 144x168px 144x168px
Gallery Space: 5 MB 50 MB 50 MB 50 MB
Private Message Storage: 50 Messages 500 Messages 500 Messages 500 Messages
Colored Username: No Yes Yes Yes
Images Allowed in Signature: No Yes Yes Yes
Access to VIP Forum: No Yes Yes Yes
Commercial Post: No No No Yes
Price: Free 1 Year Lifetime Monthly
US $15 US $40 US49*
Validity periods marked * indicate that purchasing this subscription is recurring,
this means after the period is complete it will automatically be renewed.
This announcement surprised a lot of vendors, although that company has done in on every site they owned before.
New Small Vendor Program!
We are pleased to announce that we have a new vendor program in place that
will allow some of our loyal vendors that do not have the funds or the need
for major button and banner advertising to sell their products on the site.
The program is completely automated, and costs just $49/month (usually the
mark-up on just a few sales) so it should be quite profitable for those who
choose to use it. You can sign-up for the program by visiting the
Registration page.
As an official vendor, you will receive a vendor badge and will now be able
to make commercial posts on the site regarding your company and its
products. You can have links to commercial websites in your signature, reply
by PM to members with pricing information and offer advice on related topics
posted in the forums. There are (of course) some basic rules to keep in mind
and after you register, you'll get a PM explaining them in detail.
From this point forward, we will no longer be allowing commercial posts or
links including signatures from non-vendors.
If you are interested, visit our Registration page now.
And here are a few sites they took over. Some of these you may remember since they were very active originally. Why not look them up and check them out now and see what has happened.
Check out some of our new motorcycle forums:
Vulcan Forum
www.vulcanforums.com | Goldwing Forum
www.goldwingowners.com | RC51 Forum | FZ6 Forum | Victory Forum
www.victoryforums.com
| Buell Forum
www.buellchat.com | KTM Forum | Aprilia Forum | Star Motorcycle Forum
www.starbikeforums.com |
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