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This is the first newsletter and is aimed to be quite informal, like the forum itself.
It is hoped as a result of receiving this newsletter, that you will have gained something.
Something which will help you in the development of your shareware products.
Format of this newsletter; firstly a summary of new and interesting topics on the forum.
Secondly some areas of interest which seem to be relevant.
Threads accessible by everybody
Internationalization.
This topic describes how you might provide other languages for your software, tools and a recommended approach.
How to get more downloads and sales
Discussion from various people on their experiences etc.
Reciprocal Ideas
So far, Catalogue DLL, which would have different authors' products.
Introductions
Somewhere where we can find out if we have anything in common, which may be useful to
one another.
If you want to gain access to the Private Area you should add a message to this
thread.
Pricing
How do you figure out what to charge for your products?
Payment Processing
HSBC Paydirect and PayPal Discussed
Program Security, Obfuscate, DotNet
A guide on how to secure your shareware programs, another MUST read.
Framework installation
Does size matter ? :) Detection on your Web site and MDAC
Cold Coding Problems
Get Color Depth without API, Dotnet on Macs, SHDOCVW, Page by Mail
Tucows Clickable Link
Tucows requires a clickable link to the DotNet Frameworks, ideas and solutions
Help Files
CHM is best
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The Private Area
WOW www.Dexterity.com Articles
There's a cut down version of the articles at www.Dexterity.com a MUST read for any shareware author, the site belongs to the chairman (or some high post) of the ASP.
WHY DON'T I GET TONNES OF DOWNLOADS?
Discussion and marketing ideas
Cooperation
This was the start of some great things.
Sales Pillow Talk
What we've sold etc.
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General things you may find interesting
Uninstall Questionnaire
- "I recently download some shareware which had a questionnaire which popped up when I uninstalled the program. I was really impressed, it's a great way to gain feedback, I think the key is not to make it sound compulsory, not to put people off. Anyways, so I set one up myself, I had to use QSetup, as MSI's don't cater for it!"
PayPal IPN
- "PayPal Instant Payment Notification is a great way to take all the effort out of selling your software. You setup an account, modify one of their scripts to send out your unlock codes, and hey presto".
QSetup
- "This is a great alternative setup program, you don't have to use it with DotNet either. It's got so many things you can change, you can create a heavily customized solution. It's free too. Also available in lots of different languages."
Cold Coding Problems
This is a growing area, if you have a problem post it there!!
Reciprocal Testing
A few of us have grouped together and tested / provided feedback about each others software. If you've ever had another programmer test your software you'll know how useful this can be. Saves a lot of time explaining things too.
Have you got a Marketing Plan??
This is a real pet hate for programmers, we just want to get on with the coding and forget the help files, selling the product. I mean we've developed the software, people should just find it and buy it. If only! We have devised a questionnaire, which will make you think about your business / software. It's also a great thing to get other people to do on your behalf. You'd be surprised how different people think different.
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Most of ALL
The idea behind the DotNet Shareware Forum was to meet people, share ideas and help each other.
So if you need help ASK!
I'm sure most of us (me included) would be happy to test your software, if you tested ours in return!
And a message from our sponsors
That's me plugging our software. :)
A new version of Ideaspad is out, it allows you create your own information system, create some HTML Forms which are used to provide structure to your information.
I hope to have a new version of MDBSecure out soon too!
Well that's all for now.
Probably will be a few months before there's another!
Jules.
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