Ask HN: Does Shareware still work in 2018?
66 by dgarud | 45 comments on Hacker News.
I put a lot of thought into a software which solves a real problem and could be licenced on a per machine basis. (Small company pays less than a bigger one - i.e. pay per use). To go for a startup selling licenced copies, I would need an investor but I don't really know how much the product will sell. The investors like to see hockey stick graphs which I can't claim. I know there are companies that created open source projects on github and then have businesses doing custom work around it, but I don't know if this will work for me. I feel the product itself provides value and I would like to make some revenue off it. Now I am thinking this is a good fit for shareware - i.e distribute freely - let anyone who feels it is worth pay for it. I can distribute with source so if someone wants to modify sections they can do so. Please let me know your thoughts.
66 by dgarud | 45 comments on Hacker News.
I put a lot of thought into a software which solves a real problem and could be licenced on a per machine basis. (Small company pays less than a bigger one - i.e. pay per use). To go for a startup selling licenced copies, I would need an investor but I don't really know how much the product will sell. The investors like to see hockey stick graphs which I can't claim. I know there are companies that created open source projects on github and then have businesses doing custom work around it, but I don't know if this will work for me. I feel the product itself provides value and I would like to make some revenue off it. Now I am thinking this is a good fit for shareware - i.e distribute freely - let anyone who feels it is worth pay for it. I can distribute with source so if someone wants to modify sections they can do so. Please let me know your thoughts.
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