Q: How often are products updated?
A: There is no set number of updates guaranteed for any product
Less formal answer:
Our aim is to update each product with at least 1 major and 2 medium sized updates per year. This isn't a rule though, and often products get 2 or more major updates a year, and anything up to a dozen medium updates depending on the popularity of the product. On rare occasions certain products may receive less, though this has never happened so far.
A major update is one that adds one or more large new functionalities (i.e adding an awards component to an activity modification. Adding support for real money to a points modification).
A medium update is one which develops current functionality, or adds some small new features. An example would be adding a lottery feature or a bank to our vBShop modification.
Major updates are often accompanied by a price increase. If you have purchased before the increase, you will not have to pay any extra. We will always strive to give you at least one weeks notice of any impending price increases.
You can usually tell what kind of updates a product has had via its product number. Product Name version X.Y.Z
X represents a major update e.g from v1 to v2.
Y represents a medium update e.g from v1.0 to v1.1
Z represents a minor update or bugfix e.g from 1.0.0 to v 1.0.