What is Owned
On Owned! you can:
Buy and sell your friends.
See how you rank compared to your friends and everyone else on MeetMe.
Here's how you make money:
Earn half the profit whenever you sell someone or whenever your photo gets bought.
You earn L$1 for every photo you view.
The idea behind Owned is to buy low and sell high to make the most Lunch Money off of your friends' photos!
How Does the Lunch Money get Distributed After the Photo is Bought
When a photo sells in Owned!, the Lunch Money gets split between the previous owner of the photo and the person who uploaded the photo.
The previous owner of the photo receives a bulk of the Lunch Money -- everything they paid for the photo, plus half the profit (which is the difference between what they paid and what the new owner paid). The remaining half of the profit goes to the user who uploaded the photo.
Example:
Alice pays L$5,000 for a photo of Bob.
Charlie then comes around and pays L$8,000 for that photo.
Alice gets her L$5,000 back plus half of L$3,000 (L$8,000 - L$5,000), amounting to L$6,500 total.
Bob gets $1,500.
How to Get More Buy Photos Slots
You can add up to 10 photos to Owned, after purchasing additional photo slots with Lunch Money. To start adding photos, just click the Add More Photos Tab
Rankings Calculated How Are They Done
The rankings on the My Rank tab are calculated in the following ways:
The "Top People" ranking is measured by the sum of the purchase prices of all photos of each user.
The "Total Worth" ranking is based on the total sum of all photos owned by that user.
How Often Are Rankings Updated
The rankings update with new information about every 15 minutes.
Using Owned To Make Lunch Money
More Lunch Money in 3 Steps...
A good way to make more Lunch Money is to buy photos in Owned! of people you might like to connect with or of people you think will sell.
If they don't sell after two days, use Cash Out to get back some of the Lunch Money you spent.
Then, with that Lunch Money you just cashed out, buy more photos of people you might like or that you think will sell.
If they do sell, you make the profit and get more Lunch Money. If they don't sell, you can just Cash Out and make Lunch Money to buy pictures that will sell.
Opt Out From Owned
On the Settings page, there is a setting for "Who can Own me?" If you don't want to be included in the Owned! application, just check the "Don't include me in Owned!" box. Make sure to click "Save" to confirm your selection.
Note: If one or more of your pictures have already been purchased, it will be necessary to remove them from your profile pictures. After opting out of Owned, you can post the picture(s) again.
Preventing Someone from Owning me
Block them, and they will no longer be able to view your profile, send you private messages, comment on your battles, send you gifts, admire you, or own your images.
To block someone, go to his or her profile and click the "Block" link, which is located in the "Break It Off" box in the left-side column.
Why Am i No Longer Getting Lunch Money For Viewing Photos
There's a daily limit for obtaining Lunch Money in this way. You can still earn Lunch Money by buying and selling photos, or by using other MeetMe applications -- and come back tomorrow for more photo-viewing Lunch Money!
Cash Out
With the Cash Out feature, you can sell photos that aren't selling back to the house and get back a portion of the Lunch Money you spent. There are a few simple rules for Cash Out:
Can only cash out a photo if it hasn't sold in 48 hours.
Must have a Lunch Money balance less than L$1,500,000 to use Cash Out.
You can only cash out L$250,000 per day.
You can't cash out photos of yourself.
The amount you can Cash Out is based on the price of the photo:
L$1-5,000: Get 90% Back
L$5,001-10,000: Get 80% Back
L$10,001-50,000: Get 70% back
L$50,001-100,000: Get 60% Back
L$100,001-250,000: Get 50% Back
Why Are Photos Sometimes Reset to Lunch Money L$1
When a photo is suddenly reset to L$1, it means that it hasn't sold in 48 hours and the previous owner has chosen to Cash Out. When this occurs, the price of the picture is reset to L$1 -- which means you can earn more Lunch Money as the price rises again!
What Happens If the Photo Gets Disowned
When a photo gets disowned in Owned, neither the purchasing user nor the owner of the photo is reimbursed.
Why Wont It Let me Cash Out a Photo
If you are unable to Cash Out a picture that you own, it is because one or more of the requirements have not been met:
Can only cash out a photo if it hasn't sold in 48 hours.
Must have a Lunch Money balance less than L$1,500,000 to use Cash Out.
You can only cash out L$250,000 per day.
You can't cash out photos of yourself.
i Owned a Photo And Now its Gone and i Didint Get Any Lunch Money For it
The person who uploaded the photo you bought may have removed that photo from MeetMe, or closed his or her account. Because of laws governing removal of content, we must remove the photo if the person who posts it wants it removed. That is just part of the game.
Flagged For Abuse
In a 24-hour period:
You can only bid in Owned 1,000 times
You can only bid back and forth between two accounts on the same computer ten times.
If either of these limits is exceeded, transactions will be flagged for the remainder of the 24-hour period.
Report inappropriate Pictures
Click the red "Report This Image" link at the bottom right of the inappropriate image.
