Clausewitz
I propose that Elite membership be more exclusive than it already is. It should feel Elite. People that have been loyal customers for years should be able to reap the rewards. 

Many of us won't buy anything but EVGA products because of the warranty, quality of parts, and customer service. 

So, I am proposing an Elite+ or Elite FTW option.

This particular option should give us a 24 hour lead to purchase new products on a secure Elite+ or Elite FTW website which requires a separate login.

Elite+ Requirements: Two Products Registered AND $1000 USD spent AND a monthly fee of $9.99.

To make the fee worthwhile there should be some sort of concierge service that allows us to get more customized items, a special newsletter, special forum, and a special chat room.

EVGA I know many will love this and only having "100 forum posts" is not enough for the new proposed option. Many of us will pay the sub.

A monthly fee? Screw that!

Clausewitz

This particular option should give us a 24 hour lead to purchase new products on a secure Elite+ or Elite FTW website which requires a separate login.

Elite+ Requirements: Two Products Registered AND $1000 USD spent AND a monthly fee of $9.99.

You create a system that favours the wealthy. Where owning a discrete GPU is already a thing which not a lot of people can do unless they bought used or severely outdated hardware.
 
The second aspect is, that most people who bought an EVGA GPU and one other thing will more than likely meet this, or you force people to spend just enough to meet this threshold. Then they can choose to only subscribe right before a release to get the benefit.
 
This is coming from a guy who literally just spent nearly $16,000 on his new build + accessories. I would not support this because it screws people with financial situations which are more precarious.

shouldn't be any elite crap in first place to buy certain Gpu. Everybody should be able to buy The gpu they want.
You got the money? Congrats you can buy.

This is PC gaming, not a streaming subscription or Costco.

I have said this in other threads but the program was fine before the 100 posts and twitch points way of getting in.
 
But if I was going to make a Elite+ as something that grants early access to product release queues then I would say it could be like this:
 
Option 1

• Registered products worth a set amount $750 usd or more. 
• Registered product history going back at least 2 years 

Option 2

• Registered on forums for 2+ years with 500 posts
  • or 5+ years with 100 posts
    • or 10+ years with 10 posts

 
So as long as you met the requirements for either option 1 or 2 or both you could be elite+. This would mean you would have to have been actively buying or on the forums for 2+ years. You could also still keep some of the other elite membership bonuses and such like the sales things that would stay open for all elite members. Just leave the elite+ for the early access.
 
I think this would be fair and would reward loyal customers and encourage people to stay as customers and stay engaged on the forum. 

kram36

Clausewitz
I propose that Elite membership be more exclusive than it already is. It should feel Elite. People that have been loyal customers for years should be able to reap the rewards. 

Many of us won't buy anything but EVGA products because of the warranty, quality of parts, and customer service. 

So, I am proposing an Elite+ or Elite FTW option.

This particular option should give us a 24 hour lead to purchase new products on a secure Elite+ or Elite FTW website which requires a separate login.

Elite+ Requirements: Two Products Registered AND $1000 USD spent AND a monthly fee of $9.99.

To make the fee worthwhile there should be some sort of concierge service that allows us to get more customized items, a special newsletter, special forum, and a special chat room.

EVGA I know many will love this and only having "100 forum posts" is not enough for the new proposed option. Many of us will pay the sub.

A monthly fee? Screw that!

I agree.  No way would I pay 10 bucks a month.  That's basically 240 bucks if you upgrade every 2 years just for the chance to get at the beginning of the line for a new GPU.

yep. scalpers need to get more cards. you peasants clearly dont appreciate free queues.
i vote for elite+ to be at least 10 cards purchased monthly and/or 100 cards minimum purchased annually.
 

I agree Elite should be purchase based but it still works okay. I've had more success here versus local stores.
EVGA Elite is way better than any other AIB. Buying an ASUS ROG product maybe gets you ROG points for a free wallpaper.

EVGA will never restrict the Elite status. The Elite status is just a marketing trick to sell more stuff, after all, that's what EVGA wants. This GPU shortage is just a temporary situation and an anomaly to the other hardware EVGA is selling. EVGA has in stock pretty much evreything they sell except for graphics cards at the moment. And the Elite status is for the whole EVGA hardware in general
 
What you want is a guaranteed "buy" option for the newest EVGA Nvidia graphics card. EVGA could do this by simply charging  $55/month payments for 2 years and you have guaranteed the newest Nvidia card upon release. This has been done successfully on other industries like the smartphone industry or the statues collectibles industry.
 
This kind of selling has a couple of conditions:
 
1) There is a NRD (non refundable deposit) of something like the 10-30% of the final price. So in case you don't want to buy or can't buy at the moment of the release, you lose the NRD
2) The last payment has an uncertain date given that it doesn't depends on EVGA exclusively but on Nvidia
 
This is not a bad idea at all, because you pay in advanced for the product, create a permanent link with the AIB and secure your video card.

The old system was fine, the mistake was adding this forum post nonsense.

alright you win the internet today . this is a great idea. 40 to 100 a month depending on the card. its pretty much pre ordering in a way. i would maybe recommend it being limited based on quantities. like maybe limit it to 1 pre order per person. not per sku. after the release they could very well let ppl buy several skus

A monthly fee sounds off, but having a more exclusive elite programme doesn't sound like a bad idea

I disagree with money spent being a criteria for Elite+ because that would give scalpers a major advantage.  It's the scalpers buying 50,000 cards each, not the rest of us.  I say for elite, the current system is fine.  For elite+, scrape the forum post count. That just makes spamming an option. Give people who registered over 10 years ago, before card scalping was a thing, priority ... not saying that because it means I would qualify instantly

EVGA tried to be the nice guy by letting purchase free elite membership - it was a mistake but you can't fault them for the intention.

Clausewitz
Elite+ Requirements: Two Products Registered AND $1000 USD spent AND a monthly fee of $9.99.

Forget the monthly fee.  No reason for it.
 
Instead they should do it based on the number of EVGA products owned and registered and the time that you have been an elite member or registered your first product.
 
Why should a person who registered their first EVGA product 10+ years ago and owned multiple EVGA products not get better benefits than someone who did 100 posts of forum spam?