shareware

Closed . This question needs to be more focused . It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post . Closed 5 years ago . I have a game that I'd like to sell with the following system: give away a demo (say, with the first few levels) and sell the full version. I'd like to make the transition to the full version as seamless as possible for the user. I've never sold anything before online, so I'm not sure how that would work (even if there were no free demo). This seems like a very common issue, so I

I am developing shareware and I am interested in knowing how many times my products has been installed on users machines. I am not looking for security or license questions but I am just interested in the conversion ratio (installations vs. registrations). I thought about a simple servlet which will be called from my clients with a UID and which will count the distinct UID calls. Does anyone know of a more elegant solution or something ready to use? My client software is written in .NET. Best regards Sebastian A bit old question, but I had the same question just one year ago. I am also a

I wish to implement my software on a shareware basis, so that the user is given a maximum trial period of (say) 30 days with which to try out the software. On purchase I intend the user to be given a randomly-generated key, which when entered enables the software again. I've never been down this route before, so any advice or feedback or pointers to 'standard' ways of how this is done would be much appreciated. I do not anticipate users cheating by changing the system date or anything like that, though this is probably worth considering. Apologies if this topic has appeared before. With

Same intro as my last question: I am re-writing and/or consolidating a bunch of my "app framework" classes (basic mainform, about box, locking routines & purchase linking, auto-update, datamodule initializer, etc) -- Basically, I have a number of small potential shareware apps that I'm wanting to get out the door, and want to re-use code where I can, as well as build a framework for later apps to save time. But different question: : ) What is the best shareware lock component for Delphi Win 32 apps? (I don't mind paying for commercial if that's best). Clarifying -- yes, best license key

What is the best way to protect a Cocoa shareware application from software piracy? Are there developer libraries/tools out there for this task? Allan Odgaard - using openssl for license keys is one way to do it. AquaticPrime is a simple, easy Cocoa licensing framework. It uses securely signed plist's as it’s “license key”, which makes it simple to embed arbitrary information into the license. With AquaticPrime one would generally distribute the license as a small file, rather than as a text string, which may be an advantage or disadvantage for your application. The framework includes code to