Membership subscription
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[edit] How to Become a Member
In order to become a member and access the pay-to-play version of RuneScape, players must first have a subscription. When players subscribe, they receive members credit which allows them to access the pay-to-play version of RuneScape. Subscriptions through different payment methods may have varying lengths, although there is a minimum length of one month. Jagex is affiliated with several payment providers which each provide different subscription payment methods and prices. Different payment methods require different information to be given during a secure payment process. Subscriptions can also be cancelled and extended.
[edit] Member Credit
Member credit is obtained by paying for a subscription. Member credit is essentially the number of days remaining in a subscription. When member credit expires, the account will revert to free-to-play, and all extra features available only in the pay-to-play version of RuneScape are inaccessible again. Remaining member credit is displayed when members log in. Membership cannot be frozen unless bank actions are taken, and a day of member credit is used each day until it runs out.
[edit] Starting a Subscription
Players can subscribe for membership by clicking the 'Start a new subscription' option in the 'Membership' section of the sidebar on the RuneScape website. The site will then attempt to automatically detect the player's home country. If it can't detect the country of a player, it will bring them to a page where they will be prompted to select their home country. After a country has been determined, a page listing a variety of payment methods available in that country will be displayed. Players can then select a payment method of their choice from those displayed, and will be prompted for information (different depending on selected payment method) in the following pages during the secure payment process.
[edit] Cancelling a Subscription
Subscriptions can be cancelled by selecting the 'Cancel an existing subscription' option in the 'Membership' section of the sidebar on the RuneScape website. Players will be offered various cancellation options:
- Players may log into the site by entering their RuneScape username and password. After logging in, players will be taken to a cancellation page where they may choose from a list of reasons for cancellation and go to the cancellation confirmation page or they may choose not to unsubscribe. The cancellation confirmation page requires a final confirmation of the cancellation of the account's subscription and also provides a final option to choose not to unsubscribe.
- Players who have forgotten their username and/or password may cancel their subscription by providing their credit card number and expiry date as well as the username and email address provided when the subscription was taken out. Players are given the option to "Leave unchanged" or "Cancel subscription" for each account currently linked to the card. Furthermore, any previous accounts tied to the card which were cancelled can still be viewed. After submitting the information, players are taken to a final cancellation confirmation page where the credit card number and expiry date entered are displayed and there is an option to confirm cancellation.
- Players who have subscriptions using alternate payment methods through the payment provider PayByCash can cancel their subscriptions on the PayByCash website.
When a subscription is cancelled, players will continue to have access to members only worlds and features until their member credit expires. When a player's membership expires, they will be teleported to Lumbridge to prevent them being stuck in a members-only area. Players that have cancelled their account will be subject to the limits of Free-to-Play players, including a restricted bank allotment of 68 items. If you have more than 68 items, including Members Objects, in your bank, you cannot put any more items into the bank until you have reduced your bank size. If you have a stackable item in the bank you can still deposit this, it is only new items which will not be deposited. Plan carefully, as you cannot sell or trade "Members Objects" on a F2P server once your account is cancelled.
Note: It was once possible to cast the high alchemy spell on members' items such as yew longbows however Jagex changed this after players would 'stock up' on nature runes and yew longbows and spend weeks/months training their magic meaning Jagex lost membership revenue.
[edit] Extending a Subscription
Several payment methods are not ongoing, and need to be extended in order for payment to be continued. In order to prevent member credit from expiring, players must extend subscription. RuneScape subscriptions may be extended by clicking on the 'Extend an existing subscription' option in the 'Membership' section of the sidebar on the RuneScape website. This will bring players to either the normal page displaying payment methods for their detected country or the country select page if the country is undetectable. From this page, players may extend their subscriptions by choosing a payment method and entering their payment information as normal in the secure payment process.
[edit] Payment Methods and Subscription Prices
There are various payment methods for RuneScape. Several payment providers who have agreements with Jagex process the transactions, and compete to offer better prices and availability. Sections below contain information from the RuneScape Knowledge Base's Billing section on all available payment methods.
[edit] Credit Card Payment
The cheapest subscription payment method is via credit card. Credit card payment is available to customers worldwide. When a subscription is paid via credit card, each month the payment is taken from the credit card account and a month of subscription is credited to the player's account. This is ongoing, and payments will continue to be taken from the credit card account a few days before the player's membership credit runs out until the subscription is canceled or if your credit card expires. You must resubscribe if you renew your credit card. Credit card payments are processed immediately. Payments from the credit cards Visa, Visa Delta, and Mastercard are accepted from all customers regardless of location. The debit cards JCB, Visa Electron, Visa Debit Switch/Maestro, and Solo are also accepted from customers in the United Kingdom. Subscriptions paid for prior to 18 August 2008 update via credit card cost $6.00 USD, £3.20 GBP, 5.00EUR, or the equivalent in the customer's local currency. Post update via credit card cost $5.95 USD, £3.50 GBP, 5.95EUR. Further information is available during the secure subscription payment process (instructions for beginning above).
