We often see our software for sell in forums or even other web sites. We use a number of google searches in our own internal autoblog to keep an eye out for these as they pop up. Some of these sellers are selling their own legitimate license they are no longer using, which they are allowed to do, although many are also selling invalid licenses for our software to honest and unsuspecting buyers.

To assist and protect those buying or selling used AutoBlogged licenses, we decided to publish a few guidelines.

Is the Seller Authorized?

If you want to be sure someone is authorized to sell our software, here is a quick test:

1. No one is allowed to sell our software by itself, although those with developer licenses can sell you a license only when bundled with a developed site.

2. Anyone selling multiple copies of our software certainly isn’t authorized to do so.

3. Anyone who claims to be an authorized reseller definitely is not authorized to sell our software. We only have affiliates that get commissions from sales they refer to us.

4. If someone claims to have an AutoBlogged unlimited license, they do not have the rights to sell or sublicense it to others.

5. If someone is selling and transferring their own license that they are no longer using, you can verify they have a valid license by sending us their full name and/or paypal address to licensing@autoblogged.com and we will verify it for you.

5. After the sale, if you do not receive an e-mail from us with a new serial number, the license you purchased is not valid.

6. We try to monitor popular forums for unauthorized sales of our software, but if you spot one we aren’t aware of and report it to us, we will reward you with your own single-site license for free.

Transferring a License

Here is the proper procedure for transferring an AutoBlogged license:

1. Anyone can sell or transfer their AutoBlogged license to another party but in doing so they will no longer have any rights to use AutoBlogged.

2. When selling a license, you can tell potential buyers they can send an e-mail to licensing@autoblogged and mention your e-mail address (the one you used to purchase)  or full name to verify that the license is valid.

3. After a sale is complete, please send an e-mail to licensing@autoblogged.com with your name and serial number along with the buyer’s name and e-mail address and we will promptly issue them a new license in their own name. At that point your license will no longer be valid.

If you have more questions about licensing, please see our licensing FAQ or open a new support ticket.

On a final note, as a software company we realize that software piracy is unavoidable and like other software companies we are forced to accept that as part of the cost of doing business. Nevertheless, its just not cool to be making money selling our software, and it’s totally lame of you to rip off unsuspecting and honest buyers.

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If you purchase any license, you are eligible to upgrade to a higher-level license by just paying the difference in the purchase price. Furthermore, you are also eligible to purchase an additional license at the same level at a discounted price.

To see which offers are available to you, you can look them up here:
http://autoblogged.com/purchase/downloads/

What is a single site license?

A single site license means that you can use AutoBlogged with one web site for one domain. Multiple copies can be used in subdirectories of a web site but not with a subdomain. In other words you can install AutoBlogged at www.example.com and www.example.com/support but not at support.example.com.

What is a multi-site license?

A multi-site license means that you can install AutoBlogged on up to fifty different sites that you own. It is equivalent to fifty single site licenses and the definition of a site follows the definition of a single site license.

What is a developer’s license?

A developer license means that you can install AutoBlogged on as many sites as you wish and you can resell those sites as long as AutoBlogged is part of the functionality of the site. The purchaser of the site will have the equivalent of a single site license. When you own a developer’s license, your support requests are always tagged as Urgent,  you can contact us via instant messenger, and your feature requests always get the highest priority.

Can I resell my AutoBlogged license?

You may sell your license if you transfer all rights to that license to the purchaser. You will no longer be the owner of the license and can no longer use the software. When you sell your license, you must contact us to transfer ownership and issue a new serial number to the purchaser.

Can I become an AutoBlogged reseller?

We do not have a reseller program, but if you own a developer’s license you may resell a web site that uses AutoBlogged as part of the functionality of the site. You can also join our affiliate program and earn 20% from every sale.

I bought your script from someone else in a forum or message board, is my license valid?

Your license is only valid if you received a license transfer confirmation and a new serial number from autoblogged.com. Unfortunately, if you did not receive a license transfer, your license is not valid.

If I buy a single site license or multi-site license, can I later upgrade to a higher license level?

You may upgrade your license at any time. If you wish to do so, please send your request including your serial number to support@autoblogged.com and we will give you an upgrade coupon code.

Can I get a demo copy of AutoBlogged?

We do not offer demo copies, but we do have a 30-day money back guarantee if you are not happy. You may also want to browse our screenshots to get a feel for what it does.

What is your upgrade policy?

When you purchase AutoBlogged you get all minor version upgrades for free. For example, if you purchase version 2.o, you will get 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc. for free. When we come out with a major version you can upgrade to that version for a modest upgrade fee.

