3xTom,
Since Oystein is out hacking, or playing golf as he like to call it I will answer you. Hope you dont mind
Thanks for making this thread. We get asked this question allot from people that contact us directly, and the truth is that it is really not that hard and complicated. NATS have done their best to make it as hard as possible for their customers to move but we have created import scripts that will handle most of it automatically.
There are of course some work that will have to be done manually of the program owner, but it is not something that even the biggest programs will handle with in a couple of days.
The only things that you need to do manually is:
#1. Set your site in MPA3 ( like the product codes, what type of program and so on )
#2. Some of the hosted tools might need to be changed a little
#3.The processor post back urls will have to be changed according to our requirements.
MPA3 DOES NOT require changes in the tour pages so you will not have to change the tour or members areas!
That's it!
All old webmaster referral links will work, all history stats will be imported and there will be no downtime. Even the old members info we will be able to import.
And of course you can run both programs at the same time for a little while until you are comfortable with switching it all over. Then we will just re import all the history data again so it will be up to date.
So in other words, it is nothing to fair. It is actually pretty easy and we have done it many times before.