Membership

"Club Membership is our way of thanking players who subscribe to National Geographic Animal Jam."

- AJHQ - What is a Club Membership?

The Animal Jam Membership grants Jammers access to a number of exclusive in-game benefits. According to AJHQ, "A portion of all Animal Jam membership fees and other purchases help support National Geographic's global conservation and research efforts."

Animals

 * Unlock up to 1000 animal slots
 * Access to all animals (Members-only Animals)
 * Customize animal Nametag with a unique color and badge combination
 * Collect up to 1000 clothing items
 * Access to every clothing item (Members-only Items)

Pets

 * Access to every pet
 * Access to the Pet Stop to give pets unique accessory combinations
 * Play every pet mini-game

Dens

 * Unlock 1000 den slots
 * Access to every den
 * Customize den music
 * Collect up to 1000 den items
 * Put up to 300 items in a den
 * Access to every den item (Members-only Items)
 * Create Masterpiece den items from Painting art

Other

 * Send and receive gifts in Jam-A-Grams
 * Type custom messages in Jam-A-Grams
 * Use animated emotes
 * Unlock Safe Chat - Plus
 * Host Jammer Parties
 * Test features like the Jammer Wall
 * Play every Adventure
 * Access the Member Spin once per day

Other Benefits

 * Daily Sapphires and Weekly Gifts in the Play Wild mobile app
 * 20% discount for purchases made at the National Geographic Store

Purchasing Membership
Animal Jam Membership can be purchased directly for a player's account through the Animal Jam website as either a 1-month recurring payment, a 6-month recurring payment, or a 12-month one-time payment. The recurring memberships will automatically renew when the membership is about to expire, resulting in additional charges. The auto-renewal of these memberships can be toggled on or off by accessing the Parent Dashboard for the player's account. If auto-renewal is disabled before a membership expires, the membership will continue without interruption until its expiration date, at which point it will simply end without any additional charges.

Purchasing Membership Gifts
Membership can also be purchased in the form of a gift to be sent to a player. This type of membership is sold online as a gift certificate through Animal Jam Outfitters or as a gift card from participating retailers' websites. These online gift certificates and gift cards are delivered to the recipient by email with the code for applying the membership. Certain retailers also sell physical gift cards at select locations; these gift cards include a scratch-off code that is activated upon purchase. For specific details on where to purchase membership gifts, see the Animal Jam Help Center. Membership gifts are added to an account in the form of alphanumeric codes. The codes can be applied at the login screen for the game, in the settings menu while playing the game, or on the code redemption page.

Trivia

 * Some of the Sidekix Plushies included codes for a one-week membership.
 * A bonus two-week membership can be obtained by purchasing the Club Geoz Playset.
 * Some of the "Blind Bag" Adopt A Pet toys included a bonus one-week membership.
 * All of the rumors about getting free memberships (not including the 1-month free memberships awarded to beta testers) are false according to the official Animal Jam Help Center.
 * After a membership expires, some of the benefits remain with the Jammer such as 1000 buddies, items etc.
 * Jammers keep all members-only items, animals, pets, and dens that they purchased before their membership expired, but they cannot use them.
 * Jammers keep all of the extra den and clothing inventory slots when their membership expires.
 * Jammers keep the members-only "Safe Chat- Plus" if it was selected before the membership expired.
 * Members have a golden key on their Player Cards to unlock the golden locks that appear on members-only items.
 * There is a glitch where a Jammer will retain all of the capabilities of membership if they remain logged into their account when it is about to lose its membership. The membership capabilities are only removed once the Jammer is disconnected or logs off.
 * If a player loses their membership while logged off, they will continue to appear to everyone else as if they have a membership until they log in again.
 * There was a glitch (now patched) that allowed players to be a member animal after their membership expired if they deleted all non-member animals and bought a turtle, they would click their den icon when they were in an ocean animals only area such as Bahari bay,which would glitch them into the last land animal that they were before the membership expired.

Canceled Benefits
There are a number of features that were advertised but never delivered.
 * "Be the FIRST to hear about upcoming events!"
 * "Animal Bases" - While it is not clear what this feature would have meant for Animal Jam, a similar feature is available in the mobile game Play Wild as special rooms dedicated to a specific animal and connected to certain areas.

Previous Benefits
Some features were previously available to members only but are now available to all Jammers.
 * Pets were originally available only for members, but this changed with the introduction of the Pet Hamster in August 2011.
 * The color wheel, which allows Jammers to change an item's variety before purchase, was originally a members-only feature, but this changed in November 2015.
 * Originally, only members could access Club Geoz, but this was changed sometime later to allow all Jammers into Club Geoz.
 * The weekly Diamond gift that members received was disabled upon the introduction of the Member Spin.
 * The Chat log was previously only available to players with membership (although it was originally available for all players) but it was made accessible to all Jammers once again starting in November 2016.
 * Many Adventures used to be reserved only for members, but all Adventures were available to all Jammers in 2018.