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Do you like the referral prizes but don't know how to get new players to sign up with your link?
Here's a guest newspost from Carlos from Virtualpetlist.com. He's going to share some information with you to help you earn referral prizes, as well as help make Aywas grow -- so everyone wins!
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Introduction
Do you think its hard to to refer new people? Do you think you need help on how to refer to earn those prizes? Well, we're here to offer you a few new tips on how to refer new people, and how to get your friends--or totally strangers-- to come to the Aywas community.
Blog Posts
Are you a member of Tumblr? Are you a member of Wordpress? Why don't you write up a blog post about Aywas, talking all about the game, and what features it has to offer? Why don't you show off your favorite pets, or your favorite customs? Why not tell your readers a little about your goals on the site?
Remember, include your referral link inside the blog posts, or blog comments. But do not spam on blog comments - make sure the posting of links is allowed.
Blog posts are a good way for people to find about out about Aywas, and for you to earn prizes.
Forum posting
Are you a member of any online communities? Have you made a thread about Aywas - using your referral link, or posting your referral link where allowed? We've used this method for various years and we believe its very effective, because when you post images of the game itself, like some of YOUR pets and YOUR customs, people will want to check it out because of the graphics. Be sure to include some of the features that Aywas has - so people will know how fun the game really is. Tell them your favorite features, too!
If the forum community has the feature of "signatures" turned on, and allows links and graphics, then add an Aywas banner and link it to your referral link. Even if just one stranger joins, you're getting a prize.
Remember, the more active you are on a forum community, the more chances your referral link has for coming up, and attracting new referrals.
Facebook / Twitter
These two social networking sites are an easy way to spread the word about Aywas, and to get people to register with your referral. Are you in a facebook group? Why don't you post a link to your Aywas referral? Don't be a spammer - just send them the link, and ask them what they think. Facebook works pretty well and it'll help you gain referrals.
You can create "pages" on Facebook, so if you want to, create fan pages for Aywas and help people find Aywas. Like melos? Make a melo page! Like customs? Make an Aywas Customs page. Make sure the "page" contains your referral link as well.
Pages work like this: when a user "likes" the page, it shows up on their wall, which posts to their friends. You can also "like" certain pages - like games that are similar to Aywas. Post on their "discussions" forum asking people if they are a member of Aywas, and if they're not, include your referral link.
Twitter is simple: you have to post something no longer than 140 characters, and when you include a certain #hashtag in your post, it'll show up to anyone that's reading that hashtag.
So, something like this would be a good Twitter tweet:
Fun, free, #virtualpets web game, Aywas.com - your referral link here.
Or, something like this would be good as well:
#webgames are fun, that's why I'm apart of Aywas.com - join today!
Twitter is all about communication with others, and having conversations - so I'd recommend that you @ some people and talk to them as well. Show them your customs!
Sometimes gaining referrals from Twitter is hard, but if you put in a lot of effort, you can get a ton of referrals from Twitter - and Facebook.
Deviantart
You have beautiful customs, don't you? Upload them to Deviantart with a description like:
This is one of my custom virtual pets from the website https://www.aywas.com. It was made by (Artist Name) (#ID). On Aywas, you can edit the pets to make them look like anything you want!
If you include your referral id, people who are searching the newest drawings, or who are watching you, might register under your referral. That gets you prizes!
These prizes aren't as far away as you think! Why not try earning them today?
Thank you, Carlos, for your guest post. I hope everyone found that helpful, as we noticed some people aren't sure how to earn referral points. Even one referral will earn you some BP, and referrals stack up, so the more you get, the better prizes you earn!
EDIT: We have new referral banners and graphics!
Some examples :D
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:49am
Aries
Pets
The Aries Lunaris is here! Isn't it pretty? Those are my two favorite colors ;)
If you missed this Lunaris and your birthday was March 21 or 22nd, contact Visark to get your copy.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:28am
Proposition Authorized
Site Update
Your voices have been heard, and due to 70% or more of you authorizing the Breeding proposition,
LBC and HLBC no longer support different base lineart breedings for a single genus.
Breedings currently in the queue are not affected.
What does this mean?
Now that our official artists no longer support different base lineart breedings (Example: Old x New), you are allowed to submit any authorized lineart (meaning, as long as it is not bound by EVENT RULES) for a genus using the appropriate Crystal or Orb.
