Re: Shareware Registration rates? Author please comment.

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From: Bruce Morgan
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 03:41

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In article <1992Jul18.> z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu 
writes:>From: z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
>Subject: Shareware Registration rates? Author please comment.
>Date: 18 Jul 92 01:16:14 CST
>
>     Howmany shareware Authors are out there? I would like to know about
>howmany people register ( percentage ) take a guess, or give me some average
>monthly figures if possible please. We are considering releasing a shareware
>product, as opposed to comercial distribution. 

As a shareware author (GRAPHTIME II), I would guess that about 
1 in 50 users will register. Price is also critical. When it
was $29 there were plenty of registrations. When the price went
up to $49 (in the US) to pay the distributors %, registrations
dropped off.


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