Thursday, August 9, 2012

Our OOPSsss Means … A BIG $$$ BREAK ON ALL REGIONS



Our OOPSsss Means … YOU GET A BIG $$$ BREAK ON ALL REGIONS  

As many of you know our DNS routing got messed up for a few days last month. One of the side effects has been that our PayPal account system became corrupted as well. Everyone’s payments are being attributed, but they aren’t talking to our database for us to have automated connections with your SpotON3D account information. PayPal has advised us to phase out our old account and ask our users to re-subscribe to a different one. 

This means we need all our subscribers to cancel their old PayPal subscriptions created under the payments@spoton3d.com PowerSynch, LLC and start up a new subscription ANYTIME BEFORE YOUR NEXT SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT IS DUE. You’ll notice that all our subscriptions and payments system is already pointing to this other PayPal account, my3dwebspace@gmail.com under the temporary company name UnReal Designs, LLC. As soon as we finalize our new EIN tax number and get a clearance from PayPal to recognize it, the company name will be restored on the PayPal backend without requiring you to change anything again. PayPal doesn't let companies or individuals to have two accounts by the same name or identity, thus the need to start up a clean new account.

HERE’S WHERE YOU BENEFIT FROM OUR BOO BOO!
As an incentive and to ensure that your services are not interrupted we are offering an unprecedented grandfathered discounts on all our region prices and premium memberships:

PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP RE-SUBSCRIPTION SPECIAL
JUST $1.99/mth - That’s a 33% discount on our already low verifying Premium Membership of $2.99/mth giving you full access to all our community grids.

GRANDFATHERED REGION ISLAND RE-SUBSCRIPTION SPECIALS 

FULL 3750 Prim Sim JUST $24/MTH - Approx. $3 OFF reg. price of $27 

FULL 5000 Prim Sim JUST $33/MTH - Approx. $4 OFF reg. price of $37 

FULL 7500 Prim Sim JUST $42/MTH - Approx. $5 OFF reg. price of $47 

FULL 15000 Prim Sim JUST $60/MTH - Approx. $7 OFF reg. price of $67 * BEST DEAL

*ISLAND PRICES WITHOUT $1.99 PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP. Add another $1 to get total savings with your discounted Premium Membership.

HOW TO PHASE OUT YOUR OLD PAYPAL/SPOTON3D SUBSCRIPTION: 
(instructions with pictures)
1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click Profile near the top of the page.
3. Click My Money.
4. Click Update in the My Preapproved Payments section.
5. In the subscription list, find one entitled “PowerSynch, LLC” that shows the $2.99 USD monthly payment or a Region Land subscription and click on the name “PowerSynch, LLC” to bring up the detail screen and click on Subscription Details and CANCEL to terminate your subscription to the old PayPal account.


PLEASE NOTE:  This ONLY affects subscriptions that were set up prior to August 8, 2012.  If you set up your Premium membership or land rental on or after this date, then you do not need to take any action.

To check whether you need to do this, please go into your PayPal account and check your subscriptions. If the Merchant is listed as “PowerSynch, LLC”, then you will need to cancel this subscription and create a new one through out Web site.  


HOW TO RE-SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR PREMIUM AND / OR REGION MEMBERSHIPS

This is the easy part! Just go here:   https://spotonsynergy.com/p/Region%20Rentals

If you’ve not yet RE-SUBSCRIBED to your Premium Membership you’ll be prompted to do this here and sent to PayPal and our new account. Remember that you’ll see a new business identity for it - UnReal Designs, LLC via the email at my3dwebspace@gmail.com as we can not reuse the PowerSynch, LLC name again for the new PayPal account. PayPal doesn't allow businesses to have multiple accounts under the same tax ID number and name.

Once you have completed your Premium Membership RE-SUBSCRIPTION, you’ll be offered a link back to the SpotONSynergy site, landing on our Region Sim pages, reflecting our new limited time Grandfathered pricing. This is where you will RE-SUBSCRIBE to your Regions, if you have one. If you don’t, then feel free to take advantage of this very special pricing opportunity, or simply close the web page and only roll with the premium membership. 

We hope we’ve managed to make this transition as easy as possible, but if you run into any problems, please feel free to email us at support@spoton3d.com, chso much for at us up on our Skype Customer Service Channel or our SpotON3D HELP group inworld or just give us a call at 972-955-6863.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ONLY YOU CAN CANCEL AND RE-SUBSCRIBE!
We have never been able to shut down a user’s subscription to ensure that you have all the access and control you need to manage your accounts with us. This is why it is so important that you read, understand and act within the next 30 DAYS, before our old PayPal account is discontinued. This will make it possible for us to better serve you with withdraws, account balances, refunds and special subscriptions. 

