When we had it as a free site we were inundated with spam accounts that took up valuable time and resources to deal with. We now charge a one time £2.95 fee which stops the automatic software/scripts people use to make multiple accounts. Once you have paid, the money is immediately transferred back into your WINNIT account (marked as 'CyberWallet' in the Members area). You can use it to make purchases from other sellers. This money is called 'CyberCash' and is an accepted payment method here on WINNIT. Every CyberCash transaction regardless of value is covered by our inhouse guarantee, unlike most sites like ebay for example where you only have a set maximum you can claim back in the event of a fraudulent transaction. We take fraud very seriously here on WINNIT and to that end if you use our own currency we will guarantee the transaction 100% regardless of value, now you can't get a better guarantee than that! All the money earned and raised here on WINNIT, goes directly to a not for profit charitable project called HS4B (please see www.hs4b.org for more details of what they do and what they are about). This is the worlds ONLY sales platform that gives 100% of any profits into helping more people back on their feet. You can help HS4B by recomending this site to friends, the more money we recieve the more goes to HS4B. If you wish to be a seller you will need to also verify your account which will cost you £49.95 which may sound expensive however once you have verified you never pay another listing fee or end of sale fee again. Just look at our price guide for more information. We also need to insure ourselves to make sure we don't get any of those dodgy sellers here on WINNIT. You never pay another listing fee and your transactions are covered! Now you think about it £49.95 is a bit cheap!