FindText is distributed as shareware. This means that it is not a free product. You may try FindText out for fifteen days. If after that time, you decide you don't need it, you can toss it. However, if you decide to continue using it after fifteen days, you are expected to pay for your copy. This is called "registering" your copy of FindText.
Once you have registered, you will receive a unique registration code which lets you turn off the annoying shareware-reminder.
How much does it cost ?
FindText has the following pricing :
- US$20 per user, US$15 if you order 2 or more copies
- a Site License costs US$150 (equals 10 copies)
A site license covers all computers owned by a single person or organization. One big advantage of a site license is that you do not need to keep track of how many computers at your site have the software installed. It will also probably be significantly less expensive than buying a license for each individual machine.
How do I register ?
Paying for FindText is fairly simple. Open the Register program that accompanies FindText. Enter your name, your email address and/or your postal address, and the number of single user licenses (or Site licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More specifics on the Register program to follow. Kagi handles my payment processing.
Providing us with your correct internet email address will speed things up ! Adding your postal address helps us if we can’t reach you with email. Don’t forget to give us at least one of them.
You can register FindText in several ways: postal mail, e-mail or fax. You can pay by cash, U.S. check, credit card, or First Virtual. At present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars.
For customers in the USA: If you pay with creditcard (Visa), please specify your creditcard billing address. To do this, in the Register program click on the envelope (which appears if you select payment by Visa, MasterCard or American Express) next to the payment method pop-up and enter your street address (or PO-box) and the zip code.
The following sections explain the different methods in detail.
Registering by fax or email
If you are paying with a 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).
Open the Register program that accompanies FindText. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire to purchase (or site icenses). 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 by postal mail
Open the Register program that accompanies FindText. Enter your name, your email or postal address, and the number of single user licenses you desire to purchase (or site licenses). 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 :
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-3TR
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".
If you need an invoice
Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.
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 confirmation 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.
Note : if you follow this invoice-procedure, you can only register by postal mail.
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. 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 provide a correct internet email address, you will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. You may also request a postcard receipt. (This will add US $1.00 to your total.)
To let FindText know that you are a registrated user and turn off the annoying shareware reminder, you have to enter a unique registration code. If you have included a correct email address, this code will be emailed to you some days after you received the above acknowledgement. If we only know your postal address, we have to send it by “snail-mail”. This can take some days (it will be mailed from Belgium).
