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CHAPTER.5
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Would you like to make money at home with your
computer? Although fast becoming a crowded field, this may
be one of the ultimate cottage industries. You can start
with as little investment as one computer, which you
probably already have if you are reading this file. It is so
easy to do, even kids can do it after school to earn extra
money. It sure beats babysitting or delivering newspapers!
Sometimes I refer to the slot on the front of a
computer as the money slot, the place where money comes out!
This business is extremely easy to start, simply
assemble a collection of shareware that you like, make
copies, and sell them. It's just that easy! Well almost.
Here are a few tips: Shareware disks are ten times easier to
sell for $1 than for $2 or $3 each. Make sure that what
you are selling are shareware or public domain programs.
You must avoid selling copies of something that the author
maintains full rights to. Anything that you may copy will
normally say so specifically somewhere within the disk. To
get more master disks for your collection, you can order
interesting titles from your own favorite shareware vendors.
Then, when you get a disk you'd like to copy and sell, write
to the author for permission to do so. Almost always, the
author will gladly give you the permission. Sometimes, they
even send you a free copy of their latest version.
There are many ways to sell shareware. You can sell at a
flea market on weekends, you can make a flyer listing your
programs and paper the town with them. You can also send
these flyers to people. You can carry a box of disks around
in the back of your car and sell to friends and
acquaintances. You can consign disks to retail stores. You
can even use shareware disks as a great trading medium. I
have traded bunches of shareware disks for a VGA monitor,
VGA card, laptop computer, and other neat toys.
On a small part-time scale, your only cost is blank
disks and labels. You can get a box of labels at any
stationery store. Blank disks sell for as little as 19 cents
each. Look in any issue of the big computer magazines and
you will see several mail-order suppliers of blank disks.
For a full-time business you have to experiment with
advertising and build a large clientele. The best way is to
start a small part-time business and let it grow larger as
your experience grows. We recommend that you play with
several low cost advertisements first and see which formats
work best for you. Do not place $2000 ads until you know you
have designed them just right. Once you gain this
experience, enjoy the profits!
If you are interested in this business, we would like
to help. We can tell you all the pitfalls to avoid, all the
best ways to get customers (mail order, retail, wholesale,
consignment, and a surprise way that works really well),
where to get the best (and lowest cost) disk copying
software, and important addresses of shareware authors, disk
wholesalers, and more.
For the whole inside story, order THE SECRETS OF OUR
SUCCESS, the inside info on establishing a successful
shareware distribution business. This disk shows you how to
start a shareware business on your kitchen table and build
it into a small empire. THE SECRETS OF OUR SUCCESS works
with all IBM-compatible computers.
Price: $79.95 (No extra charge for postage, handling or
tax!)
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503-846-7884
Please specify 5.25" or 3.5" disk size.
(Outside USA: Send US funds drawn on a US bank)
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