selling-software

Selling iPod Touch and iPhone apps made outside U.S.A.

I want to ask about the programmer experience of any developer over Macintosh or iPhone/iPod Touch platforms in selling experience on iTunes store whenever the development has been outside U.S.A.. I'm asking because I'm from Colombia (Latinoamerica) and I have the feeling that apple doesn't offers opportunities to market software from my...

Advice on setting up a pay-for hosted service.

Does anybody here have experience of setting up a pay-for hosted service? Without giving too much away I have a web-app (nearing completion) which will be offered as a free download to install on a personal webserver. In the future, I'd also like to host it too and charge (a nominal fee) for access. I wondered if anybody knew of links ...

How can you sell or auction your code?

Say you write some python code using your expertise in some knowledge-domain that could be used to perform some sort of Web Service for a wider set of people. (ie. you take their data and do something magic with it and return something of more info value.) So you get the code to work -- you get to the proof of concept stage by deployin...

How to sell and protect software that has easily visible source (like Javascript)?

I have a unique idea for a browser based application that I'm considering developing and selling. The only problem is that it would all be HTML/Javascript based code. It is not a web-based service that I would host and others would use. It is something that clients would purchase and use either on their own local server or even on their ...

Script to sell php script?

Hi ppl. I am to finish my social network web-script which should be sold license based. I wonder such thing. There is a lot of shopping carts there. Is there a one, which is specialized on selling scripts and supportings them? Or should I part by part put a forum, make an order system, wiki, and so on? ...

Are there any CMS/scripts for PayPal software selling?

I want to sell my application, but I wonder is there any cheap/free cms or script to validate the paypal transaction, and then send serial from a db to desired email? ...

Where a developer can sell / donate his time?

Recently business isn't good and was wondering what are your favourite places where you can sell your time working on a projects (you get specification / idea -> you crank code -> you get paid :) ) (I don't mean selling your own apps, just working for someone else) or where you can donate your time (you get specification -> you cran...

Free for personal use license?

I'm trying desperately to find a software licensing model that would allow me to make my product completely open to the public domain for personal use/modification, but would be able to be sold commercially. I know such a beast exists, and I'm sure in many flavors. I just can't find it. ;( What I'm hoping for is a way to allow people t...

Is it common or even a good idea to release source code for automated tests with a closed-source app?

Please point me to any dupes or better places to post this question that you may find. I have never sold software before, but when I put myself in my customers' shoes, I think, "I sure would like to see source code for automatic tests for any software that I buy. It would serve as awesomely detailed documentation for the software that ...

Best Shareware Price

I know that this question is too generic but yet, Which is the price you think a shareware buyer is most inclined to pay. I know (from my experience) that $9.95 is scary low. Even you product is a killer in its niche, people refuse to buy it at such low cost. I sell at $19.95 but I believe even more can be achieved. So far I only have...

License source code of app

Hello, I have an Android app and some company is interested in using part of it and rebranding it for its customers. One of the options would involve licensing the code to them for use in this specific case. Would you recommend doing that as a good option? What is the cost of licensing code in comparison to the cost of the original dev...

Selling an android app to a very large university.

I created an app for the bus system at my university and they want to buy it off me. Problem is, I have absolutely no idea what to offer. Its nearly completed, and once they buy it i would be brought on as a student employee making $25 an hour. They would want me to hire someone else to start on an iPhone version, and implement other fea...

Selling apps as a private individual on Android Market

Hi gents, I have spent a while developing an Android app, and am hoping to publish in the coming days. From the Market console, I have tried to make my Checkout account a Merchant account, for which I need to provide both a private (for Google's eyes only) address - which I'm fine with - and an address which the public will see when the...