Netropolitan wants to be an exclusive online social club

Sep 17, 2014 12:54 GMT  ·  By

There are a billion sites out there, some more popular than others. Netropolitan is one of them – a social network of sorts that has an entry fee of $9,000 (€6,945).

Obviously aimed at those with deep pockets, Netropolitan has no advertising and offers users unlimited cloud storage and file sharing options, as well as a heavy social component.

For the most part, the site acts like Facebook – you can update your status, add photos, look for friends and so on.

“The Netropolitan Club is a global online community for affluent and accomplished individuals worldwide to socialize in a completely private and secure manner. Current total first-year fees to join Netropolitan are $9,000 [€6,945], payable at registration; subsequent annual dues are $3,000 [€2,315] a year,” reads the site’s home page.

Basically, this is an exclusivist club, like a gentleman’s club if you will, but on the Internet and aimed at all sexes.

James Touchi-Peter is an American composer, symphonic conductor, vocalist and record producer. He’s also the man behind the Facebook for rich people. He states that Netropolitan includes many features that you'd expect from a modern online social network, but also some that you wouldn’t.

For instance, he says, you can create groups where you can have conversations about everything from “fine wines to classic cars to vacation destination recommendations.”

Despite the apparent freedom, the site is being monitored around the clock, with employees looking for abuse, trolling and misuse to make sure that everything is in check. Of course, it’s highly unlikely that people with big enough pockets to pay the $9,000/€6,945 registration fee on the site and an extra $3,000/€2,315 per year would engage in such things, but you can never know.

Netropolitan strives for total privacy

The site’s contents aren’t indexed by Google and there are no features available for non-members, which means that this is, for all intents and purposes, a closed community. There will be no names, numbers or personal details released on these individuals.

It should be mentioned that users must be at least 21 years old to join the network and that there are no initiation fee refunds, fully or partially. This means that if you do sign up for Netropolitan, there’s no going back, at least not when it comes to getting your money back.

The site requires that all community posts be published in English, which is certainly going to irk some of the foreign individuals who may be interested in signing up. Posts on private and hidden groups, as well as private messages, can be in any language the parties desire.

Netropolitan membership sales are now open, as of Tuesday, September 16, following a closed beta.

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