[cflsystems]

This has been complaint about numerous of times starting with XC4. Since it is paid software their shouldn't be direct advertisement like this. If you search the forum you will find a hack I posted for XC4 how to take out all the ads and banners form admin.

It is really a very bad practice. I would understand it if you get XC5 fully functional with all the modules for free - advertise as much as you want. But when you purchase and on top of that have to pay an annual fee to keep it up to date having all these little things in there is just not right.

It is a different question about the cost of service - you can't really compete with quotes from Russia, or India, or China... they will always be way lower than the ones from USA. Your best selling point in this case will be the quality of the work performed.