When you see a silver paw, that is something which can be unlocked with a Full Membership or a Deluxe Membership. You can get a Full Membership by adopting a new Webkinz Pet. Each new Webkinz Pet adoption extends your Full Membership for 1 year from the date that you adopt them.
The gold badge is for Deluxe Membership only. Deluxe Members get access to everything that Full Members do, and much, MUCH more, without needing to adopt any new Webkinz Pets (but you still can adopt as many as you want to!)
You can learn more about Deluxe Membership by visiting the Ganz eStore here.
If you want to compare all of the different features between Webkinz Free, Full and Deluxe Membership, check out our comparison chart here.
Ganze made so much on Webkinz inaccessible to “FullMembers.” It’s really deceiving to even call us that because they took away a lot of things we used to do as full members and made it so only deluxe members can have access to them. Deluxe members don’t just get extra stuff to do or get, they also get to do the stuff that used to be open to other members. I cry foul on this type of marketing strategy to push so hard for everyone to become deluxe members by taking away privileges that were previously available. Yes, they are privileges. However, I did pay money for the pets in order to get and keep my account in order to have those privileges, and I am not going to pay money every month for virtual items that I cannot keep forever. At least with the pets, I get a cute stuffed animal along with my temporary virtual world.
I must agree with many of you. I played Webkinz a few years ago and we could do many more activities such as the Soccer Challenge, Vacation Island, and so on. Nowadays I have to buy a Webkinz pet to do this? I thought Webkinz wasn’t about us paying them. I thought they made it so that we could have fun, not have to buy our way for every thing. I really wanted to make that new beach house room, but I can’t, because I have to buy another pet. And what’s up with Webkinz not allowing me to buy furniture for rooms that I already own an object of the theme because I have to be a “full member”?!
Did your account expire?
in terms of monthly clothes, you could become a deluxe member to get them….. OR you could just trade for them….. trading would take more time, but, hey, you wouldn’t have to pay money.
it just depends on which thing you would rather spend, time or money.
OH MY GOSH BRING BACK VACATION ISLAND AT LEAST THAT AND WHY DO FULL MEMBERSHIPS EXPIRE!!!!!!!!!I BOUGHT 5 FREAKING WEBKINZ THE OTHER DAY AND NOW IM GOING TO HAVE TO BUY MORE TO KEEP MY FULL MEMBERSHIP GOING LIKE WHAT THE HECK!!!!!!!!!!!
Deluxe membership is crazy. Last year you could play what? 6 games? I mean Webkinz/Ganz needs to have a Deluxe day every month, where you could do anything deluxe members can do. Play games, buy special clothes,go to the spa,go on vacation, go in special competitions, and more. Webkinz/Ganz could make more money by drawing in players and players buying buying Deluxe membership. Smile for Webkinz Day. :D
Even though I am Deluxe, I understand that it’s not completely fair by most standards. I agree that Ganz should restore the Deluxe games to everyone, so everyone can play them and enjoy them. The Vacation Island could be handled by making free members buy the tickets, even though Deluxe members get free access. That would be nice since it would bring Debbie Dragon out of retirement as a site host. I wasn’t around for the Hop promotion where everyone got a free Hop bunny pet, but if Ganz must have advertisements on Webkinz, then I think these advertisements should offer free pets for everyone, free or Deluxe, even if only once per month. I hope these ideas will be considered by Ganz in an effort to give back a little more to the free members who get very little out of the site as it stands.
deluxe mebership sownds alsome
I’ve known the difference between Deluxe and Full Membership for years. Hey, who remembers when Deluxe first came out? I do (I’ve been playing since 2008, and I’ve seen things on Webkinz come and go.)
Haha. Yes. The good ole days!
Yep. They were good. I miss them so much, with Dicekinz (and yes, I know how to secretly get there but I just don’t do it), Caring Valley, Kinz TV (on Webkinz Newz, that was awesome) Travel Agency (I miss Debbie Dragon), and finally, Communal Contests. Why in the world did Ganz quit doing that?
The only thing I know is DiceKinz, and I loved it SO much!
And Webkinz Quick Draw.
Actually if you have the one year deluxe it only costs about $4.00 over the course of that year. You get 5,000 points when you join and 3,000 points each month. So for $44.99, you get a total of $41.00 in estore points plus a pet (plus monthly gift packages in Webkinz World). If you join on the days that they offer half-off on membership, you save even more.
I just like webkinz. it’s fun!!!!!!!