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."

Benefits

 * Host your own parties
 * A gift of 1 Diamond every week
 * Unlock every animal slot
 * Access to all animals (Members-only Animals)
 * Unlock every den slot
 * Access to every den
 * Customize den music
 * Access to every den and clothing item (Members-only Items)
 * Collect up to 500 den items
 * Collect up to 300 clothing items
 * Access to every pet
 * Access to the Pet Stop to give pets unique accessory combinations
 * Play every pet mini-game
 * Send and receive gifts in Jam-A-Grams
 * Type custom messages in Jam-A-Grams
 * Use animated emotes
 * Customize Nametag with a unique color and badge combination
 * Test new features like the Jammer Wall
 * Play every adventure

Payment Options
Animal Jam Membership can be purchased as a gift certificate through Animal Jam Outfitters or as gift card from at participating retailers. The gift cards are also available for purchase online from some of the major retailers; these online gift cards are delivered by email. 

Trivia

 * All of the rumors about getting free memberships (not including the 1-month free memberships awarded to beta testers) are false.
 * After a membership expires, some of the benefits remain with the Jammer.
 * 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" 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.

Canceled Benefits
There are a number of features that were advertised but never delivered.
 * "Be the FIRST to hear about upcoming events!"
 * "Animal Bases"

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.
 * Club Geoz originally could have only been entered by members, but this was changed sometime later during the year to allow all Jammers into Club Geoz.