[edit] PayByPhone
The PayByPhone payment method is available from payment provider Surfpin to players in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland, and more. Players wishing to subscribe via PayByPhone call Surfpin's PayByPhone service and receive a PIN redeemable (after a processing period of 15 minutes) for one month of member credit on the RuneScape website. Subscription is paid for by the cost of the call, which is added to the caller's phone bill and is dependant on the country the caller is calling from. Players who subscribe via PayByPhone can unsubscribe simply by not calling again to resubscribe. No longer subscription lengths are currently available through PayByPhone. Costs for PayByPhone payment method are $7.99 USD, £5.00 GBP, 6.95EUR. Further information is available during the secure subscription payment process (instructions for beginning above).
[edit] PayBySMS
The PayBySMS payment method is available from payment provider Surfpin to players in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Players subscribing via PayBySMS send a text message from their cellphone to Surfpin and receive a message in reply with a PIN redeemable (after a processing period of 15 minutes) for one month of member credit on the RuneScape website, very similar to the PayByPhone payment method. PayBySMS is only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada and is generally the most expensive payment method, costing $11.96 USD, £6.00 GBP, 6.90 EUR, or $11.50 CAD plus any charge made by the subscriber's mobile phone operator. The subscriber's network provider may also charge for the text message sent. The cost of the message is added to the subscriber's telephone bill if the subscriber has a contract or removed from the credit on the subscriber's phone.
PayBySMS currently supports the following telephone networks:
- Networks in the United Kingdom:
- 3 (Hutchison 3G UK Limited)
- O2 (O2 (UK) Limited)
- Orange
- T Mobile
- Virgin Mobile
- Vodafone
- Networks in the United States:
- Alltell Wireless
- Cingular
- Dobson
- Nextel
- Sprint
- Networks in Canada:
- Bell
- (Fido) Microcell
- MTS
- Rogers
- Sasktel
- Telus
- Virgin Mobile
Players who subscribe via PayBySMS can unsubscribe simply by not sending another text message to resubscribe. No longer subscription lengths are currently available through PayBySMS. Further information is available during the secure subscription payment process (instructions for beginning above).
[edit] PayPal
The provider PayPal offers players a variety of credit card payment options, being you have an existing account with PayPal. PayPal subscriptions are available globally. Price via PayPal payment method are 1 month from USD$7.50 / GBP£4.50 / EUR6.50 2 months from USD$12.99 / GBP£7.99 / EUR10.99 3 months from USD$17.99 / GBP£10.99/ EUR15.99 6 months from USD$34.99 / GBP£20.99 / EUR29.99 12 months from USD$66.99 / GBP£39.99 / EUR55.99. There is a processing time of less than 1 minute.
By taking advantage of the "Secure Cards" feature provided by the Paypal Plug-in, one can generate a multiple-use virtual Mastercard linked to their Paypal account and use it with the credit card payment option, thus paying the cheaper credit card membership fees at $6/month rather than $7.50/month.
[edit] GiroPay
Offered to German players only, GiroPay is a real-time bank transfer subscription process. When you complete your payment, the cash will be removed from your bank account and paid directly to Jagex. All payments are "One-off" meaning monthly renewal of membership is required, unless you purchase a package which gives you 1,2,3,6, or 12 months at a lump charge. The cost for the GiroPay payment method is 1 month from EUR6.45 2 month from EUR12.25 3 month from EUR17.40 6 month from EUR32.25 12 month from EUR58.05.
[edit] PayByCash
The provider PayByCash also provides a wide variety of payment methods. PayByCash offers different costs for different lengths of payment, with discounts available for longer payments. Considerably due to the vast amount of options available, please view the link below for a detailed explanation of possible payments options.
- One option is the Ultimate Gamer Card (in various amounts)
[edit] Pre-Paid Cards
Pre-Paid cards are sold at Target, 7-Eleven, Wal Mart, and Rite-Aid stores in [[Wikipedia:America(America)], and are available in England at Sainsbury's supermarket stores..[1] There are 2 types of cards:
- 30-day subscription (USD $7.95) (GBP £6.99)
- 90-day subscription (USD $22.50)(GBP £12.99)
[edit] Wallie-Card
In United Kingdom, Mexico, Europe, and more . See Wallie-Card[1] For all information.
| Wallie-card | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Price's correct 16/10/08 | |||
| MONTHS | GBP | EUR | Mex $ |
| 1 | £3.99 | € 5.105 | $91.3555 |
| 2 | £6.99 | € 8.943 | $159.941 |
| 3 | £9.99 | €12.782 | $228.586 |
| 6 | £19.99 | €25.577 | $458.389 |
| 12 | £36.99 | €47.328 | $848.565 |
[edit] Lifetime subscription
There is a Lifetime subscription, if a player wins a competition they can get Lifetime Membership as a possible prize.
