Awe! You're no fun.Nothing inside about vBulletin's announcements and product releases.
There's huge gap between $40 and $140.It's better to state it clear what the reactivation fee is before we buy the software.If you do not pay the $40 annual support fee for 9 months after the end of the last period, you will then need to pay a reactivation fee which will be greater than $40 but less than $140.
There's huge gap between $40 and $140.It's better to state it clear what the reactivation fee is before we buy the software.
Personally I don't think they should even be providing a reactivation option. $140 up front, $40 per year after - that's an incredible value for a product like this given that it will help me create a new online community.
I'm so jazzed about the release of XF. I'm going to buy at least two copies. I hope the owners of XenForo make a fortune.
No reactivation is quite harsh on certain circumstances though (a site being closed for a while for instance, or the occasion where someone gets a version they like, stick with it, and then a year later it turns out theres a critical security vulnerability they need to install a patch for)
I think a reactivation option is pretty much essential.
You miss understood. You can always renew after X years, just that it will be more expensive if you renew after 9 months past the expiration date.
The one thing I didn't like about vB (aside from what eventually happened w/IB & vB4), was the extra charge if you went x months after expiry before renewing. IMHO, it should be $140 for the license then $40 per year, and nothing more. Everyone seems to forget a lot of communities are for hobby/non-profit, and believe it or not, just $40/year can be a stretch for some. Why make it even harder to stay current with adding yet another fee?
vBulletin had it as well, as does IPB (I think).I appreciate the work Kier, Mike, and Ashley are putting into XenForo. I just don't think having some kind of reactivation fee is necessary.
vBulletin had it as well, as does IPB (I think).
Its so people consider paying yearly, rather then waiting, and having to pay the reactivation; After the initial sale, they only make money off of renewals after a single customer.
No re-activation fee for IPB only the usual yearly fee applies.
Yep, they are constrained by that annual report to the shareholders.I think one of the problem VB have found with their current model is that it'll be a struggle to continue to make a profit from current customers,
+1Personally, I prefer the XF Model =)
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