Tagvillage Major Announcement

Soft Launch is Here!

Saturday, January 13, 2011

OK. We know. THIS is the moment you have all been waiting for. We are happy to announce that at precisely:

12:00 PM USA Central Time on January 15, 2011, the soft launch of tagvillage will commence.

Several critical decisions have been made over the past few weeks. These decisions involved software priorities, development resources, membership experience, purpose of the site, company mission, and the input (majority vote) of the members with regard to the survey on the site. We have put a lot of time and energy into the future plans for tagvillage and have determined the following governing system for soft-launch through Beta:

1. Site will grow toward completion in stages
2. Membership earnings are first priority
3. Membership growth is second priority
4. Social network and enhanced membership experience is third priority
5. Search engine implementation is fourth priority
6. Cause platform is fifth priority
7. Tagvertiser platform is sixth priority

Please note, the order of priorities does not mean one item is more important than another, it simply means each item is required to be developed and implemented before the next item can be fully developed. So, to accomplish the task of getting us from Pre-Launch Registration to Soft Launch to Beta Stage to fully functional Live site, we will implement the following in this order:

1. Registration System (functional now)
2. Manual Funding System (functional now)
3. Referral System (functional now)
4. Weekly Profit Sharing (partial functional now)
5. Tag Trading (January 15, 2011)
6. Limited Transaction Reporting (January 15, 2011)
7. Automated Funding System (by January 20, 2011)
8. Facebook Integration (mid to late February)
9. Extended Transaction Reporting (mid to late February)
10. In-House Social Platform (early March)
11. Search Engine Integration (mid to late March)
12. Cause Platform (mid to late April)
13. Tagvertiser Platform (mid to late May)
14. Additional Social Integration with MySpace and other sites (mid to late June)

Upon completion of these stages, the site will be considered completely live and functional. At this point we will continue to enhance the member experience, add features, add social site integrations, and generally improve the site.

So what can I expect on January 15th?

First, you will notice a new design and layout for the site. This will not be the final version, but will be moving toward the final version. Then you will notice Tag Trading is live. You will be able to fund your account (manually until January 20th) and buy/sell Tags. You will also notice a new Activity Point system that is tracking activity. The site will keep much of the Pre-Launch features. We will keep the VillageTalk forum in place and the News Room.

The results of the survey overwhelmingly showed us that our members DID NOT want us to close registration or funding during the Soft Launch. So, you will still be able to refer members and fund your accounts during Soft Launch and through the Beta stages.

We hope you are ready to trade Tags! Get your lists ready. The platform will be here at noon (US Central Time) on Saturday.

UPDATE – UPDATE – UPDATE

To clarify something from above, EVERYONE will be able to fund their accounts from soft launch onward. HOWEVER, according to our promise during Pre-Launch, all those members who have FUNDED their accounts DURING Pre-Launch will have an EXCLUSIVE Tag Trading time. This will be true. There will be several days, maybe even up to 1 week, where ONLY PRE-LAUNCH MEMBERS will be able to trade. New members, who join and purchase Credits during Soft-Launch will have their Credits “reserved” until the end of the Soft-Launch (3 to 7 days). Then, they will be able to join in the trading.

So, we will deliver our promise to the early members. You WILL have an exclusive time to Tag Trade.