Do I get technical support with my purchase?

Yes, we do provide free technical support via e-mail and our support forums. Our primary support hours are 9am to 5pm MST (GMT-0700) Monday through Friday. Support is available after hours, on weekends, and on US holidays but expect a longer response delay during these times.

What is a single site license?

A single site license means that you can use AutoBlogged with one web site for one domain. Multiple copies can be used in subdirectories of a web site but not with a subdomain. In other words you can install AutoBlogged at www.example.com and www.example.com/support but not at support.example.com.

What is a multi-site license?

A multi-site license means that you can install AutoBlogged on up to fifty different sites. It is equivalent to ten single site licenses and the definition of a site follows the definition of a single site license.

What is a developer’s license?

A developer license means that you can install AutoBlogged on as many sites as you wish and you can resell those sites as long as AutoBlogged is part of the functionality of the site. The purchaser of the site will have the equivalent of a single site license. When you own a developer’s license, your support requests are always tagged as Urgent,  you can contact us via instant messenger, and your feature requests always get the highest priority.

Can I resell my AutoBlogged license?

You may sell your license if you transfer all rights to that license to the purchaser. You will no longer be the owner of the license and can no longer use the software. When you sell your license, you must contact us to transfer ownership and issue a new serial number to the purchaser.

Can I become an AutoBlogged reseller?

We do not have a reseller program, but if you own a developer’s license you may resell a web site that uses AutoBlogged as part of the functionality of the site. You can also join our affiliate program and earn 20% from every sale.

I bought your script from someone else in a forum or message board, is my license valid?

Your license is only valid if you received a license transfer confirmation and a new serial number from autoblogged.com. Unfortunately, if you did not receive a license transfer, your license is not valid.

If I buy a single site license or multi-site license, can I later upgrade to a higher license level?

You may upgrade your license at any time. If you wish to do so, please send your request including your serial number to support@autoblogged.com and we will give you an upgrade coupon code.

Can I get a demo copy of AutoBlogged?

We do not offer demo copies, but we do have a 30-day money back guarantee if you are not happy. You may also want to browse our screenshots to get a feel for what it does.

What is your upgrade policy?

When you purchase AutoBlogged you get all minor version upgrades for free. For example, if you purchase version 2.o, you will get 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc. for free. When we come out with a major version you can upgrade to that version for a modest upgrade fee.

Do I get technical support with my purchase?

Yes, we do provide free technical support via e-mail and our support forums. Our primary support hours are 9am to 5pm MST (GMT-0700) Monday through Friday. Support is available after hours, on weekends, and on US holidays but expect a longer response delay during these times.

Do you own an existing AutoBlogged license and want to upgrade? You can get the next higher license by only paying the difference. To do this, look up your information in this form to view your eligible offers.

Lookup Eligible Offers

1. Each participant may submit as many unique entries as desired.
2. Participation is free of charge. Employees and immediate families of AutoBlogged.com, contest sponsors, or any affiliate companies, or contest judges may not participate.
3. You must be at least 18 years old or have reached the age of majority in your country/state of citizenship, whichever is older, to participate in this contest. Entries received from individuals under the age of majority will not be judged.
4. The site you submit must use AutoBlogged as a significant feature to create content on the site, although it may be used to compliment regular content. All entrants must own or have rights to a licensed copy of AutoBlogged.
5. You may not use copyrighted material without permission. Your site must respect the copyright of others, attribute and link to all sources, and take in to consideration fair use doctrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) by using only a small excerpt of content unless given permission to do otherwise. AutoBlogged.com is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant.
6. The site should add value to the original content and include content from a variety of sources.  A generic feed aggregation won’t impress us much.
7. The winners of the contest will be decided primarily based primarily on creative and original use of AutoBlogged. Other deciding factors are concept, innovation, usefulness, and visual presentation. We will also take into consideration the votes from other users.
8. AutoBlogged.com reserves the right to deny any entries deemed to be abusive, harmful, harassing, pornographic or in other ways unsuitable for display at www.autoblogged.com. We reserve the right to use our discretion on this point.
9. AutoBlogged.com reserves the rights to, if necessary, modify the rules and/or proceedings of the contest, in order to address unforeseen cheating, fraud, etc.
10. By submitting an entry to this contest, the contestant grants AutoBlogged.com and its affiliate companies the rights to freely publish screen captures of submitted sites in printed or online media in relation to the contest, without remuneration and the contestant hereby irrevocably grants to AutoBlogged.com all right, title and interest in and to such creation of screen captures.
11. Privacy is of utmost concern and the contestant’s personal information other than the contestant’s name and web site URL will not be distributed outside of contest sponsor companies unless authorized by the contestant. Upon request we will also withhold the contestant’s name and web site URL.
12. Competition Prizes: The winning entries will receive the following: First Place Winner receives a USD $200 Visa gift card, a developer license for one premium theme at WooThemes.com, a license for one premium theme at Press75.com, one license for Movie Automator at goscript.net, one lifetime developer license of AutoBlogged, and one link to winning site from the AutoBlogged.com home page for a minimum of twelve months. Two runners-up will win each win one lifetime multi-site license of AutoBlogged, one license for the WP Uniquefier plugin at www.goscript.net, and one link each from a page at AutoBlogged.com.
13. Entries not complying with the contest rules are subject to disqualification without prior warning.

