Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Last week the CFO of one of our largest customers contacted us to say "Thank
You".
I would like to share the following Success Story with you:
Our client released a brand new version of their software product in early
2006 and switched to a flexible software maintenance subscription model
(Subscription and Support Certificate). The initial installation process,
the web update (live update) functionality and subscription validation
process are completely powered by SetupBuilder 5.x Developer Edition. Their
Subscription and Support Certificate covers all updates and enhancements
made to the product during a period of three, six, or 12 month. If a new
major release is done within that period months, that will be covered as
well.
Result: our client increased the sales of new software licenses by 6% (this
is not related to our SetupBuilder technology). But they improved software
license upgrade (= subscription certificate) revenue by 70% and realized
over $500,000 in incremental revenue. This is a result of the new web
update and subscription technology powered by SetupBuilder 5.x Developer
Edition. They are achieving a 79% renewal rate for existing (three and six
month) Subscription and Support Certificates.
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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910
"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5.5
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Nice success story Friedrich, congratulations. But how anyone using SB5 and
not using your web update and subscription technology is beyond me, I
wouldn't be without it now :)
Colin Wynn [Administer Software Ltd]
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Bravo Friedrich !
WorldWide software soon of the sale level of InstallShield or Wise etc ...!
Tell Sv ... <G> (maybe X'mas will come sooner then expected like this ...
JP
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Thank you
Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ
Best Regards
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
On 21 Aug 2006 06:56:02 -0400, friedrich linder wrote:
> I would like to share the following Success Story with you:
Excellent news Friedrich!
> Result: our client increased the sales of new software licenses by 6% (this
> is not related to our SetupBuilder technology). But they improved software
> license upgrade (= subscription certificate) revenue by 70% and realized
> over $500,000 in incremental revenue. This is a result of the new web
> update and subscription technology powered by SetupBuilder 5.x Developer
> Edition. They are achieving a 79% renewal rate for existing (three and six
> month) Subscription and Support Certificates.
Tell them that Andrea accepts donations!
;-)
Charles
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Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Hi,
Please keep doing what your doing and don't sell out to InstallShield. :-)
-Robert
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Ossum! You gotta like stories like that!
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Russ Eggen
www.radfusion.com
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Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Hi Friedrich,
>I would like to share the following Success Story with you:
Cool!:)
Best regards,
Arnór Baldvinsson
Icetips Software
San Antonio, Texas, USA
www.icetips.com
Subscribe to information from Icetips.com:
http://www.icetips.com/subscribe.php
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Hi Colin,
<G> Thank you :)
Friedrich
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
As a result of your description in the "success story" I have just been on
your Web-site and, as I read it, the Developer Edition allows me to:
1. Set up a Web site containing the latest version(s)
2. Put a template into my app and supply a small exe
3. When clicked-on by the user it will
a. check the validity of the request against my database
b. automatically go and look for the correct upgrade at my specified site.
And I don't have to do more than generate the upgrades, include the
template and maintain the database? Your system will do all the grunt-work
of comparing and checking versions, accessing the Web, validating licenses,
downloading, updating etc.
If this is all so, I am more than impressed!
Dermot
Re: Success Story: Software Subscription powered by SetupBuilder 5
Hi Dermot,
Thank you!
Yes, this is correct. But you don't have to include any template. A small
web update client (compiled from a SetupBuilder script) checks for updates
and, if available, downloads and installs the dynamic web update installer
package. One of the benefits of a dynamic web installer update package is
that it downloads only the data necessary for an installation.
BTW, the web installer update package handles subscription key verification,
not the web server! And if the subscription expired and the customer choose
not to renew the subscription, he/she will be able to continue to install
the versions, which were released prior to the subscription expiration, but
cannot install/update future versions. If the customer purchases a new
subscription, you only have to generate a new subscription key and send it
to the customer.
Friedrich
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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910
"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5