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- commissionWARE (TM)
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- by Ferdinand Knerlich
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- commissionWARE
- P O Box 21776
- Waco, TX 76702
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- (817) 776-3205
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- Table of Contents
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- INTRODUCTION 2
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- MARKETING 3
- Target Markets 3
- Competition 3
- Product Features 4
- Distribution 4
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- PROGRAMMERS GUIDELINES 5
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- INTRODUCTON
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- commissionWARE is a new concept in software marketing. The
- commissionWARE philosophy is to provide high quality, useful, and
- easy-to-use software together with useful user manuals on disk at
- low cost ($20-$50). At the same time it is designed to
- significantly reward the programmer with above average royalties &
- exposure and users who widely distribute their registered copies
- with commissions.
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- Features of commissionWARE:
- high quality, useful, easy-to-use
- Low cost
- Ease of ordering MC/VISA/MO/Check
- Try it before you buy it
- Easy distribution with the unique programPAK (TM): one
- packed file distribution w/ automatic unpacking
- Wide distribution
- Extra utility programs
- Easy & quick to learn to use
- All user manuals include quickSTART,quickREF & index
- Not copy protected
- $10 sales commission
- High programmer exposure
- Fair & easy to understand system of compensation
- Ideas on who, how & where to make money with programs
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- Programmers: See Programmer Guidelines to get YOUR programs
- published and producing.
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- *** Please give programPAK 'SCRNCODE.EXE' file away FREELY ***
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- To start making money, first get your own registered
- commissionWARE program. Please use order form on page 4 of
- manual. Your own serial # gets you a $10 commission EVERY time
- someone registers from one of your copies.
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- Get 10 people to register from your serial #, make $100, 50 makes
- $500, etc. After every 10 registrations from your serial #, you
- get your choice of a another commissionWARE program registered in
- your name. With it you can start making more commissions ! The
- key is to get your copies to the right people. A few bits of
- marketing strategy.
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- The screenCODE distribution version is PACKED into 'scrncode.exe'.
- To unpack this file, just type:
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- A> scrncode scrncode.exe
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- To give you give screenCODE away, just give the 'scrncode.exe' file !
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- *** Please give programPAK 'SCRNCODE.EXE' file away FREELY ***
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- MARKETING
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- Target Markets
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- What specific groups of people would be MOST interested in
- screenCODE ? (Segmented target markets for screenCODE)
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- IBM PC/XT/AT & compatible:
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- * Beginning & medium skill PROGRAMMERS of
- Basic, Turbo Pascal, dBASE II/III, DeSmet C
- * Medium & advanced skill computer USERS interested in
- making $ with their computers
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- Competitors
- page # of
- languages ad in June'86
- product name price(S&H) supported company PC TECH JOUR.
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- VCScreen $250($3) c CPC(Carrollton,TX) 22
- Screen Sculptor $125() Bas,TP,IBM Pas Soft Btlng Co(NY) 26
- Dan Bricklans Demo Prg $89 - 51
- PANEL (wow !) $295 c Roundhill 152
- screenplay(panels) $100-175 TP,ASM,c,Cobol Flexus Int. Corp 107
- View Manager $275 c,IBM Pas Blaise Comp. Inc. 174
- Screen Builder $59() Basic Sterling Castle 186
- ScreenWorks $50 c,TPas KISS Inc. 213
- SCREENWARE Utilities $27() ASM Crosswinds Software 213
- SCREEN GENERATOR $125 Fort,C,Bas,TPas,ASM West Chester Group 213
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- |screenCODE $25($2) C,Bas,TPas,dBASE Computer Works |
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- Product Features
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- screenCODE is a program that designs & creates source code
- for screen i/o in DeSmet C,Turbo Pascal,Basic, & dBASE II/III:
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- screenCODE:
- Make screen i/o programing much quicker (efficiency)
- Make screen i/o programing much, much easier (simplicity)
- Make screen i/o programing look much more professional (image)
- Reduce screen i/o programming errors (quality)
- Quickly & easily create a consistent user interface in all your
- programs
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- Speed system development thru screen i/o first programming
- SNAPSHOT-capture other ASCII screens and use them in your programs
- SLIDESHO-create animated demo screens of your planned programs
- in action and then use the screens in your real program
- Royalty free
- Sample screens Screen library available
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- commissionWARE & screenCODE features:
- high quality, useful, easy-to-use
- Low cost
- Ease of Ordering MC/VISA/MO/Check in US funds
- Easy distribution with the unique programPAK (TM): one packed file
- distribution w/ automatic unpacking
- Wide distribution
- Try it before you buy it
- Extra utility programs
- Easy & quick to learn to use
- Useful user manuals include quickSTART,quickREF & index
- Not copy protected
- $10 Commission from sales
- High programmer exposure
- Fair & easy to understand system of compensation
- Ideas on who, how & where to make money with program
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- Distribution (where to spread your serialized distribution
- version)
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- The screenCODE distribution version is PACKED into
- 'scrncode.exe'. To unpack this file, just type:
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- A> scrncode scrncode.exe
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- To give screenCODE away, just give 'scrncode.exe' file !
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- Now send via modem, mail or give away copies of your
- serialized 'scrncode.exe' file to:
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- * Bulletin Boards known for their public domain software libraries
- * Compu-Serve, The Source, Delphi, & other national services
- * Basic, Turbo Pascal, DeSmet C, dBASE II/III national & local
- programmer bulletin boards, disk libraries & user groups
- * User group disk libraries
- * Public domain software distributors
- * User group meetings
- * Anyone you think can use or make money with it !
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- PROGRAMMER GUIDELINES
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- Computer Types: IBM PC/XT/AT & compatibles (check w/ us about others)
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- Software Requirements:
- The software marketplace is very competitive. The
- commissionWARE philosophy is to provide high quality, useful, and
- easy-to-use software together with useful user manuals on disk at
- low cost ($20-$50). At the same time it is designed to
- significantly reward the programmer with above average royalties &
- exposure and users who widely distribute their registered copies
- with commissions.
- Features of commissionWARE:
- High quality, useful, easy-to-use
- Low cost
- Ease of ordering MC/VISA/MO/Check
- Try it before you buy it
- Easy distribution with the unique programPAK (TM): one packed
- file distribution w/ automatic unpacking
- Wide distribution
- Extra utility programs
- Easy & quick to learn to use
- Useful user manuals include quickSTART,quickREF & index
- Not copy protected
- $10 sales commission
- High programmer exposure
- Fair & easy to understand system of compensation
- Ideas on who, how & where to make money with program
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- We publish & distribute all types of non-game software:
- utility, business, financial, educational, scientific,
- home/personal, hobby, programming utility, communications, etc.
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- Your program should appeal to one or more of these target markets:
- beginning, medium, and advanced skill pc users &/or programmers
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- Be aware of and meet or beat your programs competition. Take
- a good look at screenCODE to see how it fits these software
- requirements.
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- How to Submit Software:
- Send any of your complete programs with a detailed
- description telling how the program works or a detailed program
- proposal on a standard 5 1/4" IBM PC DS/DD diskette. Either you
- or our staff can create a complete user manual. Simultaneous
- submission OK. We will respond in 1 month. Please include office
- and home phone.
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- Programmer Payment: 20-40% royalty on program, 3-4% on user manual.
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- Contact: Ferdinand Knerlich
- Director of Marketing
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- commissionWARE
- PO Box 21776
- Waco, TX 76702
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- (817) 776-3205 B
- (817) 752-6283 H
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