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Friday, October 26, 2007

Guide: Verification

I think that one of the first steps as a new member of Moola is to verify your account. Let me explain:

Moola.com has implemented a verification system which is used to ensure that you are human and not a computer script trying to abuse the system.


The comparison chart above is provided by Moola.com. I will do my best to explain each privilege.

Can Play Games: As easy as it comes, both verified and non-verified members can play the games provided by Moola.com.

Can Receive boosters: Moola.com has a number of ways to earn extra money called boosters. These boosters include Search & Win and Shopping Boosters.

As a unverified member you can still earn these boosters, but only up to $8. Anything you earn that will push you over $8 will be denied. This means that if you are spinning the search & win wheel and happen to land on the $100 mark (which has been done), you wont get any of that. Why risk missing out on $100 or even worse $9000. More about boosters in a different post. As a verified member you get everything you make in the boosters.

Can Cash out: The way you actually get your money in Moola is to cash out.

As an unverified member, Moola will allow you to cash out once, but only for $10. On the other hand, as a verified member Moola will allow you to cash out as much of your account as you want as long as the check is for $10 or more. You are also allowed to cash out twice for free and $2.50 for each additional check after that within every 30 day period.

Can Receive referral bonuses: One reason you will see people sharing invites with people they think will play Moola is because the referrer will earn money based on how well the referral does on the site.

It may not be as important when you first start the game, but as you invite more players who are actually playing the game, the referral bonuses can add up. As an unverified member, anything you get from these bonuses will be held back until you verify your account.

Can Use Private Match (Game Feature): One feature available on the site is the ability for you to create private matches vs friends. This is most popularly used during forum tournaments and specific challenges.

Can Use Stealth Mode (Game Feature): As you continue playing on the site, you will see many challengers show up as anonymous. These anonymous players are either bots or verified members.

Why might someone want to be anonymous? That's because some games like Gold Rush does have strategy involved and remaining anonymous will prevent opponents from learning your strategies.


Now that you know why you should verify your account, lets talk about how.

There are currently two ways for you to verify your account.
1. The most popular way is to verify it via an SMS. Once you verify your account with that number, you will no longer be able to verify another account with that same number. It is a simple process and don't worry, you will only receive one SMS from Moola.com (unless you request them to send it again). There is no SMS spam.

2. The newest way to verify your account is to spend at least $20 in one booster zone shops (snapfish.com is a popular shop for this). Once you have made your purchase, you will need to write in to FEEDBACK (Subj: Goodwill Verification) as soon as you have made your purchase. You can find out more in this post.

Thats it, post any questions you may have here or on the forums.

4 comments:

saratdear said...

Actually, the verification is in place to make sure that you don't have multiple accounts, not that you are a real human.

A very nice blog. =)

Mike said...

I agree, preventing multiple accounts is part of the reason.

Anonymous said...

how can you verify your account if you;re in romania? :D

Anonymous said...

My mom and i have tried to verify our account and the message is not coming through email me at animal_lover_1996@yahoo.com if you have any suggestions.