Announcing the Presale Event for vBulletin 4.0 Suite and Important License Changes

[Bilderback]

We have several forum licenses and blog but it looks like cut back time for me.
I enjoy the vbulletin software, unfortunately it's becoming too rich for my blood.
Ah, the good old days when everyone pitched in to buy a license and posted away
while AdSense generated our next years renewal.
The best thing was all the free Community input in the form of addons.
Countless hours of fun were spent just trying out new modifications and styles.
I expect that will soon trail off as more developers and designers begin charging
for premium mods and styles to cover their premium time and licensing.
It's been fun while it lasted and I'll certainly miss it.
Wish the best to those who can afford the new vB.

[fattony69]

Originally Posted by KingPin6

what about us poor shmucks who bought the blog system already we get screwed over doubly now? gj jelsoft, sucks to be me for supporting jelsoft and buying 3 licenses.

Originally Posted by ZapFlash

i'm in the same situation, and as a non profit site, it was an extra effort when i moved from phpbb to vbulletin, later i paid for the blogs, now if i see this worth, i MAY make another effort to pay the $130 offer that i received in the mail, but i just see the $235 option, then why was worth to originally pay for the owned license and the blogs?

I am in the same situation. They better give us like Branding-Free for us.

[Brandon Sheley]

doesn't look like I'll be using the vb blogs anymore

[kevinfx]

i own forum license and blog, so if i want to continue using blog, i have to pay $130 for the upgrade that include CMS, which i dont really need ?

i bought blog license ... i own it? and i can't continue using it ? wtf? am i correct

[Jeff66]

Originally Posted by GoTTi

now they will be getting a full value purchase from everyone that is expired....

No they won't, because a lot of people won't renew at the current prices. I certainly won't be paying the $500 they want for my two licenses, but I would have continued to be a customer if I'd been allowed to renew at the old price.


Customer loyalty is important in any business, particularly a fast moving one like this where competing products are being improved all the time.


In the last couple of years VBulletin hasn't moved on much, but products such as IPB have. One of the reasons I stayed with vBulletin was because of the cheap renewals, knowing that eventually there would be a major upgrade that would be worth waiting for.

But if I want to buy that upgrade it will cost me $100 more per license than it will cost me to buy IPB.

Why should I stay with vBulletin now?

[Eric]

Do folks not read the vBulletin official forum anymore?

http://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=screenshots

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=320183

[Swampfox]

There is always the option to stay with 3.8 and dont pay anything

Since they are changing the license fees to last the life of the version, we should be able to get updates for 3.8 until its end of life, unless they want to have a double standard

after seeing the screenshots of 4.0, Im pretty sure that's what I will be doing.

[Switch3130]

I'm impressed with vB and I'm glad I've become a customer with you guys. You guys appear to strive for excellence, which is what I love. Yes I just upgraded my license and I'm a little upset I wasted my money since I could have put that $60 dollars towards 4.0.

All I wish as I will be upgrading to 4.0 eventually is to receive that discount since I won't be able to afford it before the date you guys have set. That's my only problem. I believe you guys should be generous enough to give this discount to all customers who have been with you guys for 1+ years. Don't you think that would be fair after I've pumped quite a bit of money in your guys pockets already?

[The Notorious]

What a joke, lol.

[GhoHan]

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