Better discount for buying Zen in bulk?

Naris - Heavens Tear
Naris - Heavens Tear Posts: 116 Arc User
edited October 2008 in Cash Shop Huddle
As the title says, it would be nice to see a bit more of a reward for buying Zen in bulk. I realize that if you buy Zen in $50 increments you get an extra $3 worth (at least for Paypal and Google Checkout), but I think you'd sell a bit more if you added a bit more of a bonus to that. Maybe have like +0 bonus for 2000 Zen, +500 bonus for 3000 Zen, and maybe +1000 bonus for 5000 Zen? I realize the poll awhile back had an idea for +10000 bonus Zen per 15000 Zen purchases, but even if you made the bonuses smaller it would be some help. Maybe +2000 Zen per 7500 Zen and +5000 Zen per 15000 Zen purchase? It's not like it costs you more to produce it and all, and it would encourage bulk buying and have people have it sit in inventory for awhile (like an interest free loan).
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  • Naris - Heavens Tear
    Naris - Heavens Tear Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Alternatively you could make a quasi-subscription based format. You could charge several months to a year worth of Zen to someone and at the start of every month top off their account with a portion of that Zen and a bonus for subscribing as well...

    This is essentially what pre-paid cellphones do, and they're doing quite well IMO (for the most part).

    For example, you could charge $150 for one year, then pay out 3000 Zen per month to the subscriber, and if they need more they can pay a bit more to manually top-up their account.
  • Lypiphera - Heavens Tear
    Lypiphera - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Wait, I can buy more than $50 at a time? Really? let me spend $200 right now... oh, bah, that's 4 $50 increments with only bonuses of 300 zen each... yeah, open up some higher dollar amounts for those of us who think the game is good enough to be worth our financial support. And do I get a black raptor for spending a decent amount on zen already? Eh, no matter, most of that won't be used for a while now... Release my wings and fashions! And make an angry Rancor-like ride pet for me to squander my funds on too! That's not a lightsaber in your hands that's just a glowing sword! Chomp goes the rancor. Get everything implemented so I can keep spending my hard-earned money.
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  • Ichirin - Sanctuary
    Ichirin - Sanctuary Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Lypiphera - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Wait, I can buy more than $50 at a time? Really? let me spend $200 right now... oh, bah, that's 4 $50 increments with only bonuses of 300 zen each... yeah, open up some higher dollar amounts for those of us who think the game is good enough to be worth our financial support. And do I get a black raptor for spending a decent amount on zen already? Eh, no matter, most of that won't be used for a while now... Release my wings and fashions! And make an angry Rancor-like ride pet for me to squander my funds on too! That's not a lightsaber in your hands that's just a glowing sword! Chomp goes the rancor. Get everything implemented so I can keep spending my hard-earned money.


    extremely well said "chomp goes the rancor" really made my day xD
  • Naris - Heavens Tear
    Naris - Heavens Tear Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Ichirin - Sanctuary wrote: »
    extremely well said "chomp goes the rancor" really made my day xD

    Now battle riding pets would be AWESOME!

    I could just see you mowing down scrunchkins on a raptorb:angry
  • Tenderloin - Sanctuary
    Tenderloin - Sanctuary Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I agree... buy more zen = bigger bonuses.. that way people are happy with the bonus and you get more money :3
  • Loto - Lost City
    Loto - Lost City Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    last game i played gave a 15% bonus on orders over 20$ they got so much of my money this way.
    getting a little off topic.. but...
    the same game had a "prefered player" subscription where for 30$ a month they gave you 300X your level in exp a day and points similar to zen once a week as well as other benifits such as special sales. worked out well i believe.

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