August 2001: Benoit Blandin is now maintaining the information listed below - see http://www.regshare.com/

SHAREGS - An overview of Shareware Registration Services

This is http://mini.net/pub/sharegs.html - updated on March 25, 2001

The list below is intended as an aid for shareware authors to compare and select the most appropriate shareware registration service(s).
This is not an endorsement of any service.

SERVICE OVERVIEW

Name  Code  Web site Location
Albert's Ambry
Atlantic Coast / SWREG
BMT Micro, Inc.
Digibuy
DITR Marketing
DP Computing
Get Software
Shareware Sellers
Laneware
Kagi
Northstar Solutions
Public Software Library
OSoLiS
Qwerks
RegNet
Regi$ter Online!
RegSoft.com
Register Now!
Shareware-Australia
SetSystems
ShareIt!
Software Library
UK Shareware Registration Ltd
Stars
V-Share
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http://swreg.org/
http://www.bmtmicro.com/
http://www.digibuy.com/
http://www.ditr.com/
http://www.dpcomputing.com.au/
http://www.getsoftware.com/
http://www.sharewaresellers.com/
http://laneware.gb3.com/
http://www.kagi.com/
http://nstarsolutions.com/
http://www.pslweb.com/
http://www.osolis.com/
http://www.qwerks.com/
http://www.reg.net/
http://registerline.com/
http://www.regsoft.com/
http://www.regnow.com/
http://www.shareware-australia.com/
http://www.setsystems.com/
http://www.shareit.com/
http://www.brainriver.com/
http://www.uksharereg.com/
http://stars.sai.com/
http://www.v-share.com/
http://www.yaskifo.com/ 		Philadelphia PA, USA
Colyton, England, UK
Wilmington NC, USA
Cheshire CT, USA
San Diego CA, USA
South Australia
San Jose CA, USA
Rockville MD, USA
Buffalo NY, USA
Berkeley CA, USA
Manhattan KS, USA
Houston TX, USA
Cambridge, UK
Draper UT, USA
Santa Clarita CA, USA
St. Louis MO, USA
Atlanta GA, USA
Issaquah WA, USA
Maroubra, Australia
Newhall CA, USA
Köln, Germany
Moscow, Russia
Isle of Man, UK
Brookline NH, USA
Swanton VT, USA
Lille, France

COMPARISON MATRIX

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Services for users:
  Send a receipt
  Immediate confirmation
  Registered download
  Confirmation email
  Link to author site
  Order custom SwiftCD
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Services for authors:
  Custom order form
  Issue registration codes
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  Unique ID, each order
  Monthly summary
  Test with fake order
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