How to Become a Verified Member
In order to become a Verified 
member, a few eligibility requirements have to be met. These requirements are all listed and defined on the Customer Verification Page, and are summarized below:
Any requirements not met will be visible on the Customer Verification Page, as seen in the below example:
Once you have met all requirements, an option to submit your Full Name will be available on the Customer Verification Page.
After you have entered your Full Name and pressed Request Verify, you will be prompted to submit a photo of yourself holding your valid photo ID, which has to match the name on your Forum Gold purchase.
Successful verification will be reflected by a icon attached to your member group, visible on your profile and all your posts, for all site users to see.
The verified status will also show on the Customer Verification Page, as seen in the below example (date will vary):
Customer and Verified Member Perks
A Customer is a site member that has purchased at least $10.00 of forum gold from the site (not including the donate for me tool) within the last 30 days.
Every Customer will receive the following perks while their account meets the above criteria:
* Warning in excess of 30% will revoke this status.
A Verified member is a site member that meets the criteria of the Customer level described above and has completed additional verification steps.
All verified members will have a icon beside their member group which communicates to others that they have had their identity verified.
Verified members will receive the following additional perks:
member, a few eligibility requirements have to be met. These requirements are all listed and defined on the Customer Verification Page, and are summarized below:- You must have purchased Forum Gold of minimum $10 in the past 30 days.
- Your Warn percentage must be lower than 20%.
- You must have Donor Forum access.
- 180 days must have passed since your first purchase of Forum Gold.
Any requirements not met will be visible on the Customer Verification Page, as seen in the below example:
Once you have met all requirements, an option to submit your Full Name will be available on the Customer Verification Page.
After you have entered your Full Name and pressed Request Verify, you will be prompted to submit a photo of yourself holding your valid photo ID, which has to match the name on your Forum Gold purchase.
Successful verification will be reflected by a
icon attached to your member group, visible on your profile and all your posts, for all site users to see.The verified status will also show on the Customer Verification Page, as seen in the below example (date will vary):
Customer and Verified Member Perks
A Customer is a site member that has purchased at least $10.00 of forum gold from the site (not including the donate for me tool) within the last 30 days.
Every Customer will receive the following perks while their account meets the above criteria:
- 50 PM box size (100 PM storage capacity)
- 30 minutes post edit time (1 hour total)
- 5 days of Trade Topic 1st post edit time
- Automated Image Uploading
- 2 additional images per post (5 total)
- 75 max tracked topics (150 total)
* Warning in excess of 30% will revoke this status.
A Verified
member is a site member that meets the criteria of the Customer level described above and has completed additional verification steps.All verified members will have a
icon beside their member group which communicates to others that they have had their identity verified.Verified members will receive the following additional perks:
- 50 PM box size (150 PM storage capacity)
- 60 minutes post edit time (2 hours total)
- 7 days of Trade Topic 1st post edit time
- Automated Image Uploading
- 5 additional images per post (10 total)
- 100 max tracked topics (250 total)