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[Dmitry Leskov]

Dear Invision Power Services,

How long answering a pre-sales question does typically take you?

I have submitted one through the form on your Contact Us page about a week ago, to no avail.

I have then emailed it to sales@invisionpower.com on Friday morning your time (1PM GMT), and have not received a reply either. I have checked my Junk Mail folder and even our gateway logs - there were no incoming messages from your domain beside the forum registration a few minutes ago.

Here is my question itself:

I am contemplating migration of my company's existing forum from SMF to an engine backed by a commercial company. Is it possible to evaluate your migration tools on your free trial account or otherwise?

With best regards,

Dmitry

[Michael]

You can download the converters for free from the IPS home page:

http://www.invisionp...ite/convert.php

[Ben Stillman]

It was suggested to me to buy a cheapo hosted plan. Then I could play with it for as long as I like, test migration, etc. And it's only $5/mo.

[Charles]

If you could please PM me the address you sent your email from so I can query our database that would be a big help. Responses shouldn't take that long

[Dmitry Leskov]

Michael, on 01 March 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

You can download the converters for free from the IPS home page:

Thank you for the pointer, Michael. However, I was asking if it may be possible to somehow try the result of the conversion...

Ben Stillman, on 01 March 2011 - 10:27 AM, said:

It was suggested to me to buy a cheapo hosted plan. Then I could play with it for as long as I like, test migration, etc. And it's only $5/mo.

This makes a lot of sense, though for the sake of keeping information up-to-date I must add that the cheapest plan seems to be $10/month now.

Charles, on 01 March 2011 - 10:45 AM, said:

If you could please PM me the address you sent your email from so I can query our database that would be a big help. Responses shouldn't take that long

Done.

[Black-Elmo]

Dmitry Leskov, on 02 March 2011 - 03:19 AM, said:

Thank you for the pointer, Michael. However, I was asking if it may be possible to somehow try the result of the conversion...


This makes a lot of sense, though for the sake of keeping information up-to-date I must add that the cheapest plan seems to be $10/month now.


Done.

There is a $4.99/month option

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We also have a Starter package: 5 online users, 150MB storage, 10,000 posts*. Just $4.99/month

You can purchase it at https://www.invision...munity&list=223

[Dmitry Leskov]

Black-Elmo, on 02 March 2011 - 07:34 AM, said:

There is a $4.99/month option

OK, now I see it, but:

• If I open the Pricing & Plans page it appears below the fold.
  
• The main Hosted Communities page clearly says "starting from $9.99/mo".

Why offer a cheaper option at all if it is displayed so non-prominently?