Editing Trillian (software) (section)

=== Commercialisation with Trillian Pro ===
On September 9, 2002, a commercial version, ''Trillian Pro 1.0'', was released concurrently with ''Trillian Basic 0.74''. The commercial version was sold for $25 US for a year of subscription, but all those who donated to the development of Trillian before were eligible to a year of subscription at no cost.

The new version had added SMS and mobile messaging abilities, [[Yahoo! Messenger]] [[webcam]] support, pop-up e-mail alerts and new plug-ins to shuttle news, weather and stock quotes directly to buddy lists.

It appeared Trillian Pro would be marketed to corporate clients looking to keep in touch with suppliers or customers via a secured, interoperable IM network, and a relatively stern user interface. The company had no venture capital backing, and had depended entirely on donations from users to stay alive.

Trillian Pro 1.0 was nominated and picked among three other nominees as the Best Internet Communication shareware in its debut year of being a "try before you buy" shareware.<ref>[http://www.sic.org/2003nominees.asp Trillian nomination] for Best Internet Communication Software, 2003  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202215924/http://www.sic.org/2003nominees.asp |date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>

On April 26, 2003, total downloads of Trillian reached ten million.<ref>[http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36021&perpage=30&highlight=trillian%20hits%20downloads&pagenumber=3 Cerulean Studios] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025704/http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36021&perpage=30&highlight=trillian%20hits%20downloads&pagenumber=3 |date=2011-09-28 }} announcement of 10 millionth download</ref>