These rules (.Rules.) are designed to regulate members of
MySoCal.com ("MySoCal") community. As a member of MySoCal you agree
to be bound by these rules throughout the term of your membership. Use of
MySoCal.com is subject to all applicable MySoCal policies, including but not
limited to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
These Ruless were last modified on September 1, 2007.
1. Membership types
MySoCal offers the following choice of membership:
Basic Membership - free. Once you.ve completed registration process you become a member of MySoCal and receive access to the Site and Services. Basic membership is free and entitles each member to reserve one subdomane and create one website within MySoCal domain. All websites of basic accounts are automatically enrolled into the MySoCal advertising co-op. Each such website will receive 1 (one) ad credit for every 2 (two) ads displayed on the site. One ad credit allows one display of the member.s banner ad on a site within the MySoCal community.
Developer Membership - $9.95/month or $99.95/year. This membership allows a member to reserve unlimited number of subdomains and manage unlimited number of websites from within the account. It also allows the option of downloading files.
Business Membership - $4.95/month or $49.95/year. This membership allows one subdomain/website per account. Business members are not required to participate in advertising co-op and may choose to remove all ads from their website.
All types of membership require a valid email address to be associated with the account.
2. Display of ads
Ads in MySoCal community are co-op in nature. All basic accounts participate in ad co-op by default. Every two ads displayed on the website generate one credit for that website. One credit allows one display of member.s ad on a website within MySoCal community.
To exclude ads from the website upgrade to the Business Membership is required.
If addition to available ad credits ad impressions may be purchased. For more info see Buying More Ads.
3. Exclusive control of Google AdSense
MySoCal websites are enrolled in Google AdSense program. Members may choose to control their own AdSense campaign and to receive exclusive credits. Option to receive exclusive credit from Google can be purchased for $29.95/ year. With this option members are able to use their own code provided by Google to receive exclusive credit for ads in rotation.
4. Limitations for subdomain reservation
It is mandatory that for each reserved subdomain within the MySoCal system that a website is posted within 60 days from the reservation date. All subdomains that are not used for running websites within 60 days of their reservation will be released and recycled into the pool of available subdomains. It is the member.s responsibility to make sure that the website is published in order to preserve ownership of the subdomain.
5. Minimum transaction requirement
We reserve the right to require a minimum credit card payment before access is granted to some sites of MySoCal family. These transactions are designed for identification purposes, to verify age and to limit exposure of MySoCal community to spam.
6. Buying more ads
Banner ad impressions within MySoCal web community can be purchased by members and non-members of MySoCal. For rates and related information please contact us at sales@mysocal.com.