Monthly Collectible

Monthly Collectibles Previously known as Donation Letters(also known as "Thank You Letters") are special items for users who donate to Gaia Online. These letters are given by the Administration of Gaia Online for donating to the website to offset the costs of servers, programming, and bandwidth to keep Gaia Online a free site for users.

History of the Thank You Letter
Between the months of April and May of 2003, Gaia Online users made a thread in the (then) Question & Feedback forum to ease the cost of Gaia Online. The users were aware the Administration pay for Gaia Online out of their own pockets and after deliberation, a donation system was set up.

This option allowed users to donate for the purpose of simply helping Gaia Online out with such expenses. However, the Administration of Gaia Online secretly created a Thank You Letter and manually put them into donators' inventories. When these Thank You letters were open, they revealed the Angelic Halo.

Ever since then, every month, for every $2.50 given, a letter gets placed in one's inventory.

In 2006, several changes were made to the donation system. The administrators put up a poll asking the best time to open donation items. As a result, as of May 16, 2006 donation items are now opened during the middle of the month. On October 30th, the items were renamed from "Donation Items" to "Monthly Collectables," the staff citing concerns that since Gaia is a for-profit organization, it shouldn't give the impression of being a charity.

Ways to Buy Monthly Collectables

 * PayPal Debit/Credit Cards (Visa, Master card, American Express, Discover) Gaia has a cap on PayPal donations; donating more than $200 will result in your trading account being frozen.
 * Checking Account
 * Money Order/International Money Order in USD denominations.
 * Touchtone Phone

Touchtone Phone
Lanzer created this service via SurfPin which allows users to donate without having to use PayPal. Surfpin is a company that handles "PayByPhone" payment services. A Gaian can dial the 900 number to receive a code from the phone call, then enter the code in the donation page to complete the process. When users donate via telephone, a $2.99 charge will be on the phone bill under the name "Surfpin." Currently, every phone line can only accept one phone donation at this time to avoid abuse. This limit may be changed in the future.

Donation Letter Items
Each month, the donation items are changed and are never reintroduced into the donation system. An exception is certain older items can be won from the Gaia Wheel at the Gaia Online booth at anime conventions.

March-June 03'

 * Angelic Halo - The first donation item in Gaia Online. Early donations before and on June when the Donation feature is first introduced.

July 03'

 * Kodiac Grizzly Bear Hat
 * Panda Hat

August 03'

 * DJ Studio Headphones - (Head Slot)
 * Portable Stereo Headphones - (Ear Slot)

September 03'

 * Mini Angel Wings - (Headgear)
 * Mini Nitemare Wings - (Headgear)

October 03'

 * Angelic Sash
 * Devil Tail

November 03'

 * Odd Mischievous Gremlin Hat
 * A Furry Kewt Hat

December 03'

 * Nitemare Scarf
 * Angelic Scarf

January 04'

 * Emo Bag
 * Chain Wallet

February 04'

 * ZONY Discman
 * ZONY MP3 Player

March 04'

 * Fuzzy Penguin Slippers
 * Baby Seal Slippers

April 04'

 * Hammi Hat
 * Bammi Hat

May 04'

 * Bear Pajamas
 * Monkey Pajamas

June 04'

 * Angelic Pendant
 * Horns of the Demon

July 04'

 * Steel-Plated Ninja Band
 * Kitsune Mask

August 04'

 * Golden Laurels
 * Winged Anklets

September 04'

 * Bani Clips
 * Goti Clips

October 04'

 * Demonic Pitchfork
 * Staff of the Angels

November 04'

 * Ice Gauntlet
 * Bit Too Kewl Hat

December 04'

 * Oddly Mischievous Freaky and Grim Hat
 * Fire Gauntlet

January 05'

 * Demonic Pendant
 * Angelic Bracelet

February 05'

 * Solar Cloak
 * Lunar Cloak

March 05'

 * RoRo Robo-Puppy
 * KiKi Kitty Plushie

April 05'

 * Prism Butterfly Mantilla
 * Chestplate of Arachne

May 05'

 * Guitar of Demona
 * Guitar of Angellus

June 05'

 * Phoenix Circlet
 * Bone Dragon Helm

July 05'

 * Lunar Cowl
 * Solar Headdress

August 05'

 * Whip of Ice
 * Whip of Fire

September 05'

 * Pandy Pack
 * Hard Shell Pack

October 05'

 * CoCo Kitty Plushie
 * Wind Security Blanket

November 05'

 * Sno Yeti Pillow Plush
 * Nitemare Parasol

December 05'

 * Winter Fox Mink
 * Ice Tiara

January 06'

 * Sword of Aegis
 * Angelic Parasol

February 06'

 * Chyaku Norisu Scarf
 * G9 Laptop

March 06'

 * Demonbow
 * Mochi the Puppy

April 06'

 * Sun Staff
 * G-BOT

May 06'

 * Angelbow
 * Chain of Command

June 06'
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 * Dark Halo
 * G Blade

July 06'

 * Ancient Katana
 * Elegant Veil

August 06'

 * Angelic Microphone
 * Gwee the Dragon

September 06'

 * ORLY? Hat
 * Mythrill Armor

October 06'

 * Shadow Spirit
 * Pixie

November 06'

 * MoMo The Monkey
 * Mini UFO

December 06

 * Flame Sword
 * Elemental Hair
 * Winter Rose

January 07

 * Damascus Armor
 * Gift of the Goddess

February 07

 * Celestial Wrap
 * Dark Star
 * Celebrity Date

March 07

 * Mythic Hair
 * Spirit Falcon

April 07

 * Oculus Magica
 * Lunar Scythe
 * Aquatica