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Site Participation User Rewards - SPUR - Scheme

What is SPUR
SPUR is our "Site Participation User Rewards" scheme - a points based site activity incentive scheme. SPUR incentivises participation and activity on the site which in turn generates rewards points for the user. Those points may then be used to buy services, such as advertising or Project Services or withdrawn as currency, subject to the minimum withdrawl amount. Points are valued at 1 point equals 1p or £0.01 GBP. Therefore 100 points = £1.00 GBP or one Great British pound sterling. The software used for this is Alpha User Points and comes from AlphaPlug.

What activity qualifies for SPUR
Activity qualifying for the award of points includes new registrations, daily logins, inviting new users, invited new users' activity, listing a new project, a bid on a project, winning a project, deposits into and releases from escrow, buying "Special" membership or "Featured" projects, posting feedback, posting on the site forum and submitting articles and web links.

The reversal or cancellation of transactions reverses out the awarded points. Also, if you are inactive on the site for a few days, points are deducted!

How many points are earned for the various activities?

Activity	Points	% Value
New registration on the site	50
Daily login	5
Inactive user for 5 days	-5
Invite new user or friend	25
Your invited new user registers	25
Your invited users activity		10%
Lists a new Project	50
Special Membership	40
Upgrade Project to Featured	25
Freelancer bids on a Project	15
Freelancer's Bid wins Project	35
Buyer Deposits into Escrow		1%
Escrow release to Freelancer		1%
Post Feedback	10
Start thread on Site Forum	15
Reply Site Forum -80 chars min	5
Submit an article*	20
Submit a weblink*	10
Create tutorial or help file*#	30
Create video tutorial*#	75

*Approval by administration team before publishing
#If approved, we announce this on the front page showing the name of the author.

How can I use my SPUR points earned?
You can use SPUR Points for example to buy advertising to promote yourself, your business or your website by placing adverts on the homepage of www.skillsforprojects.com or elsewhere. For details click here to get to the Advertising page.

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