AW: Finding on online shop window for apps (was Re: Awful quiet around here )

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Matthias approach seems obviously a nice and trouble-free approach. It only has the disadvantage, that the email + key can be passed on to other users.

In my business teachers are a relevant part of my customers. From my experience over the last 20 years teachers are the most down-and-dirty software pirates (sorry Richmond), so I couldn't go this approach. I experienced it x-times, that after having sold one license to a teacher, I never got a second order from the same school. So I (or better an external) created an individual licensing system for my product, bound to the MAC address of the machine and an online license-database. It indeed also has some disadvantages, because of the hard bound to the MAC address, but all of my support is worth the plus of sold licenses.

Tiemo

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Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. November 2017 17:11
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Betreff: Re: Finding on online shop window for apps (was Re: Awful quiet around here )

David,

i am selling only one app (Mac,Win,Linux) online. I´ve used Kagi until they finished their business. Kagi was able to integrate my key generator stack into their order system. I did not had to run my own webserver.

Now i am using Fastspring. Fastspring is doing the complete invoicing and i get my monthly payout. 
My key generator stack is now running on my on-rev account. 

Fastspring posts the order information and some “verfication” data to a livecode script. 
The livecode scripts checks if the verification data is correct and sends the posted email adress to the key generator stack.
The key generator stack then uses the email address to create an unlock key and returns both, email and unlock key, back to the livecode script which then returns both to the Fastpring post request. 

The key generator stack i am using was created with Zygodact from Jacqueline Landman-Gay. 
https://www.hyperactivesw.com/solutions_zygodact.html <https://www.hyperactivesw.com/solutions_zygodact.html>
It´s 99USD but it is worth every dollar. You have set up your own generator stack in minutes. 

I´ve created a Livecode lesson some time ago which describes how to use a Zygodact key generator stack with Fastspring.
http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4068/l/620020 <http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4068/l/620020>
The lesson includes all you need to get it working (including the needed livecode server script). Of course you need your own key generator stack. ;)

Using the steps in that lesson should you also allow to use any other key generator stack.

Regards,

Matthias


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> Am 14.11.2017 um 15:57 schrieb David V Glasgow via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
> 
> I’ll step in to fill the eerie silence!
> 
> 
> Over the years I have made a few niche apps which might make a few 
> sales.  Although I have created apps with user name generated keys, I 
> have never got around to  selling online.  I just send folks 
> evaluation copies or point them to a Dropbox link, and if they ask for 
> a full version, generate a key and invoice via email
> 
> I finally started looking at how online sales for desktop apps might work, and at different services.   If I could only find an e-commerce service I could trust, understand and afford!
> 
> Why on earth is it so difficult to find a simple and relatively cheap shop window, that doesn’t require you to master webby stuff?  How does everyone else do it?  Is there a go-to provider?  I see that Runrev has dev facing web sales, but  nothing more suitable to sell standalones more widely.
> 
> Also,is there a reason the bigger online retailers shun small developers?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> david Glasgow
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