Well, my experience is
that users
DO NOT pay unless you
give them considerable incentive. You must "cripple" the
program or "lock" it up so it is only really usable if they
pay the SHAREWARE FEE. Over 1,400 people downloaded
this database template (if you count versions 3.3 and
3.4) and you count Macintosh plus PC downloaders. Guess how many actually
paid any shareware fee? The answer is only five so
far. I guess that makes me extremely naive but actual
experience is a reality based teacher. If you put in time
and effort on filemaker solutions, I suggest you either not
worry about payment and just give it away or find a way to
extract the payment before delivering a working database.
I have improved the
database by adding a few features ( see main page Filemaker
7.0 version). I have continued to improve the
template through Filemaker version 8.0 and added many
features to it. However, it
is NO LONGER available for download. "Shareware" is
Copyright-protected software that is distributed on the
condition that if a user wishes to keep the program beyond
the trial period, they will send payment to the author. The
database ESeller may not be sold as a single software
program or distributed as part of a shareware collection by
anyone other than the original author(© R. Hofemann
2004).
This Filemaker database is designed to help sellers keep
track of sales, print package labels and to print a packing
slip for ebay auction items. I spent a lot of time learning
Filemaker and figuring out the scripts to make the template
work. I actually thought that if I made the template cheap
enough, users would actually pay for some of the labor that
went into it. If everyone could write Filemaker script with
loops to extract information, they would not need this
database template.
The database template is provided "AS IS," and without any
warranty, expressed or implied as to fitness for any
particular purpose. Copyright © 2005 - Robert Hofemann.
All rights reserved