Woot! Pricing and Release info :D

Kim

Kim

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http://xenforo.com/community/threads/beta-release-date-and-pricing.3876/

Oh yeah baby!
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That's the standard... Though the support fees may go up in price year over year depending on inflation etc :-).

Very reasonable costs any way you look at it though! Can't wait to buy our Beta license! Yay!
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Kier said:
Yes, your license gives you the right to run the software forever. If you want access to official support and the latest software versions, your license must be kept up-to-date with extensions.
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I know this question is way ahead of itself but I am wondering how you are seeing the future, how will you guys be handling XenForo 2.* when it arrives, will we need a new license, and will this trend carry forward to 3.* and 4.* and so on?
 
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I plan to buy a few Beta licenses for testing. I'm excited to see how well I can style it.

I doubt we will move any of our big sites over to XenForo (at least not for a while) but we may upgrade a few smaller sites and start a few new ones using the software. Should be fun.
 
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We would like customers to extend their licenses, obviously and recognise that they may wish to continue without accessing updates or support. In order that a balance is maintained, the license extension will extend the 'valid until' date by 12 months. Where a license has not been extended for 9 months or more, a reactivation fee (more than an extension and less than a new purchase) will be applied and the license will be extended by 12 months from that day.
 
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Where a license has not been extended for 9 months or more, a reactivation fee (more than an extension and less than a new purchase) will be applied and the license will be extended by 12 months from that day.

Thanks for clearing this up. Had this question in my mind. Sometimes, I forget to renew my license for a couple of weeks. 9 month period is a great grace period.
 
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Brogan said:
Wow!
That's an even better deal.

So effectively the license cost is a one-off and all subsequent payments are only related to support and upgrades, regardless of how up to date your installation is?

Example A - purchaser keeps up to date with all releases and support:
  • Year 1 - $140 ($100 if bought on day 1)
  • Year 2 - $40
  • Year 3 - $40
  • Year 4 - $40
  • etc.
Example B - purchaser skips every other year for releases and support:
  • Year 1 - $140 ($100 if bought on day 1)
  • Year 2 - sticks with current release
  • Year 3 - $40
  • Year 4 - sticks with current release
  • etc.
Personally speaking, for the sake of $40 per year (although this will of course increase with inflation, etc,) and knowing how great this software will be as it evolves, I'll be going for the continuous example A.
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Example A is how most customers tend to work and obviously we want them to use XenForo in this way. Example B is the minority and we want to encourage such customers to act like those in Example A :)
 
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Interesting.

A bit too high for buying a copy just to test or play with though. Shame - Im sure a few people would have considered that. Perhaps you should have an "evaluation" licence thats only valid for test installations.

Curious about one thing, why is in $ and not £ ?
 
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