Upgrading From Vbulletin 3.8.7

[CrashdownGurl]

I have Vbulletin 3.8.7 - Is there an upgrade package? Or do I need to pay full price to upgrade?

Thank you

[beishe8]

Or do I need to pay full price to upgrade?

Yes, that is the only option.(vB5 licence)

[feldon23]

I have Vbulletin 3.8.7 - Is there an upgrade package? Or do I need to pay full price to upgrade?

Thank you

You want to upgrade to 3.8.8?

[BirdOPrey5]

I have Vbulletin 3.8.7 - Is there an upgrade package? Or do I need to pay full price to upgrade?

Thank you

As a VB 3.x license holder there is a $40 discount on the upgrade making your total cost $209. The Upgrade license will give you access to VB 3.8.8, all of VB 4.x including future versions, and all of VB 5.x, including future versions.

[Chase]

See this is frustrating to me. Why can't vBulletin (a forum software I've been with since '02) offer an upgrade service to get the latest stable 3.x. version? I have absolutely no desire or motivation to upgrade to 4 let alone 5.

I run 3.8.7 on my forum and would be totally willing to pay <$80 to upgrade to 3.8.8 but I can't fathom paying >$200 for a product I don't want to use (vB4 and 5.)

[TLMD]

See this is frustrating to me. Why can't vBulletin (a forum software I've been with since '02) offer an upgrade service to get the latest stable 3.x. version? I have absolutely no desire or motivation to upgrade to 4 let alone 5.

I run 3.8.7 on my forum and would be totally willing to pay <$80 to upgrade to 3.8.8 but I can't fathom paying >$200 for a product I don't want to use (vB4 and 5.)

When buying a vB5 license you get access to vB5, vB4 and vB3, so you can upgrade your vB3 installation to the latest version.

I can understand that you don't want to pay a full price for a product you don't want to use. In your case the upgrade to vB 3.8.8 costs you 200 USD, which is quite a lot. However after some years there might be changes to the way a software is licensed, and in this case IB decided to continue with onetime payments for lifetime upgrades within a product cycle. After all it seems as if you have no other chance than to buy a vB5 license to get your vB3 installation upgraded.

[feldon23]

See this is frustrating to me. Why can't vBulletin (a forum software I've been with since '02) offer an upgrade service to get the latest stable 3.x. version? I have absolutely no desire or motivation to upgrade to 4 let alone 5.

I run 3.8.7 on my forum and would be totally willing to pay <$80 to upgrade to 3.8.8 but I can't fathom paying >$200 for a product I don't want to use (vB4 and 5.)

IB is leaving money on the table by not offering an affordable 3.8.x upgrade. They had one, and I have to think a lot of people availed themselves of it, but now it's gone and we're back to the $200+ price just to get current on 3.8.x.