How To Write and Sell Software Online

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Toolkit - Selling Software Online

From the desk
of Roger Willcocks
Monday March 1, 2010

Dear Fellow Software Author,

Have you ever wondered how some pieces of software become incredibly popular, while others languish in obscurity?

Or how some software projects seem to be written effortlessly, while others get bogged down in a seemingly endless cycle of problems?

Some of it is luck. No denying it. But as the saying goes "Fortune favours the prepared mind"

With the right tools, the right information, and the right mindset, you can be well on your way to producing professional, desirable and well written software far sooner than you would expect.

Useful Bonuses and Reference Material

44 Ideas For Software People Want To Buy

This is 146 pages of pure gold. In some cases, similar software already exists, but they want or need something with a bit of a twist. In others, they are asking for new and unique software that they have not being able to find.

Since there are going to be many people reading this, your best bet is to pick an idea you like, change it a little bit yourself, and do some research on it to find out if people are interested. If they are, finish your BluePrint, and get selling.

Each idea varies in the amount of detail, but to make it easier, I've gone through and commented on each one, the good and bad points, how complete it is (more complete = easier) and what sort of technology you should probably use for it. I've also gone through and checked how much competition shows up in Google (at the time of writing) providing similar products. Competition is not necessarily bad though, if your product is different enough, you could find it helpful to work with competitors to give more people what they are looking for. Remember, you can never please everyone (online, you can hardly ever please most people).

Elance Outsourcing Revealed

There are really only two ways to make a living selling software. You can sell the software, or you can write software for other people to sell. If you sell software, you can write it yourself, or you can hire one of those other guys. Personally, I like writing software, it's how I think, practically how I breathe, and that makes me "one of those other guys". But I can make more selling it, than I can writing it for other people. But it does come with risks, a bad idea, or a bad worker can end up costing you a lot of time and money.

This 49 page guide is about how to get software written for you on Elance. It also serves as a great guide for what to expect from someone who knows what they are doing if you are going to be writing software for someone else.

Below is a quick summary of what you will learn. A few of the points are specific to Elance, but most of them apply to any sort of outsourced work that you might want to get done.

  1. The Three Keys To Elance Success - What can you do at the very beginning to achieve the best results easily
  2. Looking At Your Budget - How much have you got, how much do you need? What surprises might you encounter?
  3. Pitching Your Project - Clear descriptions aimed at the right sort of programmer get the best responses
  4. Building A Blueprint - What is going into your software, looks, behaviour, any future features that might cause problems
  5. Posting A Project - What category, what technology, what price
  6. Project Level - What kind of listing will get you the right sorts of programmers
  7. Project Description - You can make or break your chances of success here, and you need to do it without giving away all your secrets
  8. Additional Software-Based Fields - Other information your project needs for the best chance of finding the right programmer
  9. Thinking About Version 2.0 - Is there anything you know you will need later, that it is easier to add the foundation for now?
  10. Payment Schedule - What is it? How to best structure your schedule to get results
  11. Timeline/Milestones - What are they? How do they relate to the payment schedule. Do you need them?
  12. Feature Changes - Are inevitable. Which have to happen now, which can wait, and what are the likely effects?
  13. Evaluating Offers - Quickly eliminate potential problems, and highlight the good choices
  14. Opening Message Boards - When to start, with who, and what are you trying to learn?
  15. Picking A Provider - Again, eliminate potential problems, and find someone you can work with
  16. Establishing Strong Communication - Is English a requirement? How do you make yourself clear across potential language barriers?
  17. Dealing With The Time Difference - Can a programmer in a different country be a problem, or an opportunity? Both, find out how to use time zones to your advantage.
  18. Project Review - When should you do this, what danger signs are you looking for?
  19. Testing Out The Goods - Making sure that you have got what you wanted, that it works, and there are as few problems as possible.
  20. On A Bug Hunt - The how and why of finding problems so that they can be fixed.
  21. When The Project Is Over, Getting Support - Support can be critical. Especially after the first couple of months
  22. Settling Disputes - No one likes it, but sometimes things get messy, how do you best protect yourself?
  23. Get Tough On Sloppy Coding - Robust clean code will make your life much easier, now and in the future. You NEED to enforce this rule
  24. Projects That Aren’t Officially Accepted - Are risky, without the opportunity to give feedback they leave you open to ...
  25. Being Bullied - When you are under time and/or money constraints, you are vulnerable to being pushed around. How to you prepare and protect yourself?
  26. When Problems Arise - The risks, and best approaches to minimise them
  27. Giving Feedback - When to do it, how to give it, and what risks early feedback poses
  28. Who Owns The Work? - How to ensure the strongest legal protection against your work being stolen
  29. Should You Establish A Company? - What does a company do, how can it keep you and your family safe

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