A New Dawn: Fundraising

[Kozgugore]

As you might have read in this post, Orcs of the Red Blade is on its way to a new home! To achieve our goal and to make sure no one stays behind however, we have set up a plan to ensure as many people are able to join us in our big move so that we can keep on playing together with those we've come to know and enjoy over these past years.
In the following post, we're going to instruct you how to either donate money for this cause, or to request money in case you're in need of funding for your own transfer.

For the sake of convenience, we have decided that the best way to gather money for the big move is by setting up a PayPal account. So bear in mind that regardless of whether you're donating or asking for funds, you will at least have to be in the possession of an account on www.paypal.com.

Making a donation
In order to donate to the guild's pool, you will have to log on to your PayPal account and ensure you either have money on the account itself or have a bank account or credit card linked to the account. Once that is ensured, follow the next steps:

• Go to the "Send and Request" page.
• Select "Send money to friends and family".
• The account you will be donating to is called "orcsoftheredblade@gmail.com".
• Select the amount of money you would like to donate, and bear in mind what type of currency you're donating.
• Fill in your character name in the note so we can see who has donated what amount. (Optional)

And with that, you've donated to the guild's pool! We very much appreciate any help we can get in raising the appropriate funds so that no orc gets left behind. You're quite welcome to leave a message here when you've donated!

Requesting a donation
As with making a donation, you will need a PayPal account, as it's the easiest way for us to pass over the money to you in order to ensure that you can continue your adventure along with us on Argent Dawn. Unlike donating though, you won't need to have a bank account or credit card linked to your PayPal account. You simply need to have an account, and as soon as you've received the funds necessary to make the transfer from us, you can use the account for the payment on Battle.net. To request a donation, take the following steps:

• Leave either a message in this thread or a private message to Kozgugore on these forums requesting the necessary funds to make the character transfer. Make sure you post the e-mail of your PayPal account, as well as the currency you will be paying in!
• We'll make sure the donation is posted to your account in a timely fashion, so that the money will be available on the day that we plan to make our big move. In order for this to happen, try to make sure you've requested the money before 26 May. That leaves enough time for PayPal to have processed the donation given to you.
• Naturally, don't forget to link the PayPal to the account that you're using for your character transfer on Battle.net.

It's as simple as that! Granted however, we've set up a few minor rules to ensure as many people can make the transfer as possible:

• Please be considerate in requesting a donation. While we want to support as many people as possible, it would of course be preferable if you're able to afford the character transfer yourself. Fellow guild members will gladly help support you in our move, but the more people can afford the move themselves, the better. Still, don't let that keep you from making the request if you're really unable or unwilling to pay the price yourself! We all too gladly help our fellow guild members out!
• You may request a donation for only one character transfer. We understand you may want to bring along multiple characters, but we would first like to make sure as many people as possible can bring their main characters along. So choose wisely which character you would like to bring!
• The sooner you let us know that you need the money, the better. As stated above, we hope to have a rough estimate of the funds required as well as available by 26 May, so try to request your donation before that time!
• If you do wish to transfer multiple characters, it may be wise to bear in mind that there may very well be another Blizzard store sale over the course of the Summer, with a chance of a 25 to 50% discount for services such as character transfers. So if you do have a lot of alts to transfer, that would be a good time to transfer them!
• Naturally, your character has to be a member of the Orcs of the Red Blade.

PS Bear in mind that it takes time for PayPal to register the transfer. While you will receive a notification of the payment given or received within the same day, it may very well take a few days for the actual money to appear on the target account.

PPS Any leftovers of the donated funds will go to the yearly payment of the website, as well as any returning latecomers to the guild that may wish to make use of any future donations in order to finance their transfer to AD. If you do for whatever reason decide that you would like to request your donated money back however, you are of course more than welcome to let us know.

No orc gets left behind!

[Sadok]

Donated £40.00!

[Rashka]

If I can figure how to make a paypal I will be one of those needing the help with funds for moving.

[Sadok]

If I can figure how to make a paypal I will be one of those needing the help with funds for moving.

Rightio! It's simple enough -- when you reach the Paypal site, just click "Sign Up", then create a Personal Account, and enter in your country, email address and password. That's most of the work done already, actually.

[Okiba]

while i'm not able to provide actual money at this time, would the option of providing game tokens so people can use thier monthly subscription money to pay for a transfer still be possible/prefferable?

I could likely afford four or five tokens in that fashion.

[Umaua]

Added 20 euros! Thats one more across the veil!

[Therak]

40 euro thrown in!

[Kessiel]

Added £10! may not be much, but its somethin 

[Sinami]

Tossed in 20 Euro!

[Kozgugore]

The fundraising is well underway, and I daresay we might very well have the necessary amount already, depending on the amount of people that are in need of a transfer! However, don't forget to let me know if you're the one in need of funding either! We'd preferably have a clear view of the amount of money both available as well as required in a week from now, so do make sure to let me know in time if you're the one in need of backing!

[Vraxxar]

I am in a need of a fund. However, I still deciding of making a paypal or taking the token offer. Wich I will of course pay back when I can.

[Sadok]

I am in a need of a fund. However, I still deciding of making a paypal or taking the token offer. Wich I will of course pay back when I can.

If you can accept the WoW tokens, it'd be easier on the fund insofar as not everyone has the money set aside to pay for a transfer, even if their subscription was subsidised. That said, if the Paypal suits better, that money will be available anyway.

[Gromgeth]

I am in need of a fund for the transfer to Argent Dawn 

Sincerly, your most loving and deceitful Warlock

Grom'geth Blackhorn.

Ps. I'm really touched by all the donations that are made!

[Sadok]

I am in need of a fund for the transfer to Argent Dawn 

Sincerly, your most loving and deceitful Warlock

Grom'geth Blackhorn.

Ps. I'm really touched by all the donations that are made!

Will make sure you get the money well ahead of time! Make sure to message Koz with your Paypal details.

[Vanara]

I will also be in need of the fund, either the money or the game token, currently I'm only a few thousant gold away to be able to buy one.