I think you should take a look at this.

[Colindeng2]

In a meeting held in Mojang, you have this: https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula
The eula is a way not to rip off money off players. This was stated because of the many complaints mojang was recieving from Parent/Guardians saying, "200 for something" etc etc. With the eula system, this is a way so server can not rip off money from players.
e.g. $50 a month just for vip
If you would want to sell something, you would have to get permission from Mojang if it is legal. If you would not, servers would most likely get taken down immediately. Also, the pricing for servers have changed. With this, the price has now risen.
In a way, you can't sell kits/vip kits that expensive. If so, you would need to make sure that it is consistent with mojang's regulations.


This is only from my knowledge. Feel free to research more.

http://youtu.be/dnSx_Zk8A7o

Some more information.



colindeng

[Tenebrae]

You are literally a week late on this. This doesn't affect us in any way at all.

[Colindeng2]

You are literally a week late on this. This doesn't affect us in any way at all.

Gosh darn it. Why the f*** am I always late? Is it because I watch too many rom coms??

[Tenebrae]

Gosh darn it. Why the f*** am I always late? Is it because I watch too many rom coms??

I think its related to the quality of your story, as an inverse relationship.

[1cec0ld]

Also, the pricing for servers have changed. With this, the price has now risen.

Lol, the minecraft_server.jar is free, only hosts decide pricing. What makes you say the pricing for servers has changed?

[jasperb94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI823drEcyE
https://mojang.com/2014/06/lets-talk-server-monetisation/

[Jimmyziga]

. . .

[ryan22424]

Hm, this is quite an interesting thing. I doubt many servers will do this, because of the massive fraction of players who are children, so it really doesn't change anything.

[Jimmyziga]

Some servers rely only on donations

[jasperb94]

Hm, this is quite an interesting thing. I doubt many servers will do this, because of the massive fraction of players who are children, so it really doesn't change anything.

At any rate I felt it was worth sharing..

[cp910]

wtf...
this is...
retarded....

[Jimmyziga]

I read this earlier but I thought it was fake >_<

[jasperb94]

I read this earlier but I thought it was fake >_<

I thought it was at first as well, but since it is on the official Mojang site, I would highly doubt it being fake..

[Jimmyziga]

:I

[1cec0ld]

Merged with the first topic talking about this.
Y'all are seriously behind the times; this has been a subject for at least a week now.

Edit: Christ, how do you even comprehend what those people are saying on that video, their accents are ridiculous. I don't know what they said, so I won't verify or agree to anything quoted from that video. However, the mojang blog is a legitimate source.