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SITE SHOP UPDATE

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hello peoples of pixel perfect! i'm here to announce that we have some new site shop policies that are to be considered effective immediately. following input from individuals in the community, we have decided to change the way that we run our paid ad and affiliate system. 

paid affiliates now have no expiration date. upon purchase, a site has a guaranteed one week of time up in the site header, but will not be taken down until a new affiliate is purchased and needs space to be displayed. we're hoping that this incentivizes the purchasing of this item (since theoretically your site could be featured for weeks on end), and negate the time that there is ever empty and underutilized paid affiliate space in the header. please note, however, that this new policy does not apply to the paid advertisements, which will still run as it has previously.

new sites will now qualify for discounted paid ad space with both being mere fractions of their full-price costs. this is a one-time purchase for each new site that we are hoping will encourage activity and traffic for our new friends on the block; however, staff also wants to make sure to be clear that it's on members looking to purchase ad space at these discounted prices to indicate such in your purchase threads as it'll be very difficult for staff to stay on top of that with out member help!

the site shop has been updated to reflect these changes, so if you are looking to purchase these items or utilize the new discounts at any time, make sure to read up on those! additionally, both of these policies are currently considered on a trial period. staff will revisit them at the end of the year to assess how things are running and see if any changes need to be made.

these updates and changes were only possible thanks to community feedback given to us in our help and moderation board. if you ever feel that there are areas in the community that we, as staff, can improve, please never be afraid to come forward and let us know your thoughts (even if it's via private PM rather than a public thread). this community is yours just as much as it is ours.

moving forward, we are looking to make events (similar to the previously run writing prompt bingo, and others) a more regular thing on pixel perfect. if there are any events that you, specifically, would like to see run on site, please feel free to post here in this thread and let us know (even if you only have a vague idea of something you think might be neat)! the success of events entirely hinges on the participation of members like you, and so we want to make sure that the events we run are things that you, as members, are interested in!
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update!

we've decided to remove the expiration date of the paid advertisement spot as well. it will now function the same way that the affiliates do. please note that this is a very tentative trial run, as staff are wary of this change leading to monopolization/general abuse of this shop item. if we feel at any time that this change has had negative consequences for the community, it will be removed.

the site shop has been updated to reflect this change.
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hello everyone, we have another update!

nothing that has already been addressed in this post so far will be changed as we currently like how they're going; however we've adjusted a couple of our other shop policies.

affiliates and site ads will no longer be able to be purchased at the same time. we understand that with neither of them expiring on a time limit anymore, this can create some potential conflict of interest (e.g. someone who currently has a paid affiliate may wish to purchase a paid ad before their affiliate has rotated out of the header). to account for this, we're going to implement a new policy where you are allowed to replace your ad/affiliate with the other should you wish to do so.

site name cosmetics (custom color, font and title) will now have a grace period of two weeks where you may change your items without charge should you decide that they don't like their look on site! any purchase for a site cosmetic that takes place after two weeks of the initial purchase will incur the usual charge listed in the store items inventory.

both of these changes are effective as of today and will be considered with all shop purchase from this moment forward. make sure to fully familiarize yourselves with the updated policies in the store items thread!