Yes, that means you can also submit "old lineart" pets and "mid lineart" without a Dawn Crystal, as they are now classified as "alternate lineart."
When we come out with new linearts, you will be asked to vote the lineart as "OFFICIAL" (for site colorations) or "ALTERNATE" (not used in site colorations). As usual, a 70% vote is how it will be decided.
Whether it is OFFICIAL or ALTERNATE does not affect your ability to make customs from the lineart now. :)
Here is one for you:
vs. 
If the vote does not hit 70% for OFFICAL it automatically becomes alternate.
Gold Custom Crystal
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:50am
Raffle Crystal Winner!
Contests
The winner of this week's Raffle Crystal Game is:
Kip (#5669)
who owned 42 Raffle Crystals at the time of the raffle!
You can start collecting raffle crystals for this week's prize... a $25 Gift Card to Amazon. Good luck!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:00am
Vote on Breeding Decision
Site Update
Hi guys, the Breeding Department and I have a proposition for you to vote on.
Are you in favor of eliminating old x new lineart support for the LBC/HLBC in exchange for expanding alternate pet linearts?
What does this mean? Let's break it down...
Cons
- You would no longer be able to submit an old x new lineart breeding via LBC or HLBC unless you are using your own predicts
- You would not be able to submit an alternate x other lineart breeding of a same pet genus via LBC or HLBC (which we currently do not allow, anyway)
Pros
- We would be able to offer you alternate linearts for Aywas pet genuses that you could make customs from without harming the Breeding department's wait time, giving you a wider range of poses
- The breeding department would become healthier and faster as LBC and HLBC requests between two different lineart pets would not require the attention of site hybrid artists
- Price ceiling on old x new predicts would be eliminated so you or your artists could charge whatever desired for your different lineart but same genus predicts. (note that price ceiling on other predicts would still be in effect)
If this action were to pass, breedings already in the queue would not be affected by the new action. The action would apply to breedings that are submitted from its approval and out.
Approval rate needs to meet 70% "Yes" to be approved.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:02am
Coming to a close
Items
The Raw Crystal sale is ending tomorrow at midnight - if you want to buy any Raw Crystals on sale, be sure to put in your order before the deadline!
The first Special Raffle for a Pokemon White or Black will be drawn tomorrow at midnight as well. How many Raffle Crystals have you gathered? Have you bought any from other players?
Be advised that all instances of the Raffle Crystal will be eliminated after the drawing, then we start a new week with a new prize!
Please advise what sort of prize you'd enjoy for the next one. I was thinking one of these: $25 Amazon Gift card, Crysis 2, Sims Medieval, or COD Black Ops. What do you think?
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:05am
Saturday Explore Pets
Pets
It's Saturday again! Doesn't it just feel like... well... Saturday?
Have fun finding them in Explore!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:17am
After a long silence...
Site Update
Aywas is back!
So, here's the adventure.
At 12:30 AM we requested a new hard drive - as we were told that Aywas would speed up if we put our MYSQL database on a solid state secondary drive. The drive was installed by 1:00 AM, all looked good, until I turned the site back on and logged in.
Our data had been rolled back to October 2010. O__o
So, yeah, suffice to say that was unacceptable. Around 1:30 AM I requested that our hourly backups be extracted and the most recent database before the downtime be used. From 1:30 AM until now, 9:00 AM... the backups kept failing. And failing. :|
Only about ten minutes ago did a backup FINALLY WORK! And now we have Aywas back, just as it was when we left it - and hopefully faster!
Please tell me if you see a speed increase. That was the point of all this work!
As you so kindly waited along with me in our eight hours of downtime, feel free to request a free common species custom here by submitting a custom image.
It's great to be back!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:51am
Downtime
Site Update
Hi guys,
We're going to be having some scheduled downtime starting from around now for 30-45 minutes. We are getting a second drive, a solid state disc, for our database. If you know what a SSD is, you know it is very sexy.
This is one of our steps in helping to combat lag. When the site comes back up you should hopefully find it faster.
Why don't you go play Felisfire for a while? We released some new cat breeds there today :) If you're not sure what Felisfire is, it's a breedables site where you get six free customs to start out and design markings for and you can breed them.
Okay, between this, LiteSpeed, and our upcoming explore optimization, we are hoping for a zooming fast site!
See you later!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:51am
And some HA clothes to go with it!
Items
I found some St. Patrick's Day themed HA clothes in my files, so I put those in the Seasonal Shop too!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:29pm