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#1: 4 Weeks Ago
hello,

i have many scripts like matrimonial script, job portal script, classified script, real estate script, auction script, b2b script and more..........

plz suggest me how can i sell my script

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re: how to sell scripts


Advertise them on your site.

PHP is not the easiest language to develop commercial applications in because your source files are not compiled, and, as such, can be read, passed around, and modified by anyone.

Of course, you can include copyright notices in the script and then take legal action against anyone you suspect to be using them without your permission, but I doubt your efforts would be fruitful.

The way I intend to make money from PHP development is simple: provide the application code free, but charge for any support. As far as I know, a lot of companies do this.

Hope this helps,
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re: how to sell scripts


Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus View Post

The way I intend to make money from PHP development is simple: provide the application code free, but charge for any support. As far as I know, a lot of companies do this.

And a lot of people (especially other companies) are prepared to pay for this. I do admit I don't, but that's because it's more of a hobby for me and I like to make my own things, but if my intentions of starting a business come true and I need some application, I would be happy to pay for support, provided the support was good and it wasn't stupidly priced.

Ultimately PHP being open sourced means it attracts open source minded people, so it's much more difficult to make money from. However, companies like Joomla! have commercially available modules which they charge for, and if you're interested, latching onto a community like that could give you the customer base you need. One of the reasons I don't use Joomla! because all the good stuff you have to pay for, but there are tonnes of people who do, so have a look at it.
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#4: 4 Weeks Ago

re: how to sell scripts


security is a must; here is a couple links:

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  1. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=how+to+encrypt+php+source+code&aq=2&aqi=g4&oq=how+to+encrypt+php&fp=c807e9ccc08a197a
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advertise on your site, freelancer sites, all networking sites, etc...

hope this helps
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