It's interesting to me to hear the two different approaches -- psychological vs. registration keys. I have to say I lean towards the latter. As long as the price is reasonable, I'm happy to register my software. But, I have to admit, unless I'm coerced a bit, I tend to be a little lazy about it. E.g., unless some of my features are turned off, it's always on my To Do list to register. Being a coder and all, you'd think I'd be better about this, but there it is.
Has cracking Palm programs been a problem? E.g., have people cracked apps and then put them on the net for other people to download? That's pretty heinous, if its true. What I'd like to do is have my own website where people can download my software and register it. At the same time, I'd like to post it on PalmGear and Handango. In the "About" dialog it would have a blurb that says "register at www.blahblah.com." When they go there, I'd direct them to my yahoo store, or whereever. Of course if they downloaded it from Handango and then went back there to register, they could and Handango would take whatever percentage they wanted, which is okay, but hopefully after downloading from Handango and then loving my program, they'd read the "register at www.blahblah.com" and I could keep all of the proceeds. Will this formula work, or is my naivette showing? ~Rich -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
