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[FAQ] Points & Stamps summary

This is an attempt to summarize the known ways to earn points & stamps, as well as what you get from points. Please post corrections and additions. I'll update this list.

Earning Points

Sending Deliveries (accepted, not just sent):
• 10pts: 1 Bronze delivery (costs 1 stamp)
• 30pts: 1 Silver delivery (costs 3 stamps)
• 50pts: 1 Gold delivery (costs 5 stamps)
• 250pts: 1 Diamond delivery (costs 10 stamps)
• 100pts: sent 200 deliveries
• 250pts: sent 50 gold deliveries (Changed May 3, 2007)
• 1000pts: sent 200 gold deliveries (Added July 27, 2007)
• 2000pts: sent 500 gold deliveries (Added October 22, 2007)

Receiving Deliveries:
• 200pts: 20 silver deliveries
• 200pts: 20 gold deliveries
• 1000pts: 3 diamond deliveries
• 100pts: You’ve received 10 of a selected style family (e.g., 10 “Alexandria”, “Manhattan” or “Marseilles” sets)
• 250pts: You‘ve received 100 deliveries. (Added June 28, 2007)

Referrals:
• 50pts: Every referral.
• 100pts: Your tenth referral gets an extra 100pts.
• 300pts: Your 25th referral gets an extra 300pts.
• 1500pts: Your 100th referral gets an extra 1500pts. (Added May 24, 2007)

Points for Points (bonus points for reaching point thresholds):
• 500pts: When you reach 5,000 points
• 1000pts: When you reach 10,000 points
• 5000pts: When you reach 50,000 points
• 10,000pts: When you reach 100,000 points

Miscellaneous:
• 100pts: IconBuffet birthday (you’ve been a member for over a year)

Receiving Stamps

• 5 stamps: Accepting a delivery
• 15 stamps: A new user signs up from your referral

Benefits From Points

When you reach the following thresholds in your point total, you get additional benefits.
• 250: You can see users who are likely to need a given set you have on that set’s page.
• 10,000-50,000: 2 additional tokens every month for every 10,000 points (up to 10 additional tokens).
• 5,000, 10,000, 50,000, 100,000: You will receive a badge and some bonus points (10% of the threshold) for each of these point thresholds you reach.

References
• iconmaster’s So, how does this IconBuffet work?.
• iconmaster in [FAQ] Badges.
• iconmaster’s New ways to earn tokens!.
• dyar’s [FAQ] New Users Quick Start Guide.
• josh’s [Points & Friends] A New Feature!.
• ChickAzul’s [FAQ] Stamps.

See also: Guides, FAQs, Tutorials, etc. by tamashii.
And, of course, the official IconBuffet Help.

Posted by grantneufeld on Apr 27, 2007 in Blab | 11 comments

tamashii on Apr 27, 2007

Pretty darned good compilation here.

Added to my thread.

grantneufeld on Apr 27, 2007

Can someone confirm that I got it right when I posted that you get 5 stamps per delivery you accept?

I've only been doing bronze deliveries, other than when I first signed up, so don't remember if there were more stamps for Gold or Silver deliveries. Do you get more stamps with a Diamond delivery?

Did I miss any other sources of stamps?

Thanks.

tamashii on Apr 27, 2007

No matter the level, upon receiving/accepting an icon set - you get 5 stamps. You got it right.

grantneufeld on Apr 28, 2007

Thanks for the confirmation.

It looks like receiving bronze sets is currently the most advantageous because of the additional stamps received per token spent. Even with the bonuses available (like the 1000 points for receiving 3 diamond sets) bronze is still the top point-getter if you can use up all the stamps for deliveries.

mik on Apr 28, 2007

bronze is still the top point-getter
While the 10 points per stamp to deliver holds true, yes, but the new diamond option earns 25 points per stamp (I think.. it's 10 stamps to send and 250 points, right?)

grantneufeld on Apr 28, 2007

Sorry, I should have been clearer. When receiving sets, bronze gets you the most points (if you can use all the stamps for deliveries). When sending, diamond sets definitely get you the most points.

ChickAzul on May 04, 2007

the rockstar badge (25 fans) doesn't earn you points anymore, changed at the same time that the golden halo was raised to 250

grantneufeld on May 04, 2007

Thanks for reminding me. I missed updating that when I updated the points for 50 gold deliveries sent.

wmostrey on Jun 01, 2007

Who confirmed that you get 1500pts for your 100th referral? Is there really someone who did that?

grantneufeld on Jun 01, 2007

On May 24, 2007, Iconmaster revealed the 100th referral reward on the [FAQ] Badges post.

daveamun on Jun 01, 2007

Take a look at Filosof and his badge collection!