How the license works

A license opens the tracker panel and API. The key is issued in your account on micator.com, and the status and dates are shown in the panel: Settings → License («Настройки → Лицензия»). Owners and admins can see the Settings section.

One license — one installation

The first successful activation ties the license to an installation. Two things are remembered:

• the installation ID — it is created when the tracker is installed and created anew when you restore from a backup in the first-run wizard; the installation owner sees it on the License tab in the line “Installation: …” («Установка: …»);
• the panel domain, for example panel.example.com.

An activation with the same key on another installation or with a different panel domain is rejected with the message “License expired, revoked or bound to another installation” («Лицензия истекла, отозвана или привязана к другой установке»). To change the server or the panel domain, first unbind the old server in your account — see Transferring a license to another server.

In your account, the bound domain is shown in the Licenses section, in the Domain column; for a license without a server it shows “not bound”.

You pay for each installation by the month, for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at once. It does not limit the number of clicks, domains or users.

License key

The key format is XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX: four groups of four characters, Latin letters and digits from 2 to 7. Letter case does not matter when you enter it.

The key is in your account: Licenses → Manage. In the table it is masked, with the first and last groups visible. In the license card, the Show button reveals the whole key and the Copy button copies it.

The license term and type are not stored in the key: the tracker gets them from the license service at activation and at every check. After a renewal or an upgrade to paid, the key stays the same. A new key is issued only when you unbind the server in your account.

The key is entered in the first-run wizard or in the panel. The steps are on Getting a key and activation.

Trial and paid license

On a trial license, the Settings → Spend («Настройки → Расходы») tab shows the text “The spend extension is available after paying for a license. Spend collection is disabled in the trial.” («Расширение для расходов доступно после оплаты лицензии. В пробной версии сбор расходов отключён.») and the Open license («Открыть лицензию») button.

An upgrade to paid does not change the key or the server binding: only the type and the term change. The other rules are on Trial.

Prices and renewal

• Prices are in US dollars.
• When you pay, choose the term: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months; 1 month is selected by default. The amount is the monthly price multiplied by the number of months: Micator for 3 months is $357, and for 12 months it is $1,428.
• The payment is one-time; there are no automatic charges.
• Autolaunch is coming later; a license with it cannot be bought yet.
• Payment goes through Heleket: choose the currency and the network on the payment page. After the transfer is confirmed, the license is issued or renewed automatically; you do not need to enter a hash. Direct USDT invoices issued earlier keep their payment details. For details, see Renewal and orders.

A renewal adds the paid months to the current end date. If the license has already expired, the term counts from the moment of payment. The tracker picks up the new term on its own at the next check. To avoid waiting, the installation owner clicks Check renewal («Проверить продление») on the License tab. For details, see Renewal and orders.

The License tab in the panel

Open Settings → License. The block is called “Micator license” («Лицензия Micator») and refreshes its data automatically.

The installation owner is the user account created in the first-run wizard. Only this account can enter the key and check the renewal, and only after logging in with its login and password. Other users with the owner role, API tokens and the Log in as («Войти как») mode do not get this right. For roles, see Team and roles.

Dates are shown in the browser's time zone. Until the license is activated, “—” is shown instead of the dates.

When the license is not active, the “Tracker access closed” («Доступ к трекеру закрыт») screen with the same block opens instead of any panel page except the login page. Every logged-in user sees it. Users who cannot enter the key see the text “Contact the installation owner to renew.” («Для продления обратитесь к владельцу установки.»)

License statuses

The “License active” status is highlighted in green. If the last check with the saved key ended in an error, its text is shown in red in the same block.

What is closed and what works while the panel is closed is described on License expiry: what is closed and what keeps working. Check error messages, the server time and panel domain changes are covered on License confirmation and connection to the service.

License confirmation

The tracker requests a confirmation from the license service on its own, in the background: that the license is valid, what type it is and until what date. A confirmation is valid for 10 minutes, but no longer than the license term, and is issued only for the installation and the panel domain bound to the license. The term of the current confirmation is shown in the Works offline until field.

While the confirmation is valid, the panel works even without a connection to the service. When the connection comes back, the tracker gets a new confirmation on its own. For details, see License confirmation and connection to the service.

Transfer to another server

You can transfer the license to another installation. The server is unbound in your account: Licenses → Manage → Unbind server, and the action is confirmed with your account password. After unbinding, the license gets a new key. The old key is no longer accepted, and the license term is kept.

The new key can be activated after the old server's confirmation ends — usually within 10 minutes. The exact time is shown in the license card.

Unbinding does not transfer campaigns and statistics: they are moved from a backup — see Restoring on a new server. The license transfer steps are on Transferring a license to another server.

What the license does not stop

In any license status, the following keep working:

• redirects and click recording: campaign links open, and streams work with their current settings;
• intake of incoming postbacks from affiliate networks;
• intake of leads from forms on landing pages.

Conversions are recorded in the statistics right away. Outgoing events — source and campaign S2S postbacks and Facebook Conversions API events — are not sent while the license is inactive; they wait in the queue. After renewal they are sent automatically, keeping the order of statuses.