Where can I sell my software?

November 20, 2005 6:45 PM

I've written a simple video converter app that I'd like to sell online. Does anyone know of a good place online to sell software you've written?
posted by mrhappybanjo to computers & internet (7 comments total)

Paypal.

You will probably run across Kagi as well. I do not recommend them.
posted by trevyn at 6:52 PM on November 20, 2005

Well, you probably want to have a 30-day free trial or whatnot and set yourself up as a Download.com vendor. If you don't, you're almost sure to be nearly ungoogleable in any practical sense.

You can also do downloads via Amazon or Yahoo! stores. Basically, look around at what other vendors of similar software are doing, figure out what seems to be working best, and you'll have your answer.
posted by dhartung at 7:20 PM on November 20, 2005

Yes, I'd thought about posting at download.com - but they have an approval process and a bit of a wait before your software shows up there - i also considered amazon or even ebay for that matter ... i just thought there might be a place on the web that people automatically go to sell there software. kind of like, if i want to sell a hard good... i would automatically go to ebay.
posted by mrhappybanjo at 7:26 PM on November 20, 2005

This seems to be the kind of thing that the new Google Base was designed for.
posted by megatherium at 7:32 PM on November 20, 2005

List as shareware on VersionTracker.com.
posted by qwip at 7:40 PM on November 20, 2005

megatherium: what?
posted by null terminated at 7:59 PM on November 20, 2005

eSellerate offers services similar to kagi.
posted by rajbot at 8:09 PM on November 20, 2005