Hello, my name is Paul Rybarczyk, and I am president of Vista Systems and the designer and author of RenderBoy. This document provides general information about registering RenderBoy and the Kagi Shareware payment service. The following topics are covered:
• RenderBoy pricing information.
• Summary of the Registration Process.
• Using the "Register" program.
• Types of payment accepted and where to send them.
• Receiving your unique name and registration code.
• More background information about Kagi.
RenderBoy Pricing Information
Single-User License: $25 per user
Site License: $500
World-Wide License: $2000
A Site License (equal in price to 20 Single-User Licenses) covers all locations for your organization within a 100 mile (160 kilometer) radius of your site. One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using RenderBoy. A World-Wide License covers all locations for your organization world-wide.
Summary of the Registration Process
The RenderBoy registration is handled through the Kagi Shareware payment service. If you are already familiar with Kagi, just follow the usual steps. Registration is basically a three step process:
1) You send registration and payment information to Kagi.
2) Kagi informs me, Paul Rybarczyk, that you have registered.
3) I send you a unique user name and registration code for RenderBoy.
Using the "Register" Program
You must use the "Register" program to provide your registration and payment information to Kagi. This is also a three step process.
1) Open (double click) the "Register" program that accompanies RenderBoy. Extensive "balloon help" is available within this program.
2) Enter your name, your email/postal address, and the number of Single-User Licenses you desire (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Also specify the "Payment Details" about how you wish to pay.
3) Save, Copy, or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More details about this follow below.
Types of Payment Accepted and Where to Send Them
Kagi supports many forms of payment: Check, money order, cash, invoice, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and First Virtual. You decide.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi.
Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is 1-510-652-6589. For email, you can either [Copy] the data from "Register" and paste into the body of an email message, or you can [Save] the data to a file and attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you choose to use a fax modem, just [Print] the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are usually processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email or postcard acknowledgement when it is processed. Email is always preferred. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days, and if you provide a correct internet email address you will still receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should [Print] the data to paper using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-1UB
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, since the conversion rate for non-US dollar checks is too high to make this practical.
If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment. Kagi can not invoice your company, so you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.
Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. This would not make sense, since you cannot transfer physical payments via fax or email, and Kagi will not process registrations without payment.
Payments sent via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing.
Receiving Your Unique Name and Registration Code
Within a few days of sending in your payment, Kagi will be notifying me of your registration and I (not Kagi) will be sending you your unique user name and registration code. You can use this information to disable all RenderBoy shareware reminders. This process will typically take less than four days. If I am on vacation and away from my email, it may take longer, but this is rare. You will receive the information by email if possible, otherwise U.S. mail. Clearly, U.S. mail adds a few more days.
The registration code you receive works with all future RenderBoy versions. Just in case you are not registering the latest version of RenderBoy, please visit the RenderBoy web site where you can always download the latest version:
http://members.aol.com/luv2render
More Background Information About Kagi
Kagi is essentially an Internet based mail order sales company that specializes in the sale of software, commercial and shareware. Kagi accept credit cards, cash from many countries, US checks and First Virtual payments. Kagi handles all aspects of paying for and registering software; collection of payer information, processing of payments, replies to payers, detailed accounting to authors, site license invoicing, etc. The idea is to make it easier for everyone involved with software; easier for you to pay software fees by providing a variety of payment methods, easier for authors by easing the administrative burden.
Questions to Kagi can be sent via email to "admin@kagi.com". Much more detailed information about Kagi is available at their web site:
