SoftwareKey.com / Concept Software E-Newsletter June 2001, Issue 2, Volume 3 ================================================================== You are receiving this newsletter because you are a registered owner of Protection PLUS(tm) or you have signed up for our newsletter on our web site. We are pleased to offer you this e-newsletter as a benefit of membership in the Concept Software product family and thank you for your continued suggestions, questions, feedback and requests. Your success is our success! CONSIDER THIS With now over 50 customers using Instant SOLO(sm), our sales have been breaking records month after month. Welcome to Techskills.com, St. James Software, Terravic Corporation, Relational Arts Corporation, Franwell Software and others who are new to using our automated e-commerce service. You can view some sample Virtual Storefronts from our customers at http://www.softwarekey.com/solo/instant/sample_customers.htm. Be sure to check out information on our SOLO Server Early Adopter Program included in this newsletter. Our online literature section of our web site has a downloadable multimedia CD and specification brochure in PDF form. You can download this information from http://www.softwarekey.com/startup/literature.htm. Or, send us your mailing address and we will send you a free CD and brochure. The current version of Protection PLUS is 4.109b released March of 2001. IN THIS ISSUE 1. Instant SOLO and SOLO Server now support Affiliate Program Management 2. SOLO Server Early Adopter Program 3. New Web Site with More Product Information 4. SOLO Server Details Now Available 5. New Protection PLUS FAQ Articles 6. Protection PLUS Affiliate Program Launched 7. Concept Software is hiring! =========================================================== 1. INSTANT SOLO AND SOLO SERVER NOW SUPPORT AFFILIATE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Have you considered launching an Affiliate Marketing Program to help boost your sales? One of the main benefits of this type of marketing is you don't pay for your ads. Instead you pay only when your advertising banner generates a sale or lead. By having other companies promote your products to their customers you generate new business you might otherwise miss. Success comes from the exposure you receive from affiliates' complementary products or services. We are proud to announce that both Instant SOLO and SOLO Server have built-in support for Affiliate Marketing. Your affiliates can sign up online, receive automated instructions and start promoting your products. You can generate reports from each affiliate to determine how much commission is owed to them. Simply sign up for SOLO and let us do all the work for you! To learn more about how affiliate programs work, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/startup/affiliate_info.htm. =========================================================== 2. SOLO SERVER EARLY ADOPTER PROGRAM With close to 50 companies now using Instant SOLO, processing thousands of dollars a day in software orders, SOLO Server has proven to be a stable, robust platform for selling software online. In addition, SOLO Server has been chosen by CazCat.com to manage their electronic licensing needs. Concept Software has decided to find 5 US-based "Early Adopter" sites. These are customers familiar with Protection PLUS and SoftwareKey SOLO who are willing to be a test location. We are offering a 50% discount on the estimated price we will charge for the turnkey package. We do not consider an "Early Adopter" the same as a beta tester, since the software distributed is the same running on our servers and processing live transactions all day long. If you are interested in our Early Adopter program, contact sales@softwarekey.com or call us +1 407 786 4457. You must already be using Protection PLUS in your application to participate. =========================================================== 3. NEW WEB SITE WITH MORE PRODUCT INFORMATION If you haven't been back to our site recently, be sure to stop back to check out our new look. Although our home page has not changed yet, the startup (http://www.softwarekey.com/startup/) and Products and Services (http://www.softwarekey.com/prod_serv.htm) pages have a new look and more information about our Instant SOLO e-commerce service and SOLO Server. Check out http://www.softwarekey.com/prod_serv.htm =========================================================== 4. SOLO SERVER DETAILS NOW AVAILABLE Included in our new web site design is a lot of information about SOLO Server, including a comparison to our Instant SOLO e-commerce service. We are very excited that this information is now publicly available. For an overview, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/solo/server/ For a detailed list of features in SOLO Server, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/solo/server/features.htm To compare SOLO Server to Instant SOLO, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/solo/server/compare_solos.htm System Requirements can be found at http://www.softwarekey.com/solo/server/system_requirements.htm =========================================================== 5. NEW PROTECTION PLUS FAQ ARTICLES Can I protect a customer from using GHOST or DRIVEIMAGE to make an image backup of a hard drive to gain an additional license? http://www.softwarekey.com/helpdesk/faq.asp?s=KEYWORDS&k=ghost What happens when EZ Trial or License File Aliases are used on a network-based application? http://www.softwarekey.com/helpdesk/faq.asp?s=ID&i=53 I sent out a fresh License File, my customer immediately ran the application and it reported being expired. Why? http://www.softwarekey.com/helpdesk/faq.asp?s=ID&i=47 How do I update License Files on production machines when using License File Aliases? http://www.softwarekey.com/helpdesk/faq.asp?s=KEYWORDS&k=production =========================================================== 6. PROTECTION PLUS AFFILIATE PROGRAM LAUNCHED Throughout our 10 year history, many new customers find us through referrals. We are now saying "thank you" to all new customer referrals by launching our Protection PLUS Affiliate Program. It's a fast and simple way to earn money from your web site. You can literally start earning referral fees in minutes. Best of all, it's free to participate, so you have nothing to lose! To learn more about how affiliate programs work, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/startup/affiliate_info.htm. To view more details specifically about the Protection PLUS affiliate program, go to http://www.softwarekey.com/plus/affiliate.htm. =========================================================== 7. CONCEPT SOFTWARE IS HIRING! Would you like to become more involved in the software licensing and e-commerce industry? Concept Software is currently hiring a Software Support Engineer. This position will be responsible for telephone and e-mail pre-sales and post-sales technical support as well as product design and development. Applicants must be fluent in C/C++ development. Fax resume to +1 407 786 4457 or e-mail to jobs@softwarekey.com. ============================================================== Copyright © 2001 Concept Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to re-distribute this newsletter electronically as long as source and copyright information is retained in the document.