BE SURE YOU CANCEL AND RE-SUBSCRIBE NO LATER THAN THE DAY YOUR PAYMENT IS SCHEDULED, so that you aren’t paying extra.







 


We do apologize for any inconvenience this will cause you and assure you that if it was not absolutely necessary, we would not be asking. We value your continued support and goodwill to our 3DWeb project and hope to see more of you in the upcoming days.

CLICK THE URL BELOW TO RE-SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEW PAYPAL & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL GRANDFATHERED PRICES ON OUR PREMIUM SERVICES TODAY!













WELCOME TO OUR NEW RESIDENTS


WELCOME TO OUR NEW RESIDENTS:

Jessica Random, a virtual world blogger who is passionate about spreading the word on the good bad and ugly of the opensim community. You can read all about her opinions and thoughts here: .http://blog.jessicarandom.me/  

She’s also a ferocious Sim developer, creating free OAR files for all the OpenSim community, we welcome for anyone to bring to SpotON3D. Just send us an email and your sim name and we’ll load them up for you. If you want to use all of them, remember we have our HotSwap Scenes that let folks swap out whole sim builds on demand. We’ll be encouraging and helping Jessica to list them for free on our spotonsynergy marketplace for free so everyone can tag into that service if they prefer. Thank you for coming in Jessica and we look forwarding to getting to know you better! :)


Linda Kellie, which as most people know is The Goddess of OpenSim Freebies has invaded SpotON3D and it’s a beautiful thang! She’s spread a lot of controversy - hey! she’s even called her sim Dramaland. Tess thought it should be DramaLama, but Linda voted her down :() She’s been making free and for fee based goodies ever since she hit the ground and everyone’s loving them. She’s also been battling it out with the likes of the owner of Kitely, a openly aggravated competitor of SpotON3D who just might have a vested interest in wanting SO3D’s 3DWeb Plugin open sourced *wiggles eyebrows* and Vanish of http://tgib.co.uk/2012/07/06/spoton3d-violates-copyright-of-linda-kellie/#comment-2374 and http://OpenSim-Creations.com that was the very thing that got Tessa and Linda talking and realizing they had too much in common to just say hi and walk away from the conversation.You can read all about her recent adventures here at SpotON3D through her own blog here http://blog.lindakellie.com/  and grab her many freebie offerings here a

We want to thank Linda as a whole community for helping us have a voice and taking the path less traveled by dropping in and getting to know us first hand.  It takes a big heart to step away from the fold and color outside the lines - something Linda is well known for. We are all very very grateful for the opportunity to show who we are as people, creators and community members.

Harriette Jones is another virtual world blogger. :http://harriettesisle.wordpress.com/. She’s recently gotten a region in SpotOn3D called … what else? :D ...“Harriette's Isle”! Its become the breeding ground for cats of all sizes,shapes and colors. Harriette is giving away freebie breedable cats, so you too can become the proverbial Cat Lady! HAHAHAHA!  

You can check out her all her listings here and start your own cat farm here: https://spotonsynergy.com/marketplace/creator/238d711a-27b9-497f-bc95-6f61c27d6f62/Harriette_Jones on our marketplace SpotOn3D Synergy website. Harriette is like many of our residents, a multi-grid Metaversian and we are honored she has  to include SO3D as one of her homes. 

Timothy Hoxley is an old time premium visitor resident of SpotON3D. Being the Owner of SoftPaw Estates Opensim Hosting, ( http://softpawestates.com/ ) he obviously didn’t need our hosting services, but he’s always been a wealth of information for the SpotON3D team on the advancement of Opensim and other comunity initiatives. He is the quintessential “jack of all trades” in Virtual Worlds everywhere and offers cloud and traditional hosting for the casual users. Tim’s experience came from hosting his own grid, CyberWrld, so it's great to have his input and support again. He's got a blog too that you can check out here -http://timothyvyper.blogspot.com/

So that’s the round up of some of our new residents, and with our new RE-SUBSCRIPTION Grandfathered Specials we’re betting there will be a LOT MORE new residents to shout out about. Curious as to why? Check it out below or come on in! We don’t bite! :D


Monday, July 30, 2012

Barby CelticWarrior, live in SpotON3D - Wednesday, August 1 at 12pm noon MVT/Pacific!

