[Pre-Sale Question] vBulletin Publishing Suite

[KevinB]

Hello


I'm looking into buying vBulletin publishing suite, and I was just wondering. What will be the fee after the year of free updates on the Owned Licence? how much will it cost to renew the updates?

cheers,

Kevin

[Shamil.]

Hello, this renewal system is no longer effective in the 4.x licensing scheme.

Once you but vB 4, you get updates for free for the whole of its life (~18) months.

[KevinB]

does the owned licence only last for 18 months, or what are you saying about 18 months,


cheers,

Kevin

[cellarius]

No, it lasts forever. The vB 4 license will allow for upgrades as long as vB 4 goes, i.e. for 4.1, 4.2 and so on. If vB5 is released you will have to pay another fee which will allow for updates for the lifespan of vB 5. The 18 months are an educated guess on how long vB4 will last until vB5 comes out.

[KevinB]

oh, Okay.


How much was it this time round to upgrade your 3.X owned Licence to a 4.X owned licence?

[gg2-hungama]

oh, Okay.


How much was it this time round to upgrade your 3.X owned Licence to a 4.X owned licence?

login to your vb3.x forum's admincp for announcement updates and find out what you get qualified for i mean for what discount you are eligible it should clear there..

[Shamil.]

The expected time for vB 5 to come out is between 18-24 months.

[KevinB]

I logged into the AdminCP, and the only discount I can see posted on there is the Discount if your licence has expired, I'm wondering how much it would cost if you have an Owned 3.X licence, and want to upgrade to Owned 4.X Licence

[George L]

I logged into the AdminCP, and the only discount I can see posted on there is the Discount if your licence has expired, I'm wondering how much it would cost if you have an Owned 3.X licence, and want to upgrade to Owned 4.X Licence

As listed in FAQ at What are the discounts being offered in the pre-sale period?

What are the discounts being offered in the pre-sale period?

For the vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite product:

* If your license was in active status as of October 13, 2009, your price is $130.00 USD
* If you paid an annual license update fee between October 13, 2007 to October 12, 2008, your price is $190.00 USD
* If you held an active license prior to October 13, 2007, your price is $210.00 USD
* If you are a new customer to vBulletin, your price is $235.00 USD

[shohin]

I’m sure this has been already answered someplace so please forgive if it has.
I have an owned license but my license update expired just this past 10/22/09 so as I see it I can still get the pre-sale price. I was going to renew it but then came all of this confusion as to vB4. When that happened I decided not to renew it but seeing that I still am using 3.7.2 I’ve decided that I might wish to update to 3.8.4 as at this time and point I’m not at all sure I wish to use vB 4.0.

My question/confusion comes as to the price of the vB 4.0 suite. It states that the pre-sale price would be $190.00 however on the vB purchase page it says $130.00! Which is it? I can only assume in seeing that it has my current info/status on the vB purchase page that it would indeed be $130.00?

[Pope Viper]

I believe that since your license is expired it would be 190.00

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?320542-Pre-Sale-offer-for-customers-with-expired-licenses

For licenses that expired in the last 12 months, we are offering an extra $45 discount for advance ordering, in addition to the publicly available pre-sale savings. This means the all new vB 4.0 Publishing Suite will cost you only $190, a total savings of $95.

[shohin]

Then why does it say $130.00?

[Pope Viper]

No clue

[ra87]

Then why does it say $130.00?

Because thats for active license holders only.

[Pope Viper]

Does the cart determine your license status after you've added to the cart?