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===Lifetime membership revoked (''2023'')=== | ===Lifetime membership revoked (''2023'')=== | ||
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Okkazeo used to offer a "Premium" <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-21 |title=End of Premium Program |url=https://www.okkazeo.com/users/premium |website=Official Okkazeo website}}</ref> | Okkazeo used to offer a "Premium" <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-21 |title=End of Premium Program |url=https://www.okkazeo.com/users/premium |website=Official Okkazeo website}}</ref> status to its users. This came with several benefits : it was a '''one-time payment''' to be able to promote 5 active sales simultaneously (instead of only 1 for free users) and additional quality of life advantages. Some users perceived this permanent transaction as a good investment as well as a nice way to promote and encourage a growing website. | ||
[[File:Okkazeo revokes its original offer.jpg|left|thumb|Official details about the original offer disappearance.]] | [[File:Okkazeo revokes its original offer.jpg|left|thumb|Official details about the original offer disappearance.]] | ||
In 2023, Okkazeo revoked its users' lifetime subscription and turned it into an annual subscription<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-21 |title=New VIP Subscription |url=https://www.okkazeo.com/users/abonnement_vip |url-status= |website=Okkazeo Official Website}}</ref> (to be renewed at the anniversary of the original payment date, should it be less than 1 year old). Some new limitations were also introduced to non-paying users, like not being able to see the new games for sales for the first 24 hours of publication of each new item, leaving a significant advantage to buyers of the new formula. | In 2023, Okkazeo revoked its users' lifetime subscription and turned it into an annual subscription<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-21 |title=New VIP Subscription |url=https://www.okkazeo.com/users/abonnement_vip |url-status= |website=Okkazeo Official Website}}</ref> (to be renewed at the anniversary of the original payment date, should it be less than 1 year old). Some new limitations were also introduced to non-paying users, like not being able to see the new games for sales for the first 24 hours of publication of each new item, leaving a significant advantage to buyers of the new formula. | ||
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However an email sent to users at the time of the change was more explicit about the impacts: | However an email sent to users at the time of the change was more explicit about the impacts: | ||
[[File:VIP Changes.jpg|left|thumb|The new VIP subscription continues the advantages of the previous Premium using a yearly fee (instead of a one off payment). It also adds a partnership with a store and offers a time-limited offer for 12€ instead of 15€ if subscribed in the same calendar month of the announce.]] | [[File:VIP Changes.jpg|left|thumb|The new VIP subscription continues the advantages of the previous Premium using a yearly fee (instead of a one off payment). It also adds a partnership with a store and offers a time-limited offer for 12€ instead of 15€ if subscribed in the same calendar month of the announce.]] | ||
[[File:VIP Impact.jpg|center|thumb|VIP users (theoretically for life) will continue to have access to their privileges up to 1 year after subscription anniversary. If the VIP purchase dates back more than 1 year ago, privileges stop immediately. Users are then encouraged to purchase a yearly subscription on top of the "no longer for life" advantage they purchased.Interestingly, the payment for the premium | [[File:VIP Impact.jpg|center|thumb|VIP users (theoretically for life) will continue to have access to their privileges up to 1 year after subscription anniversary. If the VIP purchase dates back more than 1 year ago, privileges stop immediately. Users are then encouraged to purchase a yearly subscription on top of the "no longer for life" advantage they purchased. Interestingly, the payment for the premium status is referred to as a "gift" which seems to make it of lesser importance and thus less engaging for the provider.]] | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
*Premium <ref name=":0" /> (deprecated in October 2023) : one-time payment (15€) | *Premium <ref name=":0" /> (deprecated in October 2023) : one-time payment (15€) | ||
#'''Up to 5 highlighted active sales''' | #'''Up to 5 highlighted active sales''' | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||