What is an Iconico Developer Partner?
Selling software over the web is a tough business and something that many shareware
developers try and do on their own. Often even though you can code a great application
the visitors don't simply come to your site and the sales don't happen.
At Iconico we partner with developers from around the globe. The concept is
simple, you concentrate on the code and write a great application and we take care of
everything else, and we mean everything. We'll help you get your application
up to scratch and release it right here on Iconico.com, promoted alongside all of
our other applications. We'll publicize the new application to our loyal user base
and sell the application in our store. We'll handle the first line of support so
that you can develop on your own schedule, giving you the freedom to do what you do best,
which is write great software.
A Real Partnership
At Iconico we sell great software, and to make that software we need great developers.
We call our developers 'partners' because you really are partnering with us.
We make money by splitting the sales revenue and never charge you a fee.
That means it's in our interest to do the best job we can to promote your software.
Our developers come from a wide background, here are just a few:
- Professional Software Authors, who simply don't have time to do the sales
- Non Native English Developers, who use our expertise to sell into the US and global markets
- Students and Junior Developers, who benefit from our mentoring to produce world-class products
- Developers with existing products, who no longer want to support and promote their software
Even if you don't have any product ideas yourself then we can get you started on one of ours, and
we have a very long list waiting for you.
Current Developer Partners
We have many Developer Partners who are selling their software on Iconico.
Here are what a few of them have to say.
Alex joined us as a Developer Partner when he could no longer devote his time to continuing to
support his application 'Sleepy'. We provide ongoing sales and support for his great product.
The easy to use auto shutdown software to turn off your computer on a schedule and prevent computer use at night.
“When I started a full time job
I didn't have time to market my software on my own anymore
(and I never felt like I was really doing a great job of it anyway).
Getting started with Iconico was fast and easy, their terms were fair,
and they've landed big customers that I couldn't have found on my own.
Our ongoing collaboration is smooth and painless.
”
- Alex Benenson
personal website
SyCore Logic came to us from the Ukraine, needing promotion of their software
in the English speaking markets. We provided advice on the product, language services,
marketing and support.
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“Our SyCore Logic Company is very happy to cooperate with
Iconico Company that promotes software
products on the market in the shortest possible time. Business with such a partner is astonishing.
We are very thankful to Nico for efficiency and high qualifications while solving technical problems,
as well as financial ones during implementation of software products. Partnership with Iconico
provides us with possibility to develop software planed for future, thanks to the profits that
we get from collateral business with Iconico. We are very glad to cooperate mutually beneficial.
We believe that this company can become a leader in the corresponding segment on the world market
in selling software products.
”
- Vitaliy Guseyv
company website
Mat's a web developer and a world traveller. He decided to build ColorPop, but wasn't able
to commit to giving support to customers so Iconico handles all ColorPop's marketing and customers.
The pop-up color picker control for webpages. Let your website visitors pick a color in a snap.
“My experience with Iconico has been fantastic
- they do a great job of promoting the products, have a lot of experience of
selling software, and are dependable, reliable and honest in all aspects of
business. The best thing is that I rarely have to deal with clients any more!
I've known Nico and worked with him over many years - I'd seen the success of
his business model, and I was confident that he would do a good job.
”
- Mat Connolley
website development
What do we give to you?
If you've ever used Iconico software or communicated with us then you should have seen a little of
our dedication to our software. By partnering with you we will bring our commitment, and the following:
Before your software is released we partner in development:
- Consultation on your ideas, applications and strategy, how will we best to position your products at Iconico
- Advice on product design and features
- Graphics, icons and user interface help and design
- Product reviews during development
- Technical help and advice
- Advice on pricing
- Help file authoring and English localization
- Quality Assurance and testing
When we release your software we will:
- Create a product homepage on Iconico.com complete with advertising images
- Add your product to the Iconico web store
- Include product blurbs on the Iconico.com homepage, and targeted related pages
- Include your application on the Iconico Software CD
- Cross-sell your software with related products
- Where appropriate we bundle your software with other applications, increasing sales
- Create an online discussion forum for your software
- Author a full-feature writeup on your software which will be sent to our 40,000 newsletter subscribers
- Include a writeup in our news RSS feed
- Submit your software to a huge network of download listing sites
- Promote your software to our affiliates and resellers
To support your software we will:
- Offer first level customer and technical support to customers
- Give telephone and email support to customers
- Answer discussion forum posts
- Pass any business opportunities on to you
- Pass on bugs and technical requests to you
- Identify features for future versions
- Continue to promote your software through promotions
- Work with you on the future of your software, strategizing the direction to take based on user feedback and providing you with our continued help and advice
Existing Websites and Applications
Many developers that partner with us already have a website up and may
be using an alternate payment processor. If this is the case we ask
that you suspend payment processing using your existing provider while
you are partnered with Iconico. We also ask that you redirect your
website traffic to your new Iconico application homepage when it is
set up.
We do this as we will be taking on the entire process of
support for your application and we don't want to create a situation
which may confuse the users. Iconico is not just another shopping
cart system, we're an entire business solution. Our product pages will be written to
convert more visitors to purchase the software and optimized for
search engines.
Developer Center
All of the details on your applications will be accessible from our
Control Panel. This shows all your applications, traffic reports and
reports on links comming from your application.
Comming soon is a communications center where you can manage any bugs,
features or general discussions.
The Bottom Line
To become a developer partner we don't ask for any money from you, in fact we never will.
We only make money when you make money.
- Zero setup fees
- Zero maintenance fees
- All net profits are divided 50%-50% between the developer and Iconico
- Payments are made monthly
- Start earning from day one
We know that going it alone means a tough road ahead, so by partnering with us you can
start selling from day one.
How Do I Join?
If you're a great developer with a great idea then we want to talk to you. Either fill out
our contact form or give us a call and we'll be happy to discuss what we can do for you.
After you contact us please read our
Developer Partner Getting Started Guide.