Memberships
Membership is given to players who have purchased it through the Playerdex whether it's via their own account or another player who is giving them away. The money from memberships is used to help pay for the current servers and could potentially go on to fund future servers for the game.
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Membership benefits
As a result of getting membership with Pokemon World Online, you will get the following:
- Your Pokemon will gain an extra 50% more EXP from all Pokemon Battles
- You will gain double money from all wild battles
- Your chances of finding the rarer, different-colored Shiny Pokemon increase by 300%
Please note that you don't gain tokens for membership. For tokens, you need to do a regular donation.
How to get membership for yourself
You will be required in order to get membership, to be logged into the Playerdex. Once logged in, choose 'Membership and donations' from the drop-down menu. Then follow it up by clicking on Membership Controls and pick one of the two membership options that are available.
Prepaid Membership
These payments are prepaid only. You must be able to pay upfront if you plan to pay upfront right now for your membership. These can range from 1 month to 12 months. Depending on how long you want to be a member. This is the easiest method to use when you want to try out what a membership is like and your paypal account doesn't always have funds.
When accessing Paypal, you will notice that it isn't the English version of the site - by logging into your Paypal account it should resolve this issue. After confirming your purchase, you should get membership within the next 24 hours.
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Subscription Membership
Subscriptions are different from prepaid. With a Subscription you allow PWO to collect from your paypal account every month you wish to be a member, which is more of a benefit towards those who require membership in the long run. You need to ensure that your Paypal account or Debit/Credit card has enough funds to support the subscription.
After Selecting Subscribe. There are 3 Payment types with a Subscription. You may select from log into your paypal account to confirm the subscription. If you do not have a Paypal account but a Credit card or Debit Card you can select "Pay Using Your Credit / Debit Card" and enter the correct information located on your card. After Confirming your purchase in approximately 24 hours your account will be a member now.
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How to get membership for someone else
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 a membership. These can range from 1 month to 12 months. Depending on how long you want the other player be a member. This is the easiest method to use when you want other players to try out what a membership is like and your own paypal account doesn't always have funds.
When accessing Paypal you may notice that the page isn't displayed in English, this can be resolved by logging into your Paypal account. After confirming, membership should be on the other players account within 24 hours.
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How to Cancel a Membership Subscription
Using Paypal
- Log into Paypal. Find a link that says 'Profile'.
- You should now be on your 'Profile Summary'. Under the second column listed as 'Financial Information', click on 'Pay List' (it's at the bottom of that column).
- You should now be on the 'Pay List Overview' page. Under 'Merchants', there should be a link that is the PWO Billing Account. Select it. If your not sure Look at the amount per month you are Paying.
- You will be redirected to the 'Billing Details' page. Where it says 'Status', click on 'Cancel'.
- You are Finished
Not received membership
If you found that after 24 hours you don't have membership on your account, then you need to report it via the forum. If the membership was done by yourself, you need to report it via the forum tracker. Please ensure that you provide a receipt. If the membership was supposed to be provided by someone else, try to get into contact with the person who was supposed to gift it to you. If they ignored all contact with you or you don't find them ingame, it is recommended that you then post in Community Watch on the forums. Ensure you provide screenshots of the trade that took place and include Pokemon IDs.