How Do I Join A Trust? Are There Advantages For Trust Members? Categories: Main Page Last Modified: February 21, 2007 15:12 Article ID: 10015
A Trust is formed by a group of Holdings who play together collaboratively as a team. A full description of Trust features is on the main website.
To join a Trust click on the "handshake" icon found in the Licence Analyser and view the list of Trusts. Select one to join. The following are requirements to join a trust: •Gold Membership •Players who previously upgraded to the Gold Membership (prior to version 2.200) need to select the "Trust Upgrade" function in the 'Options' Menu (Costs 10 CP's). •A player must be at level 2 or higher to join a Trust. •To create a Trust a player must be at level 5. •Creating a trust costs 15 CP's. •Each Trust must be re-established after the initial 3 months, which costs 5 CP's for every additional month. Joining a trust costs 1 CP. If the application is denied the Credit Point is refunded.
Benefits:
Trust members may offer discounts to fellow trust members on the price of materials. Discounts range between 0% - 20%.
Trust members with holdings in the same sector benefit from horizontal and vertical synergy - 1% for every company in a like sector and capped at maximum of 10%.
A total of 20% in synergy bonuses can be achieved by a Holding with the collective value of a Holding's own synergy and a Trust's synergy.

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