selling compiled scripts

stitch22 · Post by **stitch22** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:02 pm

Anybody here selling any of their compiled scripts?
I have no idea how to go about it or whats exactly required.

Anyone willing to share their experience, opinoins, comments or just point me in the right direction.

CyberCitizen · Post by **CyberCitizen** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:33 am

Make sure you include some type of license agreement to cover yourself in case something happens. Also some type of upgrade arrangements etc.

Eg I am on MS v12, now have users using Win 8 so my v12 compiled macros don't run.

Phil Pendlebury · Post by **Phil Pendlebury** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:39 pm

Yup + from me:

Write a comprehensive user manual.
Be sure to offer very friendly detailed and fast support.

Make sure your infrastructure is set up before you start.

Test test test.

EnderFFX · Post by **EnderFFX** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:32 pm

I hope I'm not opening up a can of worms, but... is it ok with us to sell scripts compiled by MS? Are there terms we need to abide by with MJTnet? I ask because I'm considering this and I want to make sure I don't get into trouble with the company who has provided such a great product!

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:47 pm

Yes, you can sell .exes that you create with Macro Scheduler Pro.

stitch22 · Post by **stitch22** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:14 pm

Thanks for your input.

Any place I can find license agreement templates?
I kind of like Java's.

Whats the deal with Win8 and v12 MS?

What about digital signatures and installation issues? any sugestions would be helpfull.

I don't know what direction I may go in yet. Try to package something up and and just sell it or maybe package up a demo and sell my services.

The scripts that draw interest are for a very specialised group. small niche.
But I can see them being used in a broader market if I get them packaged properly.

EnderFFX · Post by **EnderFFX** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:53 pm

I thought about this a while ago, and did some sort of implementation.

If the person is required to be online when using your product, and you have a company website, you could do a quick query against a database to match up a customer, product, and registration code. If the match is there let them use the full version, if not they use the trial version/have limited capability etc.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:30 am

I retrieve a unique machine code from the users system that does not have to be stored anywhere on the users computer including the registry. This makes it impossible for anyone to share the program they bought from me and will only work on the computer with the unique machine code they purchased it for.

Here is how I do it.

I write a program with some sort of restriction that can only be unlocked when they purchase the pro version.

I include an option to show the unique machine code and ask the user to include it with their purchase.

Now you have a coupe of options:
You can either store the machine code in a database on your server. When the program connects to your server and finds the unique machine code, it will unlock whatever restriction you have in place.

Or you can store the users machine code internally, which means you have to add the code to the script, recompile and ask the user to download the pro version.

PepsiHog · Post by **PepsiHog** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:54 pm

Unless you like the idea of being hacked, don't include any code that the user is not yet entitled to.

That is the ONLY hack proof solution. If the exe has the ability to do things but is simply locked out, the user can hack the program to get those abilities.

But at the same time.....

..... it would be a compliment to be hacked. Only good programs get hacked. So maybe throw it out there and watch to see if it gets hacked. Then the users are telling you your stuff is worth the effort to hack. If that happens, sit back and enjoy and then change your m.o. to not include those abilities.

All that said, it really depends on how much it means to you. If it's for the money you may not want to be hacked at all. Otherwise, depending on how sick in the head you are, it might be fun to find out.

DISCLAIMER: I may have been forced by unnamed people to post this. And I don't know anything about any of these topics.

*This IS the Water Cooler.*
PepsiHog

CyberCitizen · Post by **CyberCitizen** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:46 pm

stitch22 wrote:Whats the deal with Win8 and v12 MS?

Doesn't work, my compiled scripts just sh!t themselves, weird dialog issues etc. It wasn't designed for it. That's why I need v13. So if your selling them make sure it is for the version of Windows and if you are going to support upgrades make sure your including the cost of upgrading your MS.

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