Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!uunet!utoday!greenber From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...) Message-ID: <1200@utoday.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 90 22:43:57 GMT References: <137@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk> <15398@well.UUCP> <1134@utoday.UUCP> <13011@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <3032@netxcom.DHL.COM> <13742@s.ms.uky.edu> <7146.25c595d1@dit.ie> Reply-To: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: UNIX Today!, Manhasset, NY Lines: 32 In article <7146.25c595d1@dit.ie> alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor) writes: > >I've heard it said that American ShareWare writers don't like us Europeans >because we don't pay for ShareWare. Since I graduated, I've developed a >conscience about paying for ShareWare, but the cost of US Dollar Money orders >or Drafts makes paying for ShareWare a lot of hassle. A solution would be to >accept payment by credit card, but I'm certainly not going to send my Master >Charge card number to somebody I don't know in the States. Offers of support >are useless, given the cost of trans-atlantic calls. Speaking just for myself, I know that my registration rate from your folks on that side of the puddle is substantially less than on this side of the puddle. I have registration sites in the UK and in France that take local currency in, do the work there (including distribution and support) and they seem to do a prety darned good job for all concerned. However, my registrations, in total, are still substantially less than local, US registrations. For shareware authors who are serious about shareware as a business, there really is no way to *not* offer services like this overseas -- it's part of the cost of doing business. However, it is difficult to arrange and more difficult to manage. My transatlantic phone bill hovers around $200 US per month just supporting my distributors and site licensees.... -- Ross M. Greenberg, Technology Editor, UNIX Today! greenber@utoday.UUCP 594 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 Voice:(212)-889-6431 BIX: greenber MCI: greenber CIS: 72461,3212 To subscribe, send mail to circ@utoday.UUCP with "Subject: Request"