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Thanks for the further comments Jeff.

I realise that the VIP service is for larger / select clients but sometimes us small time developers might stumble onto managing the next Facebook for a client and not be able to scale such a site quickly enough

I have already explored some other avenues myself but maybe a BuddyPress site that could be considered high profile / having a great deal of potential could get Automattic to trial such a BuddyPress management service?

Will let you know whether this goes anywhere via the Automattic route!