I recently started 5 boxing and i feel like the investment has been worth it so far. I'm having quite a bit more fun playing than i used to. I already had 2 accounts, so what i did was went to Walmart, bought 3 battle chests, 3 cataclyms, and 3 MoP, and 3 Game Time Cards. I brought them home, got onto BNET and created 3 starter accounts linked like so

A (Booster) B---recruits--->C---recruits--->D---recruits---E

This allows you to boost with A, and then B,C,D, and E are all linked in a chain. So, B cannot grant levels, C grants to B, D, grants to C, and E grants to D. When i got 4 level 80's (takes about 10 hours for me to get 4 80's) you can boost 1 free 80 who will end up on account B.

I spent probably... 75 dollars xferring toons to different accounts to get the class mix i wanted, but that is purely my deal you may never have to do that. The good news is, for each RAF account linked you get a free month of gameplay for that account, and the games you bought get a free month. So you save a little in sub fee's initially.

As for the program, there is a wealth of information out there. I never posted on the forums until today, i mostly just lurked and read other posts. I use ISboxer, i havent tried any others, but i will tell you ISboxer is very good. For me the learning curve was a bit high, i'm not very smart though. In fact, i'm still learning how to use it better and better, but i tell you now the setup i have now vs the setup i had when i began is like looking at a cellphone from the 90's compared to a smartphone today. It's loads better, it just takes time to get it right. Goodluck! Hope i helped out some.