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Apr 24, 2019 at 6:57pm
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Re: Sharing membership
by Past Member 'northernwrites'
If you purchase merchandise in bulk, the store sells it to you and you do the work of subdividing the product and repackaging it for yourself and your friend.

A membership is not the same as bulk merchandise == the buyer can't do the work to repackage a longer membership into smaller pieces for multiple people.

The total cost of a 6 month membership and two 3 month memberships is higher than the cost of a full year membership. One reason the longer memberships have a discounted price is the savings to the site of not having to process membership and payment information (and all the related start/end of paid membership processing) the extra times.

It is already possible to purchase 9 months of membership for yourself, and give 3 months of membership to a friend. To do so, you would purchase a 6-month membership and a 3-month membership for yourself, and purchase a 3-month membership for your friend.

Upgraded:
$34.95 + (2 x $19.95) = $74.85
1 year = $49.95
Price difference = $24.90

The savings you receive from purchasing a year of membership is more than the cost of a 3-month membership. It would make more sense to buy the year membership for yourself and buy a 3-month membership for your friend. Since a 3-month Upgraded membership costs the same as a year of Basic, you could alternatively purchase a year of Upgraded for yourself and a year of Basic for your friend.

Basic:
$14.95 + (2 x $9.95) = $34.85
1 year = $19.95
Price difference = $14.90

The savings you receive from purchasing a year of membership is more than the cost of a 3-month membership. It would make more sense to buy the year membership for yourself and buy a 3-month membership for your friend. For an additional 5 cents, you could give your friend a 6-month membership.







Hope that helps.

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