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Membership Benefits

 The ECA is dedicated to providing a wealth of community and affinity benefits to our members. With membership, you can connect with like-minded gaming fans, explore career and educational opportunities in the business and get discounted access to events, concerts and shows. Membership can also provide some incredible discounts, trial offers and members-only access; many of which could rationalize the cost of your annual member dues many times over.

If you are a gamer and spend money on enthusiast magazines and online subscriptions, or buy and rent games, these benefits make it so that you would pay far less. New offers are posted frequently in the Benefits Section and are accessible once logged-in, so check back often.  A partial sample list of discounts from our esteemed sponsors includes:

Discounted games sales/rental offerings from:

  • Buy.com offers millions of products in many different categories, and is pleased to offer ECA members $5.00 off any purchase of $75.00 or more on not only games, but movies and music as well!
  • Dawdle.com – get a reduced sales commission of just 10.99%, including free payment processing, to re-sell your used games online.  Dawdle is one of the leading portals dedicated to help sell your used games (and buy games from other gamers) online.
  • Direct2Drive.com - get 10% off your game purchases from Direct2Drive.com. Their easy and secure system lets you download full pc games, arcade games, anime, game guides, and comics from home instead of dealing with waiting time and inventory stock-outs.
  • GameFly - is offering members a 30-day free trial to their video game rental service, twice as long as normal and only for ECA members.
  • GameHQ - is offering 10% off all pre-played games with free shipping.
  • Good Old Games – get 20% off new game purchases from GoG.com, one of the leading destinations for download-to-own DRM-free classic PC games.
  • PlaySpan - receive 10% off all PC games (including new releases) from one of the leaders in digital distribution and virtual currency online.
  • NewEgg.com - get $10 off Patriot Gaming memory sticks from NewEgg.com, the second-largest online-only retailer in the United States.
  • Rockybid.com- new members get 5 free bids.  ECA members also get 5% off all bid packages anytime!
  • ThinkGeek: get money off all orders between $25 and $50 from ThinkGeek.com, one of the leading online retailers for innovative technology products.

 Discounted Products/Subscriptions:

  • Astro Gaming –  get 10% off Astro Gaming’s pro-grade gaming gear including headsets, audio systems and other accessories.
  • BringIt.com – a new an online community where gamers play games for money, is offering ECA members 25% of your deposit, matched.
  • EforCity - ECA members receive 15% off all mobile, cell, iPhone and iPad accessories as well as their line of A/V and computer peripherals.
  • IGN- offers ECA members 25% off an annual subscription to IGN Insider.
  • Warcry Network – members are invited to take advantage of a 30-day free-trial membership in the network's "Choice" program.

 Discounted Show/Event Admission:

  • Infinite Bits – is offering our members a 10% discount on admission to their Miami-based gaming convention.
  • NY ComiCon – is offering members a discount on the price of admission.
  • TooManyGames – get $1 off entry to their gaming community events.

 Discounted/Free Trial offerings from:

  • GameJobs – ECA members receive free resume uploads at GameJobs.com, the leading job board and career site serving the games business.
  • Hyatt Hotels – members receive a 5-10% discount on room rates at Hyatt Hotels throughout the US and Canada.
  • Prima Publishing – get 10% off over 500 hint books and strategy guides.
  • Sprint - members can get 6% off of select plans, $50-off new handset activations and free shipping with their orders.

 

Giveaways/Prizes/Contests:

Prize drawings for ECA members are also performed weekly, with the lucky winner receiving an assortment of gifts such as: Gift card(s) from our retailers, games and accessories, partner and/or ECA schwag (pens, t-shirts, paper pads) and energy drinks. We also partner with sponsors to do treasure/scavenger hunts, surveys, polling, and other members-only contests, the prizes for which can be truly compelling. (Here's one recent example.)

 

Please note: The above list represents a category sampling of offers. To view the complete listing of discounts, promotions and special offers our sponsors are presently offering members, please login to your account or join today.