The currency on IdeaPals are NODs. You get NODs for nearly everything you do on the site. When you submit an idea, an opinion, a comment, invite a friend, or create what we call a 'spark': you get paid in NODs! You can win prizes by having NODs or trade them in for upgrades.

1. Authoring the best reply - 5 NODs
2. Commenting on Sparks (ideas), IdeaPals groups, - 5 NODs
3. Invite other people - 5 NODs each
4. When invited user registers - 50 NODs each
5. When you register if you were invited - 50 NODs
6. Moderation - Approve - 1 NOD
7. Moderation - Delete - 1 NOD
8. Moderation Response -5 NODs
9. Viewing IdeaPals Group, Spark - 1 NOD 1
10. Registering - 25 NODs
11. Posting an IdeaPals Free Group - 50 NODs
12. Posting a Spark (idea) - 10 NODs
13. Moderating a comment - 1 NOD
14. Posting a picture - 10 NODs
15. Voting up or down - 1 NOD
16. Flagging - 1 NOD

You can upgrade to a Premium Membership buy paying for a IdeaPals subscription via PayPal.

You can lose NODs when someone flags your submissions as either inappropriate or for misuse of someone else's intellectual property. Your account can be suspended or even removed if you receive several flags.

The IdeaPals contest winners are selected based on how many NODs they have received until the contest is over. Note: if you do not follow the contest guidelines, you will be disqualified from the contest.

A Spark is anything that moves an IdeaPals Group forward. It can be goal, milestone, fact, news, idea, question.

What is a NOD? It is our currency of participation and innovation: Everything you do at Ideapals.org or Moviepals.org earns Natural Overturesof Distinction: NODs for short:

1. Authoring the best reply - 5 NODs
2. Commenting on Sparks (ideas), IdeaPals groups, - 5 NODs
3. Invite other people - 5 NODs each
4. When invited user registers - 50 NODs each
5. When you register if you were invited - 50 NODs
6. Moderation - Approve - 1 NOD
7. Moderation - Delete - 1 NOD
8. Moderation Response -5 NODs
9. Viewing IdeaPals Group, Spark - 1 NOD 1
10. Registering - 25 NODs
11. Posting an IdeaPals Free Group - 50 NODs
12. Posting a Spark (idea) - 10 NODs
13. Moderating a comment - 1 NOD
14. Posting a picture - 10 NODs
15. Voting up or down - 1 NOD
16. Flagging - 1 NOD

Whenever you have an idea, an opinion, a comment, a friend, or what we call a 'spark', and you share it: you get paid in NODs!

• Free websites
• Free hosting
• Free upgrades
• Free advertising
• Free video production
• Free project management
• Free CRM
• Free mass email campaign And many other incentives just for participating, collaborating, even soliciting: