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Originally Posted by lazycash
Just so I'm clear, if you own the single license of ABP, is there any break on the standalone price or is that only if you own the network version?
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From the other thread:
We discussed how this would affect single-license owners for a long time .. this wasn't something we just came up with after falling off of our bar stools.
The issue was this:
Network License owners, who have 25 domains, paid $299 for their software. The Stand Alone version, which is a completely different product, is being offered for $299 as well. In recognition of the Network License owners' investment in Relink Software and in Autoblogger Pro, we decided to give them a special upgrade price. This price will be available for 2 weeks or so.
Single License owners, who have only 1 domain, paid $99 for their software. It wouldn't make sense to really discount the Stand Alone version much in recognition of the $99 purchase. I mean, really, they got a LOT of product for $99 to begin with.
The math works like this -- let's say you've got a single license ($99), then you got an upgrade ($99). You'd end up paying $198 for the Stand Alone PLUS your regular license. If you had a network license ($299) plus the upgrade ($99), you'd end up paying $398 for the Stand Alone plus your network license. As you can see, it wouldn't be very fair to those who chose to opt for the larger license initially.
Remember, also, we're talking about an upgrade to UNLIMITED licenses here, with the Stand Alone version. Network License owners chose to look at a big picture of their networks, and make an investment commensurate with this outlook. This is also why we don't offer upgrades from the single license to the network license. 25 domains with the network license ends up being $12 per domain, which is a 88% discount off of the single domain price. We'd be damaging the investment and trust that the network license users placed in us if we allowed this type of upgrade.
Single License owners, of course, are valuable to us, and we appreciate their business, so the decision was not made lightly. We feel, however, it is a fair one, and hope that you will choose to purchase the Stand Alone version because of the features and benefits it will bring to you, and not feel like you're getting any less of a deal on the product.
Feel free to ICQ me if you'd like to speak privately about it.