Company Policies

1. Privacy Policy

Any information that you provide to us will be treated as confidential, and will not be shared with any other parties without your permission.  When purchasing our products, no information will be used for any other purpose than to complete a transaction or address a customer service concern.

2. Support Policies

We go to great efforts to thoroughly test every software build which we release, and to design our software in such a way as to find the balance between ease of use and powerful features.  We would love to be able to prioritise every feature request which we receive, but the reality is that we need to prioritise our time according to what needs to be fixed, and then those features which the majority of our users would find useful.  We also need to make money to keep the company afloat.

We have therefore decided to address customer support queries as follows:

2.1. Bug Fixes

In the unlikely event that you find a bug in our software, we will sort it out as a matter of urgency, and obviously will not charge.  In the past we have even offered users product discounts to show our gratitude for their assistance.

2.2. Email Support

We have gone to great lengths to provide helpful documentation on all of our products, including numerous Frequently Asked Question sections.  We have also produced a series of online video tutorials, and publish comprehensive online documentation for all of our products.   We would appreciate it if you checked these channels before contacting us with general questions, as the more time we spend answering questions which have already been answered publicly, the less time we can spend building awesome software.  Email support is free of charge if it pertains to general questions about what our software is capable of doing, answering basic questions, and answering any technical questions not addressed via the above channels.

2.3. Extended Assistance / Feature Prioritisation

Should you require additional assistance in implementing our products, which falls outside the scope of general assistance as outlined above, this is classified as “Extended Assistance”.  This also includes cases where a single customer needs assistance with implementing one of our products in a unique way, which has not yet been documented or tested.

Should you request the development of a new feature which we are not planning on building, or are planning on building at a later stage but do not consider high-priority, this is classified as “Feature Prioritisation”.  We are glad to assist in both cases, but need to charge for our time to justify the cost of putting other work / projects / clients on hold.

Our rate for such work is R500 per hour (roughly $70).  We may reduce this rate if we believe the work will benefit the product or the wider user base.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are a list of Frequently Asked Questions which we have received from our clients. Should you have any questions about any of our policies, please feel free to contact us for clarification.

General Company Questions

Yes. Should you require assistance / development that falls outside of the scope of our products, we usually quote an hourly rate based on the complexity / nature / duration of the work.  Please contact us should you wish to discuss this in more detail.

We accept all major credit cards, Paypal or direct bank transfers. Support can be paid for online by clicking here.

We are constantly improving and enhancing our software, and encourage our clients to download the latest versions to take advantage of the work which goes into our products.  Our general policy for Clarion 3rdParty tools is that upgrades are free.  From time to time we might charge for an upgrade, if we feel that considerable work has gone into adding new features which have made the product significantly more powerful / valuable to our clients.  We also obviously need to ensure that we are earning enough to justify our efforts, and to ensure that we will still be able to produce and maintain our 3rdParty libraries in years to come.

If you are not completely satisfied with our Software Products, feel free to return them within 60 days for a refund.  However, if we have provided you with the source code for any of our Clarion Accessories, then knowledge transfer has taken place, and we will be unable to refund the purchase.  We provide demo applications for all of our source code products, so please download and test the demo applications to ensure that they meet your needs, before purchasing any source code.