How to create a software that you can sell

Create and sell software

 Programming a good software that you can sell in a huge online markets is not that easy as you think, but there is a high potential to do that and make a good sales by following the below steps, taking into consideration that you must have a good programming capabilities.

Steps to create a software that you can sell:

1- Software Idea

Basically you should come up with the idea of your software first, but this is the trick here since there are a lot and huge number of software that resembles each others online, for example if you search for a photo editor software on google then results will show hundreds if not thousands of that kind of software, so the probability of selling your photo editor software is low here.

So first of all, you need to look for a software that is rare to find or at least having few competitors and an example of that, if you search for a software that do auto typing or speaking text then results will be few software of this kind on search engines which makes your ability to sell or spread the word about your software more efficient and successful.

2- Software Features

This could be the most important step, once you decide what to program then search for software that resemble the one you are about to program and they should be few as mentioned in step 1, download and install them on your computer. Now run each one of them and implement the below:

• Pick the good and useful features out of these software and program them in yours.
• Find deficiencies and improve them in your software.
• See what useful features these software are missing and add them to your software.

By implementing the 2nd step, you will program a powerful and could be a unique software.

3- Software Testing

This is another important step to do, testing your software is a must and need to run your software installation on many windows platforms to make sure it installs fine.

To do this easily you will need to use a virtual machine and a good one i already use is Virtualbox where you will be able to run your software on each virtual windows. Once you make sure it runs smoothly and successfully then move to test the software itself. Run your software and try each feature separately and you can test them many times and try all the possibilities that could show bugs that if in case found then you must fix them.

Take time as it needs for testing because if the users found bugs in your software then they will loose trust and uninstall it even it is a powerful software.

4- Software Cleaning

You have to make sure that your software is clean from viruses, scan it by many not only one antivirus to completely have a clean copy.

The best way to do that is using the antiviruses scan online just like VirusTotal and many others you can get benefit of them.

The reason to do so is that many download websites will not let you publish your software to them if it was not 100% clean, also the end users who will download your software from your website will have problems since their antivirus tools will detect and block it if it is not clean.

5- Software Publishing

Now it is time to publish your software to download websites, you have 2 ways to do so, either manually or automatically as will be explained by details in below.

In both cases, you need to create your software PAD in order to publish it easily, go to publisher appvisor and create your PAD there.

- Manual software submission: you can find all download websites you can publish to them on PAD sites, now you can submit your PAD manually on each one that is related to your software.

- Automatic software submission: to save time and efforts, you can use a software to publish yours automatically and in my opinion the best one in the market is Robosoft, it is free to try for 30 days and you can submit your software as many times you want.

6- Software Advertising: After completing the previous steps then it is time to advertise and market your software, if your website is newbie and no good traffic driven to it then it is for sure you need to use advertisements to drive visitors to your website that could be possible buyers.

There are many websites and advertisements systems in the market, one of the best is Google Adwords that will allow you to target audience and many other features. For me, i am using it besides many other websites to advertise such like Reddit which allows you to choose where to show your advertisement in their sub-reddits and also target the audience.

7- Spread the word: You have to spread the word about your software, and the most efficient way to do so is writing a quality articles and posts about your software and submit them to social media networks and blogs websites such like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Yahoo, Microsoft, Blogger, etc...


If all the steps above are completely achieved well then you should expect some sales.


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How to enable Windows Aero

First of all, you need to be sure that your graphics card supports Aero. Then make sure your graphics driver is up to date by right clicking on My Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> expand it and select your graphics card -> Right click and click on 'Update Driver Software'.

Next step is to check if Aero is disabled in Windows Registry then re-enable it again.

Warning: editing Windows registry can cause permanent damage to your Windows so it is recommended that you backup your registry before.

Go to Windows Start -> Type 'Regedit' -> click on it.

Now navigate to KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
On the left pane double click on the value entry 'EnableAeroPeek' and change its value from 0 to 1.

This will enable Windows Aero, if not then you must restart your windows so the registry changes will take action.

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Windows 7 Slow Performance

Sometimes Windows 7 runs slow and seems to stuck with or without running applications, usually this occurs due to the Windows visual effects that could be heavy on graphics card and/or allocated huge space in system memory.

This is not caused by bugs or something wrong by Windows, but it simply needs an enough capacity of graphics card and RAM.

To solve this issue, simply follow the below steps:

Go to -> Windows Start, type 'Performance' and then select 'Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows' from the results shown to you. A windows called 'Performance Options' will open.

Under 'Visual Effects' tab you have 2 options to solve this issue:

1- Select 'Adjust for best performance', this will automatically unchecked all of the visual effects but it will make your Windows bare of all visual effects.

OR

2- Select 'Custom' and check both 'Smooth edges of screen fonts' and 'Use visual styles on windows and buttons'. This will enhance the Windows performance with retaining the good looking interface.

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How to open hyperlinks on your default browser

Usually, outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.. hyperlinks opened on your default browser but sometimes the change of the default settings from one browser to another causes hyperlinks to not open and windows pop up a message telling you that as per our policies we can not open link, please contact your IT desk.

The solution is pretty easy, follow the below steps:

1- Click windows start and type 'Default Programs' and click on it.

2- Click on 'Set your default programs'.

3- On the left pane pick your browser that you want to set it as default, for example we pick on Internet Explorer.

4- Last step, click on 'Set this program as default'

Now try to open hyperlinks from outlook emails or from Excel or any program, it will open the link by default on Internet Explorer.

Of course you can change it to google chrome or whatever browser you want by following the steps above.

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