New Years Updates Newsletter

[Joshua Farrell]

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

By now, we should be returning to normalcy after the incident we had in the middle of December. If you weren't aware, we had data loss due to a few issues around the time we were trying to update the forum.

This newsletter will update what we have added this past month that we hadn't announced, any announcements that we might have at this time, and any additional updates we are planning for in the future! Below are our updates in the past month, including updates that were announced that we want to remind you of, updates we didn't mention, and future planned updates that we are considering adding to the forum later.

Also, we recommend that you read through the guide on how to properly write a post to help us get higher quality content on Bizdustry!

Shout out!​

Shout out to @Malcolm! Who has been a great asset to us, and getting us back on our feet! He has been brought on to help us with various technical related items that need a separate pair of eyes to fix. He helped bring the themes we have now, and have helped debug a number of addons we are now currently using.

If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have been able to get back on our feet successfully!

Updates to Be Reminded Of​

1. BizNotes Bank. If you want to save up your BizNotes and get interest added monthly to your balance, you can put your biznotes in the banking function, found here: https://bizdustry.com/shop/bank/

2. All BizNotes earnings are done by the Hour. You can find more info on which sections of the forum pays, and how many replies and topics you are allowed to make that credits per hour, can be found here: https://bizdustry.com/threads/do-you-know-what-sections-pay.2738/

3. BizNotes Crediting, as of December 26th, is back to 50 BizNotes ($0.05 USD) per reply and 70 BizNotes ($0.07 USD) per Topic.

4. Character count to be credited BizNotes for your replies (150 characters) and topics, are 200 characters.

5. We are now issuing fines for Board Warning, which are -1000 (1.00$) Biznotes.

Important Updates Log​

1. We are no longer crediting BizNotes from our Data Loss. This is to prevent future abuse that may happen. If you were here previously and hadn't claimed the BizNotes, you may have lost by now, and we will no longer credit for the loss. We are sorry for those who lost BizNotes in the middle of December, but if you hadn't claimed them back by now, it makes sense that you probably won't get them back if you didn't ask about it, right?
   
   
2. You may now purchase Account Upgrades with Crypto Currency, PayPal, or BizNotes. As a reminder for BizNotes purchases through the upgrades page, whatever US Dollar value is listed, multiply that by 10, and you will get the BizNotes amount you need to have to get the upgrade there. All Upgrades through the User Upgrades, we have recurring purchases as an option if you want to get a certain upgrade and forget about having to pay before the upgrade ends.
   
   
3. On the BizNotes Currency Page, you can buy BizNotes, with either various Crypto Currencies or through PayPal. This option is for those who want to purchase BizNotes for use in the Marketplace Board or Donate BizNotes to another user. Whichever you do, we remind you that there is a fee attached with the purchases, so the higher BizNotes amounts you want to purchase for yourself or as a gift to someone, the higher the fee attached to the purchase. This is partly to recoup the Payment Services costs that we use to run our purchases through.
   
   
4. Want to be able to reply to Marketplace Topics? Either upgrade your account to a VIP Membership or apply to get the ability by filling out the information asked in this topic.
   
   
5. Future Withdraws will now be processed through our new Withdraw Request Page. This allows you to send in a request directly to an admin without worrying about anyone seeing your payout information. You can use this also to see how much you had previously withdrawn since we started using this new addon.
   
   With the update to the withdraw page, we have enabled a second forum currency, that will act as the withdraw currency. The second currency can only be used to withdraw, and cannot be sent to other users.
   
   
6. The Auction House Board - We are remaking this board after our loss of data. Please be mindful of the rules to participate in Official Actions. One of note is bidding in the individual auction threads. We require ALL bids to be higher than the previous bid, and you will not be allowed to edit your bids to update them. You are required to post a new bid if someone bids higher than you. If you have any suggestions on what could be auctioned there, please feel free to suggest the Support Ticket Board.
   
   
7. Offerwall Surveys Platform. We have added a surveys and actions platform that you can earn extra cash from. It is linked in our header, under the term "Offerwall." If you want to give it a go, please feel free to give us your feedback. We would like to know what you think of the surveys provided and any programs you think would go well with it!
   
   
8. We are currently offering Advertising Placements. Currently, we have to add any future advertisements after they are paid upfront manually.
   
   
9. For the time being, we will be continuing Verification for all new and current members who want to earn BizNotes by posting. If you want to withdraw through official channels provided by us, we still need to verify you, even if you don't care about earning BizNotes from posting. The update to include all members is a step forward so that no single group is targeted. Depending on what happens in the future, we may lessen it to verify for official withdrawal.
   
   
10. BeerMoney.GG userbase has been merged with Bizdustry, and the domain redirects here.

How To Access Your BizNotes Wallet, See Past Posting Transactions and More​

This repeatedly gets asked. How do you access your BizNotes amount and see if you were credited? TO make it simple, all the links to get to the following information is in the Header's Navigation Bar, under the Shop Drop Down Menu. There, you will click on the following links, based on what you are interested in visiting.

All of the following items are clickable.

Shop - Goes to our Official BizNotes Shop. We have some offers there that you can use your BizNotes to purchase. We may expand this at a further date.
Inventory - This page holds all of the items you purchased at the BizNotes Shop. These Inventory Items that are listed here can be used at any time before they expire.
Transaction Log - This page tells you of all the items you purchased previously or had donated to you through the Bizdustry Shop, regardless of whether you can use it anymore.
Transactions - This lists all transactions on your account, whether BizNotes earned from posting, BizNotes traded with others, Shop Purchases, Account Upgrades, and other things applied to your account. This is a useful page for those who want to verify their posting earnings.
FAQ Page - This gives all the information on BizNotes, how you earn them, how to withdraw them, and any other questions related to them and other common issues around the forum.
BizNotes Wallet - This page gives you your current balance and allows you to transfer your BizNotes or Purchase More BizNotes.

How to Withdraw BizNotes​

Since we have updated how we process withdraws of BizNotes, here are the following instructions on how to gain access to withdraw. All withdraws that you are able to make and see through our new Withdraw Page, are your own requests, and no one else. This is to ensure privacy between you, and the Administrators of Bizdustry.

To view our instructions, please visit this thread: https://bizdustry.com/threads/how-to-withdraw-biznotes.7577/

Future Planned Updates​

We plan to add the following features in the upcoming month(s) for use by our members and those interested parties.

1. Direct User Purchasable Advertising Options - We are planning to give you the ability to add your advertising without being given payment information and giving us the information to be added. This will make it easier to run the advertising and extend advertising options without issue. We are hoping to get this up and running for use, within the month.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

For information, this is the topic the Newsletter PM was based off of, which includes all the links to everything.

 

[Mujahid12]

Hello sir hopefully you are fine

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Hello sir hopefully you are fine

How does this relate to an announcement topic? And how do I know you read it with that type of response?