Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
- Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
- From: "Ethan John" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:18:14 -0800
Unless you're _really_ strapped for cash and can be VERY confident that
you'll be able to support your product well into the future, I would
reccomend going the "full access but annoyance" route to shareware money.
Allow the user to use your program as much as they want, but annoy them with
notices about registration. Having the notices pop up every 10 or 15 minutes
with a 5 second delay would be plenty (depending on the type of your
application). Set your price low ($5 - $10). Activiation with serial number
should be fine, assuming your program isn't large enough to draw the
attention of people linked from astalavista.box.sk.
Sales will go down because you're giving it away, but it's not like many
shareware games make an incredible amount of money anyway. The low price is
also incentive for customers to simply get rid of the dialogue.
ethan john
----- Original Message -----
From: "cricket" <email@hidden>
To: "Finlay Dobbie" <email@hidden>
Cc: "Josh Ferguson" <email@hidden>; "CocoaDev List"
<email@hidden>; "Charles Srstka"
<email@hidden>; "Mark Eissler" <email@hidden>; "Mike
Brinkman" <email@hidden>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Shareware donation collection
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I'd consider any customer that has to struggle with serial numbers in
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ANY way to be a lost sale. It reflects badly on you, and makes the user
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less likely to recommend your product. Next time, they may decide to
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look for a cracked serial number because it's easier than waiting for
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support from a company.
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- cricket
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On Feb 20, 2004, at 11:19 AM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
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>> Josh brings up a really good point: a legitimate user would have no
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>> problem contacting the developer/vendor if they run into issues with
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>> the serial number. A pirate user would have a lot of....courage....to
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>> call up the vendor and complain. And if they do it, well kudos to
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>> them, they deserve an A for having the guts.
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> OTOH it's hassle for the user, and what happens if the vendor goes out
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> of business etc?
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