CCN is distributed as shareware with 15 uses. This means that it is NOT a free product. If after the 15 uses, you decide you don’t need it, you can toss it. However, if you decide to continue using it, you are expected to pay for your copy. This is called “registering” your copy of CCN.
Upon paying the registration fee, you will be sent the information to enter via the "Register..." option of the FILE menu. Once this information has been entered, CCN is registered and provides unlimited use (i.e. 15 use restriction removed)
Registered users of version 1.2 of CCN are entitled to a free upgrades to all future versions of CCN.
How much does it cost?
CCN has the following pricing:
1 to 9 single user licenses: $12 (US Dollars) per user
10+ single user licenses: $9 (US Dollars) per user
A single machine license is a license for one computer.
A Site License costs $300 (US Dollars) and covers all locations for your organization within a 100 mile radius (160 kilometers) of your site. One advantage of the Site License if you don't have to track of how many people are using the software.
A World-Wide License costs $1200 (US Dollars) and it covers all locations for your organization/company worldwide.
How do I register?
You can register CCN in several ways: postal mail, e-mail, fax or online. You can pay by cash, U.S. check, credit card, or First Virtual. The following sections explain the different methods in detail.
Registering by postal mail
Open the Register program that accompanies CCN. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase. The Register program will automatically calculate the amount. Save, copy or print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi Shareware, which handles my payment processing.
If you are paying by cash or U.S. check, you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-S90
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. Please make checks out to “Kagi Shareware”.
Registering by fax or email
If you are paying with a credit card or First Virtual, you can also email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is <shareware@kagi.com> and their fax number is (+1 510 652-6589).
Open the Register program that accompanies CCN. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase. The Register program will automatically calculate the amount. Then, you can either copy the data from the Register program 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 have a fax modem, just print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Please do not attempt to fax or email payment forms that indicate “Cash”, “Check” or “Invoice” as the payment method. There is no way to transfer physical objects via fax or email, and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.
Registering through a purchasing department
Kagi cannot accept purchase orders. Instead, you should either use an organizational credit card, request a postcard receipt and submit it to your organization for a refund, or create an invoice on our behalf using the Register program.
To generate a do-it-yourself invoice, run Register and select the “Invoice” payment method. This will generate a unique invoice/time stamp on the register form. Enter the purchase order number as well as your name in the name field. Remember to click on “postcard receipt” if you want a hardcopy receipt (US $1.00 extra). You will probably need to print three copies of the registration form, because most purchasing departments require everything in triplicate.
This is important: Using a highlighter or colored marker, circle the part that states that this form MUST accompany the payment. If they do not send the registration form with the payment, Kagi will not be able to process the registration.
With luck, your purchasing department will eventually pay for the software and you will receive a confirmatioin from Kagi Shareware. Kagi does not generate or mail “valid invoices” or any other paperwork, except for postcard receipts. If you do not hear back within several weeks, call your purchasing department and obtain the number of the check they sent. If they didn’t bother to send the registration form, Kagi can use the check number to determine if your payment was received.
How will I be notified that my registration is complete?
Payments sent via email or using the online service are processed within 3 to 4 days. If you provide a correct internet email address, you will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days. Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing.
If you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when your registration is processed. You may also request a postcard receipt. (This will add US $1.00 to your total.)
I still have some questions...
You can find more information at the Kagi Shareware web site. Point your web browser to <http://www.kagi.com/FAQs/default.html>. You can also email me at brilor@kagi.com
Why should I register?
For the same reason you should pay for anything that you buy. CCN is not free software. A lot of time and effort went into its design and creation.
It is also your way of telling me, “This product is useful; please continue to support it and improve it.” This is how shareware authors work. If people like a product and send in registrations, then I would be encouraged to continue to work on it. If no one likes a program, and very few registrations come in, then the program may be dropped.
CCN comes to you fully functional— nothing locked up, nothing hidden. CCN is very inexpensive, even for a shareware program, and with Kagi’s many options, registration has never been easier.
Registered users of version 1.2 of CCN are entitled to a free upgrades to all future versions of CCN.