Come to SpotON3D this Wednesday, August 1 at 12PM noon MVT/PDT, and listen to the incredible Barby CelticWarrior as she performs live at the Flamingo Beach Rock Stage!

The stage can be found in SpotON3D at http://3Durl.com/map/ veesome/lambda/213/188/28.

If you don't already have your FREE SpotON3D account, get one now by going to http://spoton3d.com and clicking the "JUMP INTO THE 3DWEB 4 FREE" button at the upper right. You can also sign up or log in thru your Facebook page at https://apps.facebook.com/webworlds/.


A Great Performer with an Amazing Background
Barby is a seasoned performer who has been pleasing audiences for three years in Second Life as CelticMaidenWarrior Lancaster, and now brings her awesome talent to SpotON3D! She plays all your old favorites from America, Eagles, Carole King, Carly Simon, Van Morrison....etc, etc. She knows 2001 tunes, and if she can't do the song you request, she is sure to be able to substitute one you won't be disappointed in. She even learns songs that her fans have requested she learn.

Celtic taught herself to play the guitar in 1971 when she was 13 years old. Her first performance was at an 8th grade talent contest, for which she sang Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee”. She spent her teen years in the middle of her bed with her John Denver song books. When she left home to join the Air Force, she married and quickly started a family which left little time for guitar playing. During the mid 1980’s she found comfort in performing worship music for her mission church in Okinawa, Japan, as well as singing in a contemporary Christian band which toured around the island. She performed in the USOs for American Military servicemen and their families. Celtic has also broadcast live on Japanese radio from the Okinawa Zoo, and Botanical Gardens. She traveled to the Philippines and performed for 5000 people in a dilapidated athletic auditorium, and traveled around the barrios sharing music with the local people. Now Celtic is playing everything from folk to classic rock and easy listening, and rounds it off with traditional Celtic ballads (which she does acapella).


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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Linda Kellie Comes to SpotON3D!


We at SpotON3D are both pleased and honored to announce that Linda Kellie has decided to become a member of our community!

We can’t forget that worlds like SpotON3D provide an environment where the average person can learn to create and express themselves, and develop their own unique talents.  It’s a special thing indeed when individuals are willing to share ideas and resources with one another when the major (or only) reward for doing so is the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped others.

Linda Kellie is someone who has selflessly supported creative development in online worlds for many years now, and has offered up many of her own creations to the 3DWeb community on her website, http://lindakellie.com, at no cost and with no usage restrictions.  She is someone whom I have personally looked up to for quite some time, and I am very happy to have her as a member of the SpotON3D community.


Linda was first introduced to online worlds in 2005.  A real life friend who managed a video store in her area began telling her about her clothing store in Second Life, and encouraged Linda to try her hand at design.  Linda says that within a week of setting up her account, she had picked up the basics of building and designing, and set up her own store the following week.  Although she thought what she made was pretty great at the time, she says that after comparing it to what others had done, she realized how much more there was for her to learn.  Linda still maintains some accounts on Second Life, but says that she rarely visits there any more.

Linda has accounts on nearly every OpenSim-based world, as well as accounts on IMVU that she has used for development on their platform.   Besides continuing to design and build, she says that most of her friends hang out in these worlds, and that is a big part of what has kept her involved.

As for SpotON3D, Linda admits that her first impressions were shaped by blogs and news articles she had read on the Web, and it never seemed to be a place that she would like to visit.  However, her lifelong friend Michael Somerset, who is also our in-house animator, recently introduced Linda to our COO Tessa Harrington, and they immediately hit it off.  After coming online and seeing how things were done here, Linda decided that it would be worth sticking around.

While she intends to continue making free items for her Website, Linda is impressed with the security for intellectual property offered by the SpotON3D platform, and wants to use it as a location for her online store which she will call “Linda Kellie Exclusive.”  It will consist of items that she will make and sell, or give away, for use on the SpotON3D Web World only.  Linda says, “I love the idea of starting a business and watching it grow and seeing if I can make enough money to pay rent on land and go shopping. I love shopping in virtual worlds.”

I asked Linda if there was anything else of interest that she wanted to share about herself, and her response was that “I sit around at my computer in my pajamas most of the day.”   Well, Linda, it sounds like your life is just as exciting as mine.  And you’re more than welcome to hang around on SpotON3D in your pajamas for as long as you like!