selling-software

Anyone have success in the Blackberry market?

We've all heard of successes by small-time software developers on the iPhone App store. Has anyone actually had success selling applications in the Blackberry ...

What language or RAD IDE do you recommend for building shareware?

I'm looking for an IDE for developing commercial desktop applications to be sold over the internet, as a mISV. Windows is a must, while Mac is a nice to have. An important factor is that the technology allows me to create beautiful native UI with ease. .NET has a large VM dependency that I'm not crazy about. I was thinking about Delphi,...

nag screens / nagware acceptable?

What are your opinions (as users as well as developers) on begware that e.g. at the start screen or intermittently shows a modal dialog for x seconds? What about other methods of getting the user to pay (or send you a postcard or any other kind of appreciation) instead of using the trail version? ...

Sell Software Online using Third Party

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/409026/software-marketplace I'm interested in selling software (mostly enterprisey libraries) online but I'm not interested in handling the money/shopping cart/etc so I'm on the lookout for a third party that can handle all my payments/downloads for a fee (a bit like Google Ads, but for so...

Want to sell own application. Where to start?

I developed a handy little application that can help a lot of people. I would like to sell it for a few dollars/license, but I do not have any infrastructure for hosting or big money for advertisement. What do you suggest, where should I start? EDIT: I would also like to come up with a very catchy name, I need a (preferably free) nice ...

Selling source code, What should I be aware of

I have received a request of buying the source code of a website I have developed and I wondered if anybody have been in the same situation and if there is anything I should specially be aware of. Anybody got some advise on how I should handle this situation? ...

What do I need to know before I sell a software license?

I've developed a web-based application that a company is interested in licensing. I suspect they intend to appropriate the features they want, and add to their existing codebase, so a license is likely to be a one-time affair. Since it's interpreted at run-time, I'd have to turn over the source, and it's not immediately apparent that I c...

Online payment processor: WinForms, LicenseKey

Hi, I have seen multiple topics about online payment processors (OPP), but none of them talk about License file generation and it's something that's pretty hard to find on the website of the OPP's. I want to sell a desktop application thru a website. When the user chooses to buy the product he will get a license file thru email (or vi...

Selling a small ISV company (lock stock and barrel)

I own a small ISV company that consist of 2 people. We sell a single product built using Microsoft web technologies (ASP/VB6, some .NET). In business for a a few years now, and with relatively stable gross revenues in the low 6 figures. I'm considering selling the company and moving on to something else, but I'm a unclear on the best ap...

What is the preferred process for sellling a personal project/product?

I have begun work on a personal project that may end up having some real-world applicability. I am beginning to entertain the idea of selling licenses. I am sure some others here have done this before, and I was wondering what successfully processes you've used to do so. There are many questions on SO regarding licensing, legal implicat...

Selling Javascript Code

Hello, I am planning to sell a javascript code that I have written. Given the current state of browsers its quite possible to write complex code. I think I will face a couple of problems/have a couple of questions: Javascript being client-side can be easily copied as soon as I show someone a demo Are there any companies selling javasc...

How do I release/sell/promote a semi-commercial/open-source project?

I've got a framework for PHP that I've developed for about 3 weeks total, but it's quite ready to be released ... if I choose to do so. In this economy I cannot just take what I have done and release it for free and feel just (because I need the money it could garner), and yet I am torn by my appreciation for open source projects. I wa...

selling products as a freelancer

I have a certain program that I would like to sell over the Internet world wide. Unfortunately, my country is not supported by PayPal when it comes to getting paid. I can only buy with PayPal. I am aware that there are other sites that let you charge credit cards from your customers and get paid, but I would really like to know what is t...

Where should I store my application's "activation" key?

I've written an application and I'd like to add a registration key/serial number to it (I'm big on minimum inconvinience - ala #4 at this Eric Sink article). My question is about where to store the "activation" once the application has been registered. As I understand it, I have a trade-off between storing the key in a public place, wher...

Selling an App from someone elses research

Hello I read alot of research related to computer vision and recently came across a paper which had some technology in it which I thought could make a killer iphone application. So my question is, assuming they haven't patented their method, is there any thing illegal (or wrong) with building an application based on someone else's rese...

Developing SharePoint solutions for public use

This is a question for those people who have developed a SharePoint solution and made it available for public consumption, such as: an open source product downloadable from your blog or a CodePlex site a product you have developed for sale an offering provided by you working for a consultancy company What were the main lessons learne...

Secure ordering system for selling software

What's the best secure ordering system for selling my software within my website? Also, I want that the service to help me somehow after the customer ordered the software in order to provide him a license, etc. I heard that godaddy.com has something useful. Can anybody give some hints? ...

Are there any price standards for software services?

Hi, I haven't been freelancing for a long time now and recently a friend called me te review an offer he got for online shop. The price was way too high so he asked me to come with him and speak about price with the guy who made an offer. Anyway such talks are useless and the only right thing is to find another offer. While talking to a...

How do I require developers to license my tool, but still allow them to ship with their software?

Some applications require me to install/activate a license before I can develop with them in Visual Studio, but then when I compile my application, no license is required by the end-user. What's the easiest way to accomplish this? How can I prevent a developer from using whatever method the final DLL uses when it runs on a client machine...

Tracking downloads of your software + software CDN?

I'm primarily a web app developer/entrepreneur, so there's a lot I don't know about the desktop software distribution process. I've been thinking about making a Mac OS X app for fun, that I would distribute for free or a really small donation, but started thinking about distribution+download analytics: a) How do you host your software?...