[somnophorev2]

Evening,
I finally persuaded my friend to take a look at the bearchive today, the forum specifically but when it came to her trying to create an account it only came up with pay options.

Am I being really stupid or missing the obvious? Do free forum accounts no longer exist?

Any help would be massively helpful. She's got some lovely natural big boobs too which am sure she'd be happy to share!

Thanks

[solvegas]

I've been in this forum for 20+ years and have never paid for it. 

[somnophorev2]

Likewise, when I look at my membership it says Free Account - Lifetime. Just can't seem to find where my friend can sign up to post on the forum and introduce herself 

Now she's separated she's quite willing to show her KKs off a bit too!

[jessybunny]

Hi, my friend ViennaXtreme would also really like to post here but cant create a free account 

[solvegas]

Hi, my friend ViennaXtreme would also really like to post here but cant create a free account 

Really? I've been in this forum since 2003 and I've never paid for this specific section of this site, but I have paid for others like Botcomics for example.

[Bombayduk]

Has someone brought this to Salem's attention?  We certainly don't have an over-abundance of people participating regularly, so the more the merrier so to speak.

[solvegas]

Has someone brought this to Salem's attention?  We certainly don't have an over-abundance of people participating regularly, so the more the merrier so to speak.

I don't know. Has anybody Private Messaged salem? I haven't as of now about this, but I might PM him soon enough and if more do so, he'll probably help people to be in the forum. 

[wolpertinger]

Sorry for messing around in this Forum with "Non-focus-themes", but I've found another post of mine, which -I think- would be more appropriate here:

Due to my own investigations, supported by about half a dozen of trials which were motivated by corresponding hints given by honorable BEA-'veterans' (whom I absolutely believe, that this possibility may have existed in ancient times), a free access to the BEA has vanished nowadays due to my experience.
Understandable from a commercial aspect, however annoying from a potential BEA-fan's POV, who just wants to try out, whether this forum is the right place for him/her.

If I'm wrong, I'm more than willing to apologize and claim the opposite! But please don't just claim "I never paid for the forum access" but post a recipe how to become a member for free right now, preferably supported by some screenshots etc.

Another point which I found completely irritating is the field "Display Name" on page 1 of the registration form, which is commented: "this is the name that other users will see". WRONG! Whatever you'll type in there will vanish in some computer-nirvana.
Instead you will be given the name which you type into the field "Coose a Username (this is a private name, only you will be able to see it)". Again WRONG! The "Username" is the name, everybody will see on your posts as in my case "wolpertinger".
After filling in your password and confirming the Captcha-procedure you are provided with a link. Clicking on this link will forward you to page 2 of the registration form, which mainly handles the payment issues.
Be warned: if you choose an e-mail address e.g. from a user-domain, you might run into troubles to get your credit card accepted, even if this e-mail address was used to send you the registration confirmation link (see above).
So you better take one of your 'common' e-mail addresses e.g. [email protected], [email protected] etc. The same becomes true if the BEA-Name differs from the name on the credit card (e.g. if you want donate a BEA-membership to a friend).

I've experienced quite a couple of additional hurdles, but don't want to extend this post lengthily.

So if you should have an additional question, feel free to post it here. I'll be happy to answer if I know.
However due to my knowledge, my general answer to this thread's subject is: NO

Test Environment:
Computer: Samsung Tablet SM-T555
OS: Android 7.1.1 (I know, everything quite historic )
Internet browser: Firefox 140.0.4 in "private" mode

Thanks for your patience!

[Bombayduk]

Has someone brought this to Salem's attention?  We certainly don't have an over-abundance of people participating regularly, so the more the merrier so to speak.

I don't know. Has anybody Private Messaged salem? I haven't as of now about this, but I might PM him soon enough and if more do so, he'll probably help people to be in the forum. 

I did the day I saw this

[wolpertinger]

Has someone brought this to Salem's attention?  We certainly don't have an over-abundance of people participating regularly, so the more the merrier so to speak.

I don't know. Has anybody Private Messaged salem? I haven't as of now about this, but I might PM him soon enough and if more do so, he'll probably help people to be in the forum. 

I did the day I saw this

Thank you, Bombayduk, for the implicit welcome in this forum for all "still-non-members", which I personally experienced already in so many occasions in the short time, I have been here.

Without trying to pat myself too heavily on my back, it would have eased a lot of things, if I'd had the informations I try to post here.
At least it would have saved me a lot of time, spent in unavailing trials to become a member here. And finally, I might have gotten the moniker I wanted: "Mumbaigus" (Bombayduk, please apologise me morphing yours - but as you noticed, I didn't succeed).
Apparently it would have been too big footprints for me!

[wolpertinger]

Does anybody know how to embed pictures (not attach, since attachments can't be seen by non-members)?
I have seen some threads with pictures, that can be seen also by the 'lurkers' e.g.
https://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=173484.2520 'Bambi Blaze ... '.
Maybe I get further indulging my hobby to get new members to the BEA and therefore add some screenshots to this thread

[wolpertinger]

I don't know, wheter this topic is an issue anymore, but since my experiences are quite new, I've posted these here:
https://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=10007412.msg10699255#msg10699255

[jessybunny]

Hello,
Already did post this in my thread, because the situtation that u now have to pay to register still annoys me soooo much honestly makes me really angry that u have to do this, especially if i would love if more new people would come into here  especially that even busty creator/pornstrars who have a disscusion thread here have no possibilty at all to interact with the community if they dont pay for it.
In the long term this will make it even for already registered girls like me it less and less interesting to post here. Since I honestly start getting the impression that there is no intrested in fixing this issue...
love u
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[wolpertinger]

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Hey Jessy,
I'm hoping, you apologize the abbreviation. Please believe me, what I've posted on your thread is the today's truth. Unless you can convince one of the moderators (the only one - Salem?)  to make an extemption, if they are in the position to decide this issue at all, you won't have any other  choice than to pay for your membership here at the BEA.
Maybe my approach, to subscribe for 1/2 year only, would fit your expectations as well. It is around 30 $, for 180 days, so most affordable IMHO. 
I'm also afraid, that all the "long-term-members" here won't be able to change these "rules" far besides the newbies like me!

[Bombayduk]

I remember a time when the BEA first opened and so many were posting on the forum that it was like a live interaction on some nights.   With hundreds of forums where people post free of charge, I cannot overstate what a bad business model this is for any future the BEA may have.  Encouraging possible new members to look elsewhere only results with less forum participation here, which has already become rather pathetic, with periods of 12, 15, or more hours between posts; this was never the case just a year or two ago.  If we did not count the multiple posts by Salem and Max, we are only averaging like 3 different thread posts a day from all other members combined.  While I can think of a few reasons for this dramatic decline in participation, membership dues for simply posting certainly will be the nail in the coffin in time.