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I recently sold my software business, and am now starting another software business, all online via the internet, working with 2 friends to build a website that sells affordable, interesting and cool utilities, tools and inexpensive software programs that people can download, try out and purchase for little money. If you have something interesting, email me at and let me know.

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A concise operational playbook for a low-price downloadable-software storefront, informed by community posts from , , , and . The hard parts are repeatable QA, clean licensing, frictionless delivery, and simple conversion funnels. Below are practical, immediately actionable checks and workflows to make onboarding and selling small utilities reliable and defensible.

  • Product acceptance checklist: one-sentence value proposition; supported OS and runtime; clean installer + working uninstaller on a clean VM; clear trial behavior (time or feature limited); basic documentation (README/FAQ); declared third-party libraries and license compliance; proof of ownership/author statement; absence of bundled adware/spyware (scan on upload).
  • Minimum commercial terms: author grant or license, warranty of non-infringement, revenue-share and payment timing, basic support window (SLA), and a clause covering takedown/refund handling.
  • Delivery & anti-fraud: expiring download links or tokenized keys, unique license keys per sale, simple checksum/hash for delivered installers, automatic email receipts, and a short refund/chargeback policy posted on each product page.

Operational and marketing notes: product pages should lead with a single benefit, 2–3 screenshots, and a 15–30 second demo GIF or video. Offer a clear trial-to-paid path (trial download → in-product purchase link → instant key delivery). Consider micro-bundles (3–5 related utilities) and an affiliate program to amplify reach. Instrument conversions and refunds with analytics to spot low-quality titles quickly.

Recommended next step: require each submitter to complete a short listing form capturing product name, one-line pitch, OS, trial download, installer size, suggested price, support contact, declared third-party components, and sample EULA. That form makes vetting fast, protects the marketplace, and creates a clean onboarding workflow for both independent authors and reseller partners.

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if you're looking for a full time business to invest in you could try being a cpanel reseller...

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PocketPC software!
A battery meter that actually works would be great

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PocketPC software!
A battery meter that actually works would be great

We are looking for designers and authors of existing products that we can sell. Do you have something?:) :)

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thousands of vb, vb.net applets and apps such as weather taskbar things, clocks, wordprocessors, filemanagers and loads of ppc apps too i have been making software since i was about 11

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thousands of vb, vb.net applets and apps such as weather taskbar things, clocks, wordprocessors, filemanagers and loads of ppc apps too i have been making software since i was about 11

Could you contact me at 978-996-2492 to discuss what you have. Have you sold anythi8ng, or just like to invent stuff? How old are you now?

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going on 17
uhh i cant ring u cos im in the UK

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I recently sold my software business, and am now starting another software business, all online via the internet, working with 2 friends to build a website that sells affordable, interesting and cool utilities, tools and inexpensive software programs that people can download, try out and purchase for little money. If you have something interesting, email me at and let me know.

Thanks

If you can help to get some good sort of web promotions projects, we can tie up.

do leeme know what u think?

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SEO2K6

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Resell Kaseya, McAfee and Singlefin from SecureMyCompany. Over 150 VARs, MSPs and xSPs already use SMC hosted software.

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