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Considered for a long time as a
selling technique of young software developers, shareware is a
software marketing method that starts gaining ground with big
companies too. As a software publisher, you probably want to spend
your time developing new products – you don’t want the time and
expense of creating and managing an online store. There is a number
of registration services in the Net. They offer you a complete
solution to sell online your products and services. You can offer
your customers secure credit card registrations over the Internet
for free. This site is intended as an aid for shareware authors to
compare and select the most appropriate shareware registration
services.
The list below are
the processing and other associated
fees for each shareware registration service. Please note that some
services have "setup fees", and most may charge the vendor each time
a customer requests a refund. Those information was gathered from
the website of each shareware registration service, and is believed
to be accurate, but be sure to check with the actual service. If any
registration service notes an error in any of the information here,
please contact me at support@regsw.com and I will be happy to
correct it. Likewise, if you know of a service which should be
listed but isn't, please contact them and mention this page. I will
be happy to add more entries, if given sufficient details to
complete the items below. |
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Service / Fee |
Setup Fees |
Processing Fees |
Refund / Chargeback |
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Avangate |
$12.5 |
a) 4.9% +
$2.50 b) 8%, $2.50 minimum |
keep the commission
charged |
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BMT Micro |
None |
a) WebSeller
Standard: 9.5%, $1.25 minimum
b) WebSeller Plus: 8%~15%, $1.25 minimum
c) Comprehensive: 20%, No minimum. see Appendix I |
7%, no fees for
Comprehensive Tier |
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Digi-Buy |
$19.95 sign-ups from
RegNow |
a) 13.9%, $3.00 minimum
for current clients b) 6.9% +
$1.00 for news |
$2.00 |
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Digital Candle |
None |
10%, no minimum |
None |
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EC Suite |
None |
A) 4.9% + $1 |
None |
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Emetrix |
None |
8.9%, $0.89 minimum |
None |
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eSellerate |
None |
10% ~ 15%, $0.5 minimum.
see Appendix II |
None |
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Qwerks |
None |
15%, $2.25 minimum |
None |
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iPortis |
None |
6.5% of transaction total
(excluding taxes) + $0.50 |
None |
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Kagi |
None |
2.5% + $1.00 for products
$20 and under
2.5% + $2.00 for products $25.01 - $100
2.5% + $5.00 for products $100 and over |
$25 fee for chargebacks. No fees for
refunds |
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NorthStar Solutions |
None |
4% + $2.00 |
None |
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Order1.net |
None |
15% |
None |
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Osolis |
None |
8% + $0.60, see Appendix
III |
Refunds: original fee retained
Chargebacks: original fee refunded |
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Plimus |
None |
4.5% ~ 15%, $0.75
minimum. see Appendix IV |
Keep their processing fee |
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RegNet |
None |
10% + $3.00 for products
over $20
20% for products $20 or less |
None |
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RegNow |
$19.95 |
a) 6.9% + $1.00, $2.00
minimum
b) 16%, $2.00 minimum |
Regnow will keep their original
retail margin. |
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RegSoft |
$9.95 |
a) 8.9% for products over
$30
b) $3.00 for products $30 or less |
Chargeback and refund bank fees will
be absorbed by RegSoft |
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ShareIt |
None |
a) 5% + $2.95
b) 14.9%, $2.50 minimum |
None |
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SWREG |
None |
2.9% + $1, $1.50 minimum. see Appendix V |
Retain all commissions. |
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Virtually-Free.com |
None |
15%, £10 minimum |
None |
Notes:
All fees are in US Dollars
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Appendix I: BMT
Micro
Fee
http://www.bmtmicro.com/
Setup fees:
None
Processing fees:
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Registration type |
BMT Micro Fee |
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WebSeller Standard |
9.5%, $1.25 minimum |
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WebSeller Plus |
$0.00-$40.00 15% ($1.25 minimum) |
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$40.01-$90.00 13% |
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$90.01-$200.00 9.5% |
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$200.01+
8% |
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Comprehensive |
20%, no minimum |
Refund fees: None
Appendix II:
eSellerate
Fee
http://www.eSellerate.com/
Setup fees:
None
Processing fees:
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Aggregate Sales |
eSellerate Fee |
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$0 - $15,000 |
10% |
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$15,000 - $50,000 |
15% |
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$50,000 - $100,000 |
14% |
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$100,000 - $500,000 |
13% |
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$500,000 - $1,000,000 |
12% |
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$1,000,000 -
$5,000,000 |
11% |
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$5,000,000 and above |
10% |
Refund fees: None
Appendix III:
Osolis
Fee
http://www.osolis.com/
Setup fees:
None
Processing fees:
|
Registration type |
OSoLiS Fee |
| Regular |
US$ 0.75 + 10% per license |
Non-copy-protected,
upgrade,
cross-grade |
US$ 0.60 + 8% per license |
| Affiliate payment |
US$ 0.25 per license |
| License only |
1% of nominal sale price, maximum US$ 0.60 |
| Freeware license |
NONE! |
Refund fees:
Refunds: original fee retained
Chargebacks: original fee refunded |
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Appendix IV:
Plimus
Fee
http://www.plimus.com/
Setup fees:
None
Processing fees:
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Transaction Amount Range (In
US Dollars) |
Commission Rate |
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$0 - $4.99 |
75 cents |
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$5 - $8.99 |
15% |
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$9 - $49.99 |
10% |
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$50 - $59.99 |
9% |
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$60 - $79.99 |
8% |
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$80 - $99.99 |
7% |
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$100 - $139.99 |
6% |
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$140 - $279.99 |
5% |
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$280 and above |
4.5% |
Refund fees:
It does not cost anything to
process a refund. However, in the event of a
refund, Plimus does not refund it's processing fee. As for
chargebacks if your
over all chargeback ratio is lower than 0.4% there is no additional
chargeback
fee. If your chargeback ratio is higher than 0.4% there is a fee of
$ 15.00
per chargeback. |
Appendix V: SWREG
Fee
http://www.swreg.org/
Setup fees:
None
Processing fees:
a) 2.9% + $1.00, $1.50 minimum, 2% surcharge for Amex.
b) 15% (2% surcharge for Amex) no monthly fee
c) Micro-payments: $0.69 per transaction, (+2% for Amex. Subject to
$20 a month account fee.
Refund fees:
|
Refunds |
Amex/JCB |
Retain all
commissions |
| Other cards & PayPal |
Retain all
commissions |
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Chargeback |
Keep their commission
plus $5 fee if not prior retrieval received |
(Most
bank owned merchant accounts charge $15-$25 for these.) |
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