I'm surprised no one has posted about this program yet. I believe it just launched today, and I have the jist of it below:
Name: Elite Member Initiative
Summary:- Five ways to earn points.
- Unlimited ways to use them.
- Earn points with every item you purchase, and with four other ways for free.
- Use the points to get rare, exclusive items from The Archive.
Methods to Earn Points:- Buy anything from theory11 - 10 points per dollar
- Write a published review on any theory11 product - 10 points
- Get your video published in the Media section. - 25 points
- Win a Saturday Night Contest - 1,000 points
- Get your effect published on the Wire - 1,000 points
Rewards:Signed SOLO Cup - A coffee cup, signed by Michael James! - 750 points
Signed Balloon - A balloon originally used on the set of Detach, signed by Rick Lax. - 750 points
Signed Regeneration - Cards originally used during the filming of Regeneration, signed by Blake Vogt. - 1,500 points
JAQK Red Edition - One JAQK (Red) deck. - 2,500 points
White Monarchs - One deck of White Monarchs - 3,000 points
Propaganda - One Propaganda deck - 3,000 points
Brown Wynns - One deck of Brown Wynns - 3,000 points
White Monarchs Uncut Sheet - One uncut sheet of White Monarchs - 5,000 points
Signed Propaganda - One Propaganda deck signed by Michael Weber, Bill Goodwin, Chad Long, Daniel Garcia, JC Wagner, Dan White, and Max Maven. - 7,500 points
Signed Split Spades - One deck of Split Spades signed by David Blaine, Bill Kalush, Eric Mead, Daniel Garcia, Jason England, Dan White, and Guy Hollingworth. - 7,500 points
Skype Session - A one hour Skype Session with the theory11 creative team. - 7,500 points
Cardistry Training - A one hour private Cardistry Training Session with Andrei Jikh and Michael James - 8,000 points.
*You also get a stainless steel membership card once you have earn 10,000 points.
http://www.theory11.com/elite/----------------------------------------------------------------------
With that, here are my thoughts. In my opinion, I believe this rewards program is the best between the many others offered on various sights. From theory11, the rewards are amazing, and what's even better is that there are easy ways to get them. Not many sites allow you to have a personal chat, or a learning session with their crew.
What I have a problem with, is the lack of more low-level rewards. Sure, you get a signed cup and a signed balloon for under 1,000 points, but I would much prefer free products with the earned points. I also don't know what version of the Split Spades they are giving out. Looking at the picture, I am assuming it's the blue version. We also don't know how long these rewards will be up. Maybe it only one signed Propaganda or a brick? We don't know. I still really do love the idea of giving people a chance to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience with the theory11 crew.
Another thing that I don't like is that thoery11 only allows your to earn points from the month of September 2012. So, those Black Friday purchases you made a year ago won't do much.
What are your thoughts?