[Marco van Herwaarden]

1. vBulletin comes by default with a ranking system that you can enable/disable.

2. Adding banners can be done in different ways by simply editing a Template. There are also more sophisticated Banner managing methods, but these require code changing. You can find a few here at vbuletin.org

3. you can block registration by ip and/or email domain.

4. Standard vBulletin don't have image verification on posting. It has however on registration. vBulletin comes standard with censorship options, these could also prvent posts with unwanted text. To have image verification on post would require code change.

5. Check on vbulletin.com. There is a sticky topic listing all possible conversion in the Import System forum. If your forum is not listed, you can ask if it could be made.

6. You mean to pay for your vBulletin license, or a payment system for members? vBulletin has buildin option for paid subscriptions using 4 major payment processors. More could be added.

7. This would be very well possible, but will require custom coding.

8. No vBulletin only supports MySQL.

Thank you for your interest in vBulletin, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

PS The main Pre-Sales forum is located at vbulletin.com.