My idea
Hi, actually when I read your requirement, I automatically think of one of football forums; That I was an often visitor in past , they have a very beautiful way how the organize users status; as you can see in those screenshot, they dont just have two users categories but often; for exemple for the new user his profil is caracterized by the username+avatar+ the category of user+ an icon describing this category+ other informations like member nbre, location... the icons and user category r customized following the forum field, which is football; ans specially it's for a national team nickname categories ; from junior to major; if you give me you website field, I can do the same, I will think about an icon suitable for new users and another one for VIP, with the right user nickname in relationship with the field, like I explained to you for this football forum; hope you like the idea; and I'm ready to do the same for yours; just tell me your field in private comment , so I can start