Shopping and Shops
What is the best way to approach a shop about selling my software?
Say I have some software and I have it all finished and everything, how do I go about getting it into shops? How do I go in a and talk to them? I don't mean shops like PC World (yet anyway) I mean my local PC shop. How do I get bar codes sorted? How do they work? What do I say to the people in the shop, do I let them look at the product? Do I give them x number as a free trial? How many should I produce at a time? Help?
Public Comments
- Check out the shareware forums.
Before 'publishing' consider the following :-
1) Large numbers of people will try to copy your software and use it for free. They are not all school kids = there is an entire 'industry' of hackers out their ripping off software authors both large & small [ Google for 'Serial Kraks' ]
2) If your software contains elements that are Licenced from any-one else (for example, Library routines), check carefully that your Licence includes 're-distribution rights' (you will be OK if you have comercial Licences for standard Microsoft products, but 'Student Editions', 'Persoanl; Editions' and some 'Lite Editions' will typically NOT allow you to re-distribute without paying Royalties).
