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==Payment requirement==

==Payment requirement==

We require new editors to make a small, '''one-time payment of USD $10''' to open a User account. This is because MyWikiBiz incurs annual hosting, server, and developer costs of over $1,000. For the first seven years of our site's operation, we tried a "free to edit" policy. Unfortunately, this had the effect of attracting thousands of spammers who only wanted to abuse MyWikiBiz for links back to their highly questionable product sites. Our host server could no longer withstand the load, and the site would crash frequently, sometimes taking days to restore. This punished all of our good editors who had created legitimate content.

We require new editors to make a small, '''one-time payment of USD $5''' to open a User account. This is because MyWikiBiz incurs annual hosting, server, and developer costs of over $1,000. For the first seven years of our site's operation, we tried a "free to edit" policy. Unfortunately, this had the effect of attracting thousands of spammers who only wanted to abuse MyWikiBiz for links back to their highly questionable product sites. Our host server could no longer withstand the load, and the site would crash frequently, sometimes taking days to restore. This punished all of our good editors who had created legitimate content.

So, by requiring a small payment from new editors, we are ensuring that you understand MyWikiBiz is ''not'' to be used for publishing spam links. Feel free to promote and describe your product or business, but do so in a way that conforms to an "encyclopedia" or "directory" style.

So, by requiring a small payment from new editors, we are ensuring that you understand MyWikiBiz is ''not'' to be used for publishing spam links. Feel free to promote and describe your product or business, but do so in a way that conforms to an "encyclopedia" or "directory" style.

===How to activate your User account===

===How to activate your User account===

Enter your information in the form below, including a valid email address.  You will receive a '''PayPal invoice for $10''' from MyWikiBiz within 48 hours. Follow the invoice instructions to complete the payment, and then MyWikiBiz will activate your User account.  If you don't wish to use PayPal, you may send a check or money order '''for $10''' to MyWikiBiz via postal mail to:

Enter your information in the form below, including a valid email address.  You will receive a '''PayPal invoice for $5''' from MyWikiBiz within 48 hours. Follow the invoice instructions to complete the payment, and then MyWikiBiz will activate your User account.  If you don't wish to use PayPal, you may send a check or money order '''for $5''' to MyWikiBiz via postal mail to:

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