For Cooks: Free Rapidshare Premium memberships

[Matthew1034]

http://www.rapidshare.com/

[cooltech59]

Very cool find, as I us Rapidshare alot. Thank you for the post.

[brack21]

Cool, does that allow you to download the files without waiting too?

[rstoyguy]

Moved to the Windows Mobile Software forum.

This has been in place for eternity... Yes, there is a wait...

[darren.wlsn1]

Originally Posted by cooltech59

Very cool find, as I us Rapidshare alot. Thank you for the post.

cool find? the link is just rs site, if you used it before then how is op a find? maybe im missing something....

[nadcicle20]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

cool find? the link is just rs site, if you used it before then how is op a find? maybe im missing something....

Because for some odd reason you are now able to make a premium account just by visiting that link. You weren't able to do that before and if he didn't post that I wouldn't have known

[Wesley762]

Link worked just fine for me, Thanks.

[willysp]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

cool find? the link is just rs site, if you used it before then how is op a find? maybe im missing something....

Did you click on the link?

I've gone there a lot too. This is the first time it's ever offered me a free premium account.

OP - do you know how long these accounts are good for without paying to renew? Thanks for the post!

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by willysp

Did you click on the link?

I've gone there a lot too. This is the first time it's ever offered me a free premium account.

OP - do you know how long these accounts are good for without paying to renew? Thanks for the post!

this is how it works guys, im a premium, member and you get rapidpoints which will protect your files and give you a certain amount of spasce for the dasy ansd each day that you use it it takes rapid points.... the reason that they are doing this is because people were getting rewarded with free months for warez and such and developers were not happy with that.... so this is a way around that for rapidshare that made the developers happy at the same time.... heres more details straight from the email i received from them:

More options for Hosting Packages

July 01, 2010
RapidShare has added another option to its new product model: Our customers can now benefit from an automatic package downgrade according to their wishes. Furthermore, an upgrade will postpone the next billing so it only takes place after 24 hours. Customers can check their status and the time of the next billing in the Premium Zone. Due to the change, we only charge half the price in today's billing cycle.

In order to control their expenses, users can also select a minimum and a maximum package they wish to use. The minimum package makes sure which features will always be available, while the maximum package defines which limits should not be exceeded. Thus, users can not be upgraded to a package which would cause unwanted costs.
New product and pricing models make RapidShare as flexible and low priced as never before

June 25, 2010
As of June 29, 2010, RapidShare is changing its product and payment models. In future, the costs for RapidShare accounts will no longer be tiered according to time period; instead there will be five packages with differing features. These packages will be paid for with a new currency known as "Rapids". In order to grant our customers maximum flexibility when choosing the type of package, they will be able to switch between packages on a daily basis and hence select the features that suit them best at the time.
All previous Collector's accounts will be automatically converted into free Premium accounts on July 1, 2010, thus making it still possible to use the RapidShare service without charge.

What is actually changing: pricing model
RapidShare is launching a new currency: Rapids. This will allow users to take up various packages from June 29, 2010.
Rapids can be acquired in the following increments:

Prepaid funds
400 Rapids € 4,99
1.000 Rapids € 9,95
2.000 Rapids € 19,90
5.000 Rapids € 49,75
20.000 Rapids € 199,00

Many users will already have Rapids in their accounts from the start as both the remaining days in existing Premium accounts and unused traffic share will be converted automatically into Rapids. For each remaining day, the user will be credited with 20 Rapids. For example, if there are 10 days left in a Premium account, the user will receive 200 Rapids. Each GB of traffic share will be converted into 5 Rapids.
Any accumulated Free- and Premium-RapidPoints can also be converted into Rapids until July 6, 2010. Altogether, 5,000 Free-RapidPoints and 5,000 Premium-RapidPoints equate to 600 Rapids; 50,000 Free-RapidPoints and 50,000 Premium-RapidPoints will give 6,000 Rapids.
A maximum of 50,000 Rapids can be obtained by converting existing RapidPoints, traffic share or the remaining time on a Premium account.

What is actually changing: product model
These modifications will not change anything for Free Users. Owners of previous Collector's accounts will receive free Premium accounts, enabling them to manage their uploaded files in the Premium Zone. Downloading and storing are just the same as for the previous Collector's account.
Users who have Rapids can choose from five types of fee-paying package. What is special about these packages is that every user can turn the features off and on to suit their needs from day to day. In this way, we hope to offer our customers an even better service and, above all, much more flexibility than before.

Overview of fee-paying packages:
Name Price / day Storage Traffic / day Filemanagement Directdownload Foldermanagement Verification Licence Manager Licence Manager+
RapidSmall 4 Rapids 10 GB 1 GB x x
RapidMedium 20 Rapids 50 GB 5 GB x x x
RapidBig 78 Rapids 200 GB 20 GB x x x x
RapidSupersize 229 Rapids 600 GB 60 GB x x x x x
RapidBusiness 449 Rapids 1200 GB 120 GB x x x x x x

* RapidSmall For the RapidSmall package, users pay 4 Rapids a day. This gives them 10 GB of secured storage and a daily traffic volume of 1 GB. What's more, they can take advantage of file management and direct download features.
* RapidMedium Those who opt for the RapidMedium deal get, in exchange for 20 Rapids a day, 50 GB of secured storage and a daily traffic volume of 5 GB. In addition to file management and direct downloads, users will be able to manage their data in folders.
* RapidBig Holders of RapidBig accounts have access to 200 GB of secured storage and a traffic limit of 20 GB. Along with other RapidMedium features, in this version users will also be able to have their account verified. The RapidBig package costs 78 Rapids a day.
* RapidSupersize With the RapidSupersize account, users receive 600 GB of secured storage and 60 GB of daily traffic in return for 229 Rapids a day. As an added feature, users will have the ability to sell their own files via the Licence Manager.
* RapidBusiness With RapidBusiness, commercial customers benefit from being able to store and grant others access to even greater quantities of data for 449 Rapids a day. In addition to the features of the RapidSupersize deal, customers will have access to Licence Manager+.

Plus, business customers can receive targeted offers on request.
If users load their account with Rapids through payment or by converting RapidPoints, Traffic or remaining time, they will be set up with the smallest package (RapidSmall), with the option to upgrade at any time.
All features of the new model will be explained in further detail on June 29, 2010 on rapidshare.com.

[williegomezt]

the new premium account you get with that link has 0 points, so it's pretty useless, since you need points to download as a premium user.