EstiMate uses a custom-written, software based protection system. While it is no fun to have to contact us for a new security key, the fact that EstiMate is relatively well-protected offers you several very serious benefits.

• You can receive technical support as a registered user
• When our system changes - which we do periodically in case it has been cracked "in the wild" - you can be assured that your copy will work
• Most importantly, our revenue stream is protected, insuring that we will be around in the future to provide the software and services you have come to expect.

Actually, it only seems that way. There are only a few circumstances where you will need to get a new unlock key. They are as follows:

• At the end of your 60-day exploratory period, when you are ready to choose your plugins and purchase your software, you will need to get a permanent key to unlock those you have chosen.
• When you purchase new plugins, you will need to get a new permanent key including the new plugins you have purchased.
• If you install EstiMate on multiple computers and wish to run them on those machines, you will need to purchase additional licenses which require their own individual unlock codes.
• Finally, if you re-install Windows, or a new hard drive, your permanent key will change and you will need to contact us for a new one. Fortunately, in this circumstance, EstiMate (if installed from your original CD) will run for a 60-day trial period again and you will not be "dead in the water" if you need a key on the weekend.

Fill out our key request form and we will get back to you ASAP.