ComponentSource

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The Software Superstore for Developers & IT Pros.

As official and authorized distributors, they supply you with legitimate licenses directly from 200+ software publishers.

Trusted for 20+ years.
Over 850,000 licenses delivered to Developers, SysAdmins, Corporations, Governments & Resellers, worldwide.

Offices in USA, UK, Ireland and Japan, with international Customer Service in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese and Mandarin

It offers 3 categories of software.

Components
With software components available in all platforms, we offer the widest choice of pre-written solutions in one place.
Applications
Choose from our comprehensive range of products dedicated to Software Development and Operations.
Add-ins
Extend your favorite applications with our wide range of add-ins and plugins.

Fees:

Setup $500 + $100/mo

40% per sale

Based in:

UK, with offices in USA, Ireland, Japan

Founded:

1995

Figures:

200+ software publishers

125K customers

1M registered users

300K unique visitors/month

10K product SKU's

850K licenses delivered

Has marketplace:

Yes

Has SDK:

Service type:

Ε-commerce platforms for software publishers

Advantages:

Has a well-designed marketplace.
Highly sophisticated publisher program.
Well established (since 1995) and reliable distributor.
Offers source code escrow guaranty service.
Specializes in software components. If you build a software component/library this is maybe the best e-commerce merchant for your needs.

Disadvantages:

Expensive (starts at setup $500 + $100/mo and 40% per sale) but offers a lot in return.
Probably not suitable for starters with low budget. Such developers would probably first test the selling capabilities of their software with other merchant services before joining ComponentSource.