ComponentSource achieved record sales for components and tools in the month of September 2004. In total sales were 51% up on the same month last year – which is pretty impressive growth. From what we can see sales for .NET products are really taking off around the world – led by North America. Thank you for your support – hopefully you are all seeing growing sales in your particular market sectors. One question I have been asked by several of you recently is “So - how fast do you think the market is growing right now?” and I would welcome your views on this. How fast do you think the component and/or tools market is growing right now? What are you seeing in your market sector or geographic region? I would be happy to discuss this you – as we have a global, as well as cross-platform perspective that is fairly unique in the marketplace. Please email harryk@componentsource.com if you have any observations or questions about market growth.

Many of you know that keeping us updated with new versions and products is usually rewarded with increased marketing and increased sales. Regularly revising your products and editions is critical to keeping your products in the thoughts of our mutual customers and also in boosting your sales – both directly and indirectly in the channel. We will shortly be starting a new process where you will regularly be contacted by your Technical Account Manager to check that we are up to date with all your latest products, editions, versions and patches. Please keep an eye out for this new email and reply to your Technical Account Manager with any changes to pricing or new releases that you would like to make. if you don’t know who your Technical Account Manager is – then logon to our Web Site and you can see who it is in your Sales Report area or email harryk@componentsource.com and I will reply to let you know.

I hope you enjoyed reading the article from Eric Sink that we highlighted in Aug/Sep. We have seen a steady increase in product prices here at ComponentSource with options that include .NET or Java Source Code and enhanced support becoming increasingly popular. Team and Site Licenses also continue to be popular and the combination of all these effects lifted our average order value to $749 to $759 in any given month. So if you think that there is a “hidden glass ceiling” at the $500 level – then perhaps you need to think again. From what we have seen recently the trend on prices for professional software components continues to rise – with more and more value added services being offered by our product publishing partners. Please email harryk@componentsource.com if you need assistance with creating your product licensing model.

		You have received this email because you have registered on our site and asked to receive our email newsletter. If you prefer not to receive emails from ComponentSource, please unsubscribe. Mailings to you may currently be in progress, so please allow 48 hours for your updated preferences to take full effect. If you believe that you are receiving this email in error or after you have already requested to be removed from our mailing lists - please email us at: abuse@componentsource.com. If you have any questions or comments about this email, please contact feedback@componentsource.com or call us. US Headquarters: ComponentSource, 3391 Town Point Drive NW, Suite 350, Kennesaw, GA 30144-7083, USA European Headquarters: ComponentSource, 30 Greyfriars Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1PE, United Kingdom Japanese Headquarters: ComponentSource, 3F Kojimachi Square Bldg, 3-3 Kojimachi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 102-0083