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HostBill 3.5.0 is now available! Take a 5-minutes tour of new HostBill features:

Proxmox VE integration:
Now you can build cloud/vps platform on top of Proxmox + HostBill – with rich client area integration & multiple options!
Learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/proxmox.html

OnApp DNS integration:
Start managed DNS hosting or use OnApp Anycast DNS as a backend for your clients’ domains – fully automated through HostBill.
Learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/onappdns.html

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HostBill is now compliant with NetworkedHelpdesk.org guidelines – an initiative that allows you to connect multiple communication streams together to provide great customer experience. You can now connect multiple HostBill installations to work with other brands or branches in your company on support issues. You can also outsource your support easily to other companies – share your tickets!

• You can connect one or more HostBills to work on your tickets
• Create training environment easily, without giving access to the main brand data to new employees
• Connect other help desks in your company
• Secure – shared ticket notifications are sent by HostBill master – source for ticket share
• Easy to share – just click More actions->Share with #your_tag_name
• Easy to aggregate – shared tickets are marked by ticket tag. Remove tag = remove share

Learn more about ticket sharing at http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/support-system.html

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We’re happy to announce release of a brand new HostBill 3.4.0.
This time we’ve spent countless hours in client section of HostBill, and new client theme – “NextGen” – is result of this work.

Take a tour of new client area at https://hostbillapp.com/features/client-portals/nextgen_clean/

If you’re used to old client area theme (“default”) – don’t worry, it’s also included in this release ;)

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With recent release of HostBill we’ve completely re-designed order process in HostBill. It was scheduled for a long time and as some of our cusomers demanded it – we’ve decided to give it a go, and boy we’re glad we did!

We called this feature Order Scenarios.

Each orderpage (also known as product category) in HostBill can have different Order Scenario attached.
Order Scenarios define what steps should HostBill take after client submits the order. Following are default steps:

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In a glance: New Orderpage, Affiliate Vouchers, Improved Order manager & much more!

We’re happy to announce that HostBill version 3.2.6 has just been released!
This time with minor iteration come major improvements!

Introducing: Affiliate Vouchers and Commission Plans

Now you can set different commission rates for different products & billing cycles. Additionally your affiliates will be able to generate coupon codes (vouchers) that will give discount to referred signups.
Learn more at: https://hostbillapp.com/feature/affiliate-system/

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No matter what you think about cloud hosting – it’s here to stay. Whether it’s best invention since sliced bread or just marketing hype – you can (and you should!) make money out of it.

Don’t know where to start? Start with a stable billing system + cloud platform that suits your pocket. Here are just a couple of ways on how to bring IaaS to your customers with minimum hassle, and most importantly with fully automated provisioning through HostBill:

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Cloudstack and XenServer integrations – brand new HostBill is here!

What’s new in HostBill?

CloudStack – build your cloud hosting on top of CloudStack infrastructure and automated billing with HostBill – fully featured client area and multiple provisioning possibilities – learn more at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/cloudstack.html

Citrix XenServer – Automated VM provisioning on popular XenServer hypervisor with HostBill http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/xenserver.html

OnApp CDN Metered Billing – You can now sell CDN service with Pay-as-you-go model – clients will pay only for CDN traffic consumed http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/onappcdn.html

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New features and improvements are here – HostBill 3.2.2 is now available to download!

What’s new in HostBill?

Automated refunds – starting with 4 most popular gateways (including PayPal and Authorize.net), you can now refund your customer invoice, from HostBill panel with just a few mouse clicks

RackSpace Cloud Servers module – resell your Rackspace resources with HostBill, with full-features client area.

GlobalSign OneClick SSL Voucher integration – join the revolution in certificate provisioning/installation with GlobalSign and HostBill.

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New HostBill version has just been released!
If you’re using OnApp you can now offer reseller program thanks to our OnApp Reseller module – we can build dedicated custom module for you that will allow your reseller to use it on your cloud only, to sell VPS packages he will define in his HostBill.

Learn more about OnApp Reseller at: http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/onappreseller.html

Another exciting new feature is ticket tags - watch them in action at http://hostbillapp.com/features/apps/support-system.html

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We’ve been working lately on major improvements of our built-in live chat – and it’s finally out!

Quick list of what’s new in 3.2.0:
- Live Chat with Real-Time visitor tracking, invitations, GeoIP & more – https://hostbillapp.com/feature/livechat-overview/
- Domain suggestion plugin for OpenSRS – learn more
- New orderpage – full screen, one-step order – learn more

New version preview:
http://hostbillapp.com/2/index3.2.0.html

Full changelog:
hostbillapp.com/changelog/

Install/upgrade:
https://hostbill.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/491526/HostBill+Install+Upgrade

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