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In article <7146.25c595d1@dit.ie> alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor) writes:
>
>I've heard it said that American ShareWare writers don't like us Europeans
>because we don't pay for ShareWare. Since I graduated, I've developed a
>conscience about paying for ShareWare, but the cost of US Dollar Money orders
>or Drafts makes paying for ShareWare a lot of hassle. A solution would be to
>accept payment by credit card, but I'm certainly not going to send my Master 
>Charge card number to somebody I don't know in the States. Offers of support 
>are useless, given the cost of trans-atlantic calls.

Speaking just for myself, I know that my registration rate from your
folks on that side of the puddle is substantially less than on this side of
the puddle.  I have registration sites in the UK and in France that take
local currency in, do the work there (including distribution and support)
and they seem to do a prety darned good job for all concerned.

However, my registrations, in total, are still substantially less than
local, US registrations.

For shareware authors who are serious about shareware as a business, there
really is no way to *not* offer services like this overseas -- it's part
of the cost of doing business.  However, it is difficult to arrange and
more difficult to manage.  My transatlantic phone bill hovers around $200 US
per month just supporting my distributors and site licensees....



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