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I’m about to make some changes to the AYB Autoblogger, which means I’ll be raising the price from it’s current $30.

The first change is to rename this version as the “Standard version”, and add the ability to import feeds in a wider variety of formats than is currently supported. So at the moment, the software is tightly configured to support the feeds from Oddity Software. The upgrade will allow you to use feeds from places like Commission Junction and Linkshare, who offer affiliate feeds from many of their merchants.

I’ll also be releasing a “Pro” version, which will allow you to set up as many feeds as you want, posting to as many Wordpress blogs as you want.

Current customers will get the new Standard edition free of charge, and there will be a small fee ($10) to upgrade to the Pro version. The only exception to this will be people who purchased under the “fast movers” deal, who will get the Pro upgrade free of charge…

That’s one of the benefits of being a fast mover.

If you are not sure whether you are a fast mover or not, I’ve just sent a mail to the fast mover list, so that’ll confirm it for you. No mail = not a fast mover.

If you have NOT purchased AYB Autoblogger, now is the time – you’ll get the upgrade when it’s available (next week) for the current price of $30 instead of the increased price. Here’s the link to take advantage of the current price.

The 48 hour offer has closed, so now the product is only available at the standard monthly charge. My thanks to everyone who took up the offer.

I’ve just updated the PromotionBot homepage to reflect the new monthly subscription charge, and sent out a subscriber discount to anyone who is already a subscriber. (If you’ve missed it, sorry, but that’s how the subscriber offer works – see the “Announcement List” box at http://www.automateyourbusiness.com/updates/ to receive news on future discounts).

So if the initial one-time fee was too high for you, take a look at http://www.promotionbot.com for the monthly pricing.

Whilst doing last minute checks last night, one of the social bookmarking sites started playing up. It worked fine outside PromotionBot, but something about PromotionBot was causing the “Log out” link to not work.

I *suspect* it was because Internet Explorer was busy doing other things in the background, outside Promotionbot, and that there was some interference, but I couldn’t get to the bottom of it.

So I’ve quickly added an alternative bookmarking site, and have just about added proxy support and email verification (ie, it will scan your email inboxes, and “click the link” to confirm your account setup).

So… a couple of days (OK, maybe 4 days given that New Year is coming up) delay, but you’ll gain two key features.

Apologies for dragging this out…

I’m almost ready to roll with the first release of PromotionBot - I should be up and running today. Anyone who has subscribed at that site will get the special offer mentioned on that page. Anyone on my other (relevant) lists will get a single notice about that special off, and that will be all. Any mention after that will be for the monthly recurring pricing model.

So if you’re interested in the one-off charge offer, please take a moment to subscribe at Promotionbot.com