Thread: Levels of Registration

We have several different levels of registration here in the forums.

As a Guest (non-registered Visitor) you can view many of the forums, threads and posts. You will see 2 columns of advertisements, one on the left and one on the right.

As a Registered Member, you can view all of the forums, threads and posts, including a couple private forums for higher ranking members. Active Registered members (5+ posts) do not see advertisements in the right hand column when they are logged in.

Ground Level Lurkers - newly registered (or inactive) members with very few posts have limited access to features & are unable to send Private messages. (This is for prevention) .

Registered Members with more than 5 Posts - Are considered to be ACTIVE MEMBERS. Active Registered members have additional abilities granted to them as they reach higher post counts.

Some of these features include:

1. Ability to PM other Users
2. Additional Private Message Space
3. Additional Photo Sizes
4. Access to Albums Feature
5. Access to Custom Usergroups
6. Email Features such as email a friend
7. Additional Posting/editing Features
8. Additional Calendar Features
9. Increase in Signature features

Members with 25+ Posts:

Our Referral board becomes available (for sharing points, winzy, , blinko, etc) as well as the Coupon Swap and Trade board.

The above listed features increase again.

In addition, Budget101.com Forums Offers the 'Experience Shop' in which members can earn points for free items just for being a valuable member of the community! It's our way of saying