# Q: Subscription Types **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438 "2018-06-05T00:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438/1 "2018-06-05T00:15:22Z")
It’s that time of year where I will need to renew my SD subscription once again. Can you remind me what a Custom Title Member Subscription is? …Is this an upgrade on top of the basic subscription price? And, if so, what is the advantage(s)? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438/2 "2018-06-05T00:20:22Z")
Any member can pay to get a custom title under their name when they post. It’s not an upgrade. It’s just a feature you can pay to have. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438/3 "2018-06-05T00:25:07Z")
Custom Title Member Subscription is for a custom title that appears under your name. For example, I have a custom title which is “Robot Mod in Beta Testing”, which appears under my user name for every post. It’s purely an optional thing, and if you want a custom title, there is an additional fee for it. Only members and charter members can have custom titles. Guests cannot (ETA: Moderators and Admins can too). For charter members, the subscription is called Custom Title Charter Member Subscription, if I recall correctly (or something close to that). ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438/4 "2018-06-05T00:55:32Z")
Ah! Thank you very much for your reply. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438/5 "2018-06-13T14:21:13Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Custom Title Member Subscription is for a custom title that appears under your name. For example, I have a custom title which is “Robot Mod in Beta Testing”, which appears under my user name for every post. > > It’s purely an optional thing, and if you want a custom title, there is an additional fee for it. > > Only members and charter members can have custom titles. Guests cannot (ETA: Moderators and Admins can too). For charter members, the subscription is called Custom Title Charter Member Subscription, if I recall correctly (or something close to that). [underline added] NB: a quirk of this (Im not sure if its a vBul thing, or if it can’t be gotten around somehow by a reference to a date stamp)–that custom title will be applied under your username to all your posts from the time you change it as well as all your previous posts. So if one day in the future **ecg** changes his custom title to “Wise One Who Has Modded for 20 Years,” and you zombie this thread, two things will become apparent: 1. This mini-exchange of you, me, and **ecg** will be thoroughly un-understandable 2. Everyone will think that in 2018 **ecg** was lying his ass off. [Not about the "Wise One, of course.]