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In article <Morgan.110.713158882@icarus.curtin.edu.au> Morgan@icarus.curtin.edu.au (Bruce Morgan) writes:
>In article <1992Jul18.> z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu 
>writes:>From: z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
>>     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.

This is the reverse response I got with my shareware editor (BINGO).  At
$30, registrations were slow but steady.  With a two-tiered approach
$40/$75, the difference being long term support and version updates,
registrations have shown a marked increase.  Of course, signifigant 
functionality was added to the version with the price increase, so 
that probably has something to do with it...

C. Schanck