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1. What type of user are you? Let us know how you use various Ultimate Guitar sections. Please select your answer from the list below.

Tab section & Tabs
News
Reviews
Lessons
Video tabs
Video lessons
Forums
Profiles & Community pages

2. Do you use adblock plus or any other similar software to block advertisements on the site?

  • Yes
  • No

3. What additional features would you find the most interesting? Please select if you would agree to pay *per month* for these features and how much?

  • I. No ads - Advertising-free version of Ultimate Guitar. No flashing ads, no ads with sounds, no ads at all!
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • II. Unlimited Music Access - Listen to your favorite songs straight on Ultimate-Guitar. You don't need to upload or download anything - music will be available online from a flash based player. There will be more than 1 million tracks available from all your favorite artists, the music library will be constantly updated with new releases.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • III. iPhone Tab App - Access tabs straight from your iPhone! You can browse bands and tabs, view top 100 tabs for various instruments and tab formats (guitar tabs, bass tabs, chords), download tab packs (top metal songs, top alternative songs, top songs of 2008, etc).
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • IV. Site's features - Faster contribution review process, more space for mp3 uploads, special icon next to your username, special and customizable themes for profiles, forum, and the main page of the site.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • V. Get Heard! feature - UG will provide you with ad space across the entire website. You can run your own banner and promote your band's website, or your personal music site, or we can create a banner for you. Your music will be featured infront of 10 million audience of musicians!
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • VI. Online Jamming - Special standalone application which allows you to jam online and record your jam sessions with friends. It doesn't matter in what city or country your friends are! No sound delays - just plug your guitar and start jamming.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • VII. Backing Tracks - Access to professionally mastered backing tracks. You will be able to play along with your favorite tunes, turn on/off various tracks (guitar, bass, voice), slow down music and record your sessions.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • VIII. Professional Guitar Video Lessons - Professional, HD-quality video lessons on guitar and bass playing. You would be able to ask questions to your online guitar teachers and get answers if a video is not enough. Various techniques and genres.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • IX. Guitar Video Lessons from Famous Guitarists - Would you be interested to learn guitar by watching video lessons and reading tabs done by famous guitarists like Slash, Kirk Hammett or Joe Satriani themselves? The video archive will be constantly updated with new lessons.
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • X. I'd be willing to just contribute money for no extra feature, because I love UG - please specify how much:
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • XI. I would want to to buy some UG accessories - a t-shirt or mug or something else with UG logo. I'd be ready to spend as much as:
    Not interested  $0  $1  $2  $3  $4  $5  More, please specify:
  • XII. I want something else! - Please explain below and specify how much you'd be willing to pay for that feature?
    I would pay for this feature:

4. How would you want to pay for these extra features?

If any of the features go online soon, how would you want to pay for it? We are thinking about two concepts - paying for each single option with a real money, or implementing a points system. E.g., when you perform some activity on the site (like submitting tabs and reviews, posting in forums, communicating with people) you earn points.

Every single option from the list above is worth a certain number of points, so if you have enough points collected you can convert them into a premium service option (like free music, or ads-free version of the site). At the same time, you can get UG points at any time by paying for them if you don't want to contribute anything, but want to get access to a premium service immediately. For example, you can use paypal to buy 100 UG points and then spend these points on extra feature at any time.

Aside from that, you can share your points with other users if you think other user deserves to get some extra "Thank you" by sending him/her your UG points - someone has helped you to learn new song? Give him some UG points as a reward!

Please select which concept you find most suitable for you:

I want to be able to select what features I want to pay for, and pay with real money only
I prefer UG points system, because I'm active UG member and I think I can earn enough UG points so I don't have to pay for these features
I prefer UG points system, because I think this model is more flexible - I can earn points and at the same time I can pay for it and get immediate access to these features
I prefer UG points system, because I think it will help to deal with the Elitism problem caused by "Premium" users

5. What payment method is the most suitable for you?

  • Credit card
  • SMS / mobile payments
  • PayPal
  • Other (please specify)
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I want to be informed by email when these new UG features become available