Shareware Development Guide

About Shareware

What is Shareware? Not Freeware, Shareware is usually offered as a trial version with certain features only available after the license is purchased, or as a full version, but for a trial period. As Shareware, once the trial period has passed the program will not run until a license is purchased. Shareware is often offered without support, updates, or help menus, which only become available with the purchase of a license. The words "free trial", "trial version" are indicative of shareware.

If one software product is copyrighted shareware, that mean it is not public-domain software. Users may use the nregistered version at no charge for an evaluation period (for example: 30 days only). To continue to use the software beyond the evaluation period, users must register it. Another name for Shareware is Trialware.

Association of Shareware

Association of Shareware Professionals (asp-shareware)
Organization of Independent Software Vendors (OISV)
Association of Independent Software Industry Professionals (aisip)
Business Application Software Developers Association (basda)
Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (elspa)
Trialware Professional Association (trialware)

Shareware Registration Services

Regnow - Sell Software Online - Electronic Software
Qwerks - Ecommerce Provider, Shareware Registration Service
ShareIt - Service of Digital River
Regsoft - Shareware Registration Service
Avangate - Sell Software Online and Shareware Registration Service
Emetrix - Ecommerce provider for shareware Automated online credit card processing

Shareware Submit

There have many software submission webpages for shareware authors, some can give your software a professional software reviews, and these reviews article are free. You can use these reviews and awards on your software homepage or your software box; then your customers can trust your products.