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Publisher Program Details

Are you looking to market and sell software internationally? If you have software components, development tools or utilities for IT Pros we can help!

Publisher Program TiersJoin our worldwide product marketing program - ComponentSource is the # 1 global online distributor of software components and development tools! The ComponentSource worldwide Publisher Program has been developed based on our experiences since founding the company in 1995 and on extensive feedback from our customers, publishers and partners. Our marketing activities have made us the world's leading marketplace for software components and development tools for all platforms.

This Publisher Program is designed to match needs of our customers - such as individual developers, small, medium & large development teams, ISVs, corporations and global enterprises - to the various products and publishers in the ComponentSource product catalog. The program allows you to differentiate your company and products through enhanced marketing - whilst at the same time allowing smaller businesses or start-up publishers to reach a global audience cost effectively.

There is an annual or monthly membership fee to join our program and for this fee you get clearly defined marketing benefits so that you can easily budget your costs and know exactly what you are getting for your money.

The ComponentSource Publisher Program has four tiers, each tailored to the differing marketing goals of publishers who develop components and tools for resale.

  • Author Our entry-level tier with online marketing & a multi-lingual customer service sales team.
  • Professional Partner Our professional entry-level tier with preferential online & email marketing services OR optional paper catalog print media marketing
  • Corporate Partner Our premium marketing tier with online, email and print marketing services. Note: Membership at this level is by invitation only
  • Enterprise Partner Customized global partnerships for our premier publisher marketing tier. Note: Membership at this level is by invitation only

Join our Publisher Program or for further information or assistance, please email us: publishers@componentsource.com

Publisher Program Tier Name & Service DescriptionAuthor
Our Entry-level Tier
Professional
Enhanced
Online & Email Marketing
Professional
Online & Paper Catalog
Marketing
Corporate
Our Premium Publisher Marketing Tier
Enterprise
Customized Global Partnerships
Financial Details & Fees     
Annual subscription fee
You can pay a discounted annual fee OR pay us monthly
$1,000/yr$3,600/yr$3,600/yr$12,000/yr$24,000/yr
Monthly subscription fee
If you pay us monthly you can help your cash flow
Or
$100/mo
Or
$360/mo
Or
$360/mo
Or
$1,200/mo
Or
$2,400/mo
Joining Fee
A fee to help us cover the cost of testing your products
$500FREEFREEFREEFREE
1. Customer Services
a. Product Testing - Clean, install, test and feedback on all products
b. Use our 49 toll free numbers for your global customer services
c. Use of our multi-lingual customer services and 1st line support centers in: Atlanta, GA, US - Reading, England & Tokyo, Japan
d. Multi-currency purchasing facilities by credit card & PO
e. Fraud detection system, we guarantee all our sales. If the sale is from our Web Site and is fraudulent - we will still pay you!
2. Value Added Services
a. Assistance with product positioning, licensing and pricing
b. FREE ESD Service - to run your own online eShop on your own Web site (We only charge a 6% transaction fee in 1st year)
c. Use of ComponentSource high bandwidth download facilities
d. Optional Source Code Escrow Service to help boost your sales
3. Marketing Services
a. All your products listed on our ComponentSource Web site
b. Your products are submitted to all major Internet search engines
c. Your products listed in our community partner affiliate stores
d. Use of ComponentSource publisher tier & company logos
e. Tier status shown on ComponentSource Web site
f. Your company credentials are displayed on our Web site75 words150 words
+ Your Logo
150 words
+ Your Logo
250 words
+ Your Logo
500 words
+ Your Logo
g. New products and versions appear in New Releases Area
h. New releases appear in our weekly email newsletter
i. Products recommended to partners, with a component and tool store provided by ComponentSource, as suitable for additional exposure and promotion (higher tier products recommended first)
j. Discount on additional advertising that you purchase10% off List Price20% off
List Price
20% off
List Price
30% off
List Price
40% off
List Price
k. Products eligible to appear on our Japanese Web site
4. Enhanced Marketing Services
a. Qualifying products will be translated into Japanese
(Products Qualify if they are a Bestseller)
 
b. Free Web & Keyword adverts 3 months1 months3 months6 months
c. Product featured advert in weekly customer email newsletter 1 Advert/year guaranteed 1 Advert/year guaranteed1 Advert/year guaranteed
d. Product screen shots for all online product catalog listings 
e. Products displayed sorted by tier to browsing customers 
f. Reciprocal links to your Web site 
g. Product screenshots displayed in our search results page 
h. We provide PR guidelines to create good case studies 
i. Appearance in paper catalogs - 4 issues per year with a total annual circulation of 200,000 issues  Quarter page product highlight + Up to 5 price entriesHalf page product highlight + Up to 10 price entriesFull page product highlight + Up to 20 price entries
j. English Paper Catalog - Full Page Color Advert   1 Full Page2 Full Pages
k. Partners featured in the ComponentSource weekly customer email newsletter via link to Partner Pages   
l. Train our Customer Service Teams so that they can understand and sell more of your products   
m. Sales feedback for modifying products to fulfill requirements   
n. ComponentSource provides supporting Press Release Quotes   
o. Entry to these premium tiers is by invitation only   
p. Program customized to exactly meet your global marketing and customer service requirements    
Publisher Program Tier Name & Service DescriptionAuthor
Our Entry-level Tier
Professional
Enhanced
Online & Email Marketing
Professional
Online & Paper Catalog
Marketing
Corporate
Our Premium Publisher Marketing Tier
Enterprise
Customized Global Partnerships
Worldwide Value Added Reseller AgreementsDownload Author AgreementDownload Professional AgreementDownload Enterprise Agreement

Join our Publisher Program or for further information or assistance, please email us: publishers@componentsource.com