Donating

Note

As of June 23, 2012, donating will not be possible. This Note will be removed once it will be available again. View this topic in the forums for more details:
(http://forum.pokemon-world-online.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10880)


Donating to the game can help yourself as well as the game itself. The money donated is used to help run the servers for the game. As a thank you for donating, you will be rewarded with tokens which can be used to buy pokemon from the token store. As such with a donation, you shouldn't expect to get tokens if you happen to experience any problems. The purpose of a donation is to contribute.

Information About Donating

All donations go directly towards paying server costs, including hosting fees and bandwidth charges.

When you donate your money to Pokemon World Online, you should be aware that none of the money is used to pay contracted developers or current staff members as a payroll. PWO is entirely a non-profit community and as such is dedicated to using all donations wisely and for the improvement of the game as a whole.

In the past there have been several times in which PWO has jumped over its bandwidth limits or had its servers shut down (for multiple reasons, one of which was currency-related) and has had to go offline for a few days or weeks. Usually right after these events, the servers have had to have upgrades in size and capacity done to them, which calls need for larger, more expensive servers.

As of right now we have two active servers: One game and web server (where download files and other miscellaneous and/or update files are hosted) and one database server (includes the main website and Playerdex.com). When you donate to PWO, this is what your contribution is helping to support.

How to Donate

First you must log into Playerdex before doing anything. Playerdex gives you a lot of options after logging in. I want you to use the drop-down menu to select Memberships and Donations.

Donate

Select Donate and take a look at the options that are available.

Prepaid Step.

To Donate

These payments are prepaid only. You must be able to pay upfront if you plan to pay upfront right now to donate. You may choose how much you want to donate to PWO.

Prepaid with Paypal

After Selecting Donate. The first thing you will notice that it is not English. Don't Worry Log into your paypal account and after confirming your purchase in approximately 36 hours your Donation will be complete.

Receiving Tokens

Currently, to receive your tokens, if they are not automatically transferred into your account, then you must create a post in the "Needs following up" Section of the "Token Issues" section of the forums. In your post you will need to include a screen shot of the Transaction ID and the amount donated to PWO to make sure you receive your tokens. Token request can take anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks to receive since each post must be reviewed by an Admin.

Donate and Give Another Player Your Tokens

These payments are prepaid only. You must be able to pay upfront if you plan to pay upfront right now to give a another Player your tokens. You choose how much you want to donate.

Using Paypal To Give Another Player Your Tokens

After putting in the players name. The first thing you will notice that it is not English. Don't Worry Log into your paypal account and after confirming your purchase in approximately 36 hours your Donation will be complete.