Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
- Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
- From: Mark Munz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:51:10 -0700
Chuck,
I think you'll find this "lag" with all the shareware payment services
like eSellerate, Kagi, etc. I've used eSellerate for almost two years
now and have been very happy with their service.
I believe they deposit the money into your account about 2 weeks after
the end of the month. My experience with Kagi is that they do a similar
thing. There may be a technical reason for it. I just think of it as a
NET15 type of deal. If I remember, Kagi's lag time is longer than
eSellerate's.
As for taking advantage of interest, I think that's almost non-existent
issue (certainly right now). You're lucky if you get 1%-1.5% annual
interest. That doesn't amount to very much in three weeks time. You're
talking a few dollars at best.
I like that eSellerate does a direct deposit into my account at no
charge. Many other services either charge for that service or will send
you a check (that you have to deposit yourself).
Mark Munz
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On Feb 11, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Chuck Soper wrote:
At 11:57 AM -0500 2/11/04, Dave Thorup wrote:
On Feb 11, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Josh Ferguson wrote:
Everything is managed from your eSellerate Publisher account.
[snip...]
Robert,
First, congratulations on finishing your app! ;) As for pursuing a
sales model for your app I fully recommend eSellerate. I am in no
way affiliated with Josh (quoted above) or eSellerate [snip...]
The only complaint that I have is that their payments lag a bit
behind the billing period. You get paid once a month, but the
payment usually comes 2-3 weeks after the billing period ends. But
it is consistent and they do always make the payment, so it doesn't
matter much to me that it takes a little while to come. [snip...]
Dave,
Thanks for sharing your positive experience with eSellerate.net. I'm
considering using their services. I have heard that the payments lag a
bit from a quite a few developers. I think that eSellerate needs to
address this. If every month my employer gave me my salary check two
or three weeks late, I would be angry and feel like I was being taken
advantage of. Interest is potentially being earned on a significant
amount of money during this two or three week period.
It seems like the Cocoa Dev list might not be a good place to discuss
this and I'm sorry if my message reads like a flame.
Chuck
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