Software MacKiev announced on its Facebook page late on Sunday, December 16, 2018, that it is offering a discount up to 50 percent off on upgrade pricing to Family Tree Maker 2017 from ANY version of Family Tree Maker sold prior to Software MacKiev's FTM 2017 which is the current version.
That means any version of Family Tree Maker: FTM 2014.1 sold by Software MacKiev; FTM 2014 and earlier sold by Ancestry.com; or any prior publisher of earlier versions.
This was announced as a 3-day sale on Software MacKiev's Family Tree Maker Support page which was posted on Sunday, December 16. However as of this morning the links to the upgrade and gift sale listed on the Family Tree Maker Facebook page and the Support page post are still working. So this sale's exact end day or time in not sure. If/when we learn this, we'll let you know.
Added in Note: We asked Software MacKiev for clarification on the sale end date because the Sunday, Dec. 16 post on the support page said a 3-day sale and the Sunday, Dec. 16 post on Family Tree Maker's Facebook page said the sale was thru Monday. If you count Sunday as the first day that would mean the sale end was Tuesday, Dec. 18, which conflicts with the Facebook post that said Monday. The Facebook post did not specify which Monday -- Dec. 17, Dec. 24 or Dec. 31. After contacting Software MacKiev we learned this sale was to end Tuesday, December 18 2018. However as we noted earlier today the links to the sales (on the Facebook page and Support page are still working. The LiveChat representative suggested trying the links and signing up for the FTM mail list (even if you have not upgraded to Family Tree Maker 2017 yet) so you get the offers in the future if you are not ready yet to upgrade now. Just to note, we did sign up for the mail list and the purchase link in that first email sent out took us to the website store with the regular prices. When we signed up we said we did not currently own a FTM version and that may be why so make sure to enter your current version of FTM when you sign up for the mail list. Remember if you have a prior FTM version there usually is upgrade pricing which varies depending upon which previous version you own.
Those FTM users on Software MacKievs' mailing list who have not registered an upgrade to FTM 2017 with the company were sent an email with this offer. If you are on the mailing list and have registered a FTM 2017 then you were not sent the email because you already have the latest version.
Information and a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) List can be found on Software MacKiev's Facebook page (you don't have to be a Facebook member to see it) or on the FTM Support page. The post has different links to the sale upgrade pricing depending upon where you live. Here is the link for US customers.
From a question on the post, we learned that you can give the gift of Family Tree Maker 2017 at sale prices even to those that do not currently have any version of FTM. Use the gift link, pick the version (download, download with DVD, download with USB) you want, decide if you want to include any add-ons (two plug-ins and various gifts) then after you click the order button provide the gift recipient's email and mailing address and your billing information to make the purchase.
Note shipped items DVD or USB (which have additional shipping costs) may not arrive in time for Christmas depending on when you place the order and where it has to go. But a download of the program comes with both the DVD and USB option so the recipient does not have to wait to access the program.
Please note that if you go to the Software MacKiev website shopping area directly, you will see FTM 2017 for sale at its normal price of $79.95 for the download only PC/Mac. So you need to use the links from the email, Facebook post, FTM support page post, or above (US customers) that we've provided for your convenience.
See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
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