If you're focused on the price of it compared to CB, let me just say that you are missing the point. You need MEMBERS to make your CB community work. You need a viral catalyst. ParaInvite is the tool to bring in the members. It's worth it. ParaInvite is a professional class of component and worth the few extra dollars.

I strongly suggest you try the demo on the simbunch.com website to see what I mean. If you have played with the other inviters, you will quickly see the difference between ParaInvite and the others. ParaInvite really is in its own class of component.

But ParaInvite works the way you want an Inviter to work if you are serious about growing your members. It's just that powerful and polished. Facebook grows because they have tools to make it easy to bring in new members. People expect the same type of tools Facebook provides. Parainvite is in the same class. That's important. If new members become frustrated when trying to invite their friends (i.e. doing YOUR marketing) then they leave your site. Don't give a reason for people to leave.

It also looks good. You don't have to mess with CSS or anything else to make it look good. I spent hours on another one and it still looked amateur by the time I gave up on it.

It also works with all the services from OpenInviter, not a restricted list. You can also limit the services if you'd prefer. Yes, it requires you to also install OpenInviter separately, but Mike provides clear documentation on how to do that. It works perfectly if you just read it and follow his steps. The admin back-end is very detailed and offers many features.

If you have an affiliate program, this is your only choice. ParaInvite works with the popular iDevAffiliate so you have an all-in-one inviter: with 1 email you can invite people to become your "friends" on CB and also get affiliate credit. You can unleash all the "viral" features of ParaInvite to your affiliates can use the inviter power. Add Parainvite Pro and you have badges that are a combination of affiliate link + CB friends. It's very powerful AND simple for users.

I have the highest respect for Mike's support too. He has already developed detailed documentation. This is a powerful extension. He would never sleep if he had to personally answer every little question that he already documented. He was very supportive with my iDevAffiliate integration challenges, and stuck with me to find a solution. I get the impression it was like "finding a needle in a haystack", but he solved it! I thank him for his support and for the extension.

I could write much more but I hope you are interested enough to at least try out the demo at simbunch.com. Please don't let a few frustrated people persuade you to miss out on the only inviter extension like this. It's a little more money for a LOT more power. Definitely worth it.

I'm not an affiliate or employee for SimBunch or anything like that. I just really feel that ParaInvite deserves the time it took to write this review.

Thanks Mike for ParaInvite and your support!

I could not get this to work, despite all my efforts, and raised a ticket for support.

Support was very poor and he did not even check if my configuration was possibly wrong, or look at my site at all to see what could possibly be the issue.

I read another user in his forum that had the same problems as me and also did not receive any support.

He offers a 7-day full refund, so I requested a refund, and he still has not provided it, nor has he responded to my refund request.

I am very disappointed and have raised a PayPal dispute to get my money back.

Beware and take caution - it does not work, you will not get timely support, and you will have to fight to get a refund.