	License Type
	Single Site	Multi-Site	Developer
Sites	1	50	Unlimited
E-Mail Support
Source Code
Support Forums
Minor Ver. Upgrades
Priority Support
IM Support1
High Priority Feature Requests
Sublicensing Available2
Price	$59.95	$129.95	$389.00*
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* Note that the developer license is not available for immediate electronic download and can take up to 24 hours for order approval and payment clearance. 1 IM Support available by appointment only. 2 Sublicensing available only when AutoBlogged is sold as part of an existing web site.

Developer License Features

Priority Support

If you have a developer license, all support tickets are automatically marked as urgent and placed higher in the support queue.

IM Support

Instant messenger support is available by appointment for developer license holders.

High Priority Feature Requests

With a developer license you can submit feature requests that get high priority on our features list. If it is a feature that would generally be useful and doesn’t require a major overhaul of the code, we will do our best to make it in our next release.

Sublicensing

A developer license allows you to resell your web sites with an AutoBlogged license included, as long as AutoBlogged is part of the functionality of the site. You may not resell AutoBlogged by itself, only as part of a working web site.

Contest Announcement

NOTICE: This contest is now over, watch our site for future contest announcements!

Have you built a great-looking site using AutoBlogged or are you using our script in some unique and clever way? We are now scouring the web to find the best AutoBlogged sites out there and are excited to announce our first ever autoblogging contest!

From now until April 30, 2009 we are taking entries for the best autoblog sites out there. One winner and two runners up will receive hundreds of dollars in cash and prizes!

Prizes

First Place – One first place winner will win the prizes below (valued at almost $1000),

	A Visa gift card for USD $200
	A developer’s license for one premium WordPress theme at WooThemes.com ($150 value)
	A license for one premium WordPress theme at Press75.com ($75 value)
	A license for the Movie Automator plugin at GoSCRIPT.net ($15 value)
	A lifetime Developer license of AutoBlogged (includes all future versions) ($395+ value)
	A link to your web site from the home page at www.autoblogged.com ($150 value)

Runners Up – Two runners up will receive the following prizes (valued at almost $350)

	A Visa gift card for USD $50
	A license for the WP Uniquefier plugin at GoSCRIPT.net ($15 value)
	A lifetime Multi-Site license of AutoBlogged (includes all future versions) ($129+ value)
	A link to your web site from the home page at www.autoblogged.com ($120 value)

How We Judge

All winners will be chosen by a panel of judges consisting of one judge from AutoBlogged.com and three independent judges not affiliated with AutoBlogged.com.

The winners of the contest will be decided based on the following criteria:
• Overall creativity, originality, and concept – we want to be amazed.
• Creative and innovative use of AutoBlogged features – we want to show off what AutoBlogged can really do.
• General usefulness and value of the site – we don’t want to fill up the Internet with junk and we want to show that autoblogs aren’t just spam sites.
• Visual presentation, and usability – we want the site to look great and be easy to navigate.

For more information, please see our Contest Rules.

Note that this isn’t a design contest, the emphasis here is on the original and creative use of AutoBlogged, but we want to see sites that we are proud to show off as AutoBlogged example sites. Since this isn’t a design contest you are free to use any WordPress theme you want. Here are some premium WordPress themes we recommend.

Example Sites

To get things started we set up a few autoblogs of our own to show what kind of stuff we are looking for.

http://mspatchwatch.com

http://advertiserguide.us

http://idolz.us

http://windows2008security.com

http://quickgardening.com

We also suggest you visit the FAQ, Knowledge Base, and Tips section of our support forum. We will be adding new tips to that regularly during our contest.

How to Enter

1. The contest ends at 12:00 am MST (GMT -0700) on April 30, 2009.
2. Read the Contest Rules.
3. To enter, please create a new post in this forum

Sponsors

We would like to give a special thank you our contest sponsors!