Igor Delovski Board

[Mel]

At JoS: License Keys etc

"Hi,
I am looking for some information on license keys management. The
software is geared more towards enterprises rather than the consumer
market."

[delovski]

The Design of Software at JoS: Serial Numbers/Registration Keys.

"I have a product complete minus a round of beta testing, except for a
Serial Number/Reg Key system. Does anyone have any good places to
start researching alogoritms and methods for this?"

[Bjanko Novac]

Very popular subject: How does it work? Licenses, Payment Processors

"I am trying to figure out what most people do to sell their software with
license keys."

[delovski]

At CodeGuru: E-Commerce Tip: Programmatically Validate Credit Card Numbers

"All major credit cards (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and
Visa) use the Luhn algorithm to validate the numbers—why not you?"

[delovski]

At JoS: Esellerate SWreg

[XNote]

Another: Registration key generation and verification

"Does anyone have any references to using public/private key
encryption for the generation and verification of licence keys?"

[delovski]

At JoS: Serial Number Generator

"Does anyone here know of a software that you can buy that generates
thousands of keys in a specific format.  Then allows you to embed this
software somehow in your code, and can accept the key to "register".  All
this without using servers, and being offline?"

[delovski]

JoS: Software Ready Help me Sell It.

"I have a product that is about 95% ready for release.  Putting finishing
touches and implementing Trial licensing scheme to release the software
with registration option using one of the methods talked about on this
board."

Plus: Why are Americans so keen on CDs?

"I guess you could make a case about Americans being more materialist
and want physical possession and all that. But you would really be
stretching it. How big is your sample anyways."

[Frane]

Everything You Need To Know About Registration Systems

"One of the most common questions asked on the Business of Software
board by a new aspiring uISV is “How do I protect my software?” This post
is meant to be a comprehensive answer to that question, so folks can point
to it and say 'Alright, now get out of my hair!'"

[XNote]

A Pirate Story, story of his game sold by Pirates.

"So here's a pirate story. Unfortunately, it's not the kind with
swashbuckling and buried treasure and men yelling "Arr, Matey!" It's the
much more boring kind about digital media. But it's a personal story from
my own life, and my career as a videogame developer."

[delovski]

Standard place: Any experience with Avangate payment processor

"Does anybody has experience with Avangate? I believe it would be nice to
have a payment processor located in Europe."

[delovski]

JoS: Processing International Payments in the US

"I acquired a Canadian client and went to cash a check (in US dollars)
and the clerk said they had to charge me $40 processing fee and the
Canadian bank would probably charge me as well."

[delovski]

JoS: Payment Processing W/out Merchant Account, With API?

"We need API-based payment processing and are hoping to avoid the
merchant account path for now."

[Ike]

JoS: Are you using Share-it?

"I think they are also reducing their commissions a bit from 1 Jan"

[delovski]

Reference to a post Product Keys Based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), here at the board.

[delovski]

JoS: Licensing Strategy

"Here are a few things that i've learned from this forum and other research."

[Ike]

Code Guru: Product Activation Based on RSA Signatures,
by Jeffrey Walton

"This article will present the reader with a framework for Product Activation.
It is a logical conclusion to Product Keys Based on the Advanced Encryption
Standard and Product Keys Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography."

[delovski]

shareit i sl. (CRO)

"Evo nekih par komada, molda koji odgovara...

http://www.emetrix.com/
http://www.digitalcandle.com/
http://www.digibuy.com/
http://www.bmtmicro.com/
http://www.avangate.com/online-payment-solutions/
http://www.order1.net/
http://www.osolis.com/
http://www.plimus.com/
http://www.reg.net/
http://www.regnow.com/

Ako treba jos, javi..."

[Ike]

JoS: Automatically issuing licence key

"Companies like Share*It ( http://www.shareit.com/ ) and Element5
( http://www.element5.com ) automate this process completely - you send
them a keygen or (better) batch of keys, and upon purchase they provide
the customer with a key."

[Ike]

JoS: UK Co taking US$ payments - paypal or google?

"Would anyone who uses both processors care to say which they prefer. I
need to accept regular payments of $600 per quarter."

[Ike]

JoS: ARG! My eyes! Payment processor page looks aweful

"What is that? IMO this is totally unacceptable. My product needs to have a
professional feel not some tacky paypal spamming page. Sigh.. What payment
processor do you recommend that manages to convey a professional look?"