The Virtual Software Store
Software Publisher Information

Thank you for your interest in WinCorp Software's Virtual Software Store™. We can quickly set you up to resell and electronically distribute your software over the Internet, allowing you to reach markets all over the globe. We have been doing this since 1996, so we have the experience and expertise required to make this a profitable channel for your software products. Please review the information below and do not hesitate to contact us at for more information or to get started.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly does The Virtual Software Store do?

The Virtual Software Store deals exclusively in electronically downloaded software. We host a storefront on the Internet where customers all over the world can get information on a wide variety of software and purchase it online using a credit card, check or charge to their telephone bill. We resell software for the MS Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, PalmOS and PocketPC platforms, operating as a traditional reseller does, where we pay you the publisher a wholesale price for the software which we retail at a higher margin. We directly handle the software distribution ourselves. Our main objectives are to make the shopping experience for our customers convenient, safe and easy.

Why choose The Virtual Software Store to resell my products?

The Virtual Software Store (VSS) first opened its doors in 1996 selling and distributing software over the Internet. We are experienced at this new way of selling software and have a long list of both software publishers and customers who are satisfied with the service we offer. We offer many unique and valuable benefits to our customers and software publishers that are not found at other online software resellers:

• Customers can pay for software using a credit card, debit card in real time or by several offline methods (check, wire transfer, etc.) Many customers do not have or refuse to use a credit card over the Internet. We can handle those transactions no problem.
• UNIQUE to VSS customers have a choice in electronic delivery of their software. Once the purchase transaction has been completed, customers may electronically receive their software via:
  • Direct FTP Download, click on a link in your Web Browser and download your software.
  • Email Delivery, a user can choose to email himself his software. We have built in the intelligence to determine if the message with file attached will be too large for the customer's ISP to accept.
  • Dedicated FTP Client, advanced users who prefer to use their own FTP Client software may do so, as we provide the needed logon parameters.
• We support a variety of registration schemes that your software package may use. We do not make you repackage your software for download from our servers, and we can accommodate the following:
  • sequentially assign unique "Registration Codes" to customers from a predetermined list of numbers.
  • dynamically generate "Unlock Codes" based on the "Buyer Name" or any field of the order form using your own code generation algorithm
• UNIQUE to VSS we support real-time product upgrade qualification. We can sell upgrade versions of your product(s) by first verifying that a customer wishing to upgrade that product has previously purchased the product at The Virtual Software Store or other software reseller (if you provide a list of email addresses and Order numbers). No more tedious manual verification and processing of upgrade orders! It's all automatic and happens in real-time.
• UNIQUE to VSS we automatically email you a sale notification each time your product is sold. This notification is provided in XML format to allow you to easily parse the contents and rebuild your own customer database if so desired.
• We support an "Affiliate Program" where we can manage and track your affiliate partners for you.
• We give you direct access via a Secure Publisher Web site to our live database where you can generate reports on your registered customers.

What does it cost to resell my products at The Virtual Software Store?

We have a one-time $29.95 Publisher Setup Fee which we will deduct from the first sales of your software. From then on, we make money only on the margin of each sale. This margin is typically 20-25% with a minimum of $3.50 USD on each sale.

What other fees do I have to pay?

Unlike other software resellers, there are absolutely no other fees that you will ever incur other than the original setup fee. You can submit as many products as you'd like without incurring additional fees.

Do I have to pay for Chargebacks?

Absolutely not! We bear all risks associated with Chargebacks. Where other online resellers will not pay you for software sales that resulted in Chargebacks, we stand behind our security systems and pay you for all sales of your products, regardless of whether it becomes a chargeback or not.

How do you handle customer refunds?

We offer our customers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Should they be dissatisfied with their purchase, they may request and obtain a refund in full by mailing us a signed "Letter of Destruction" within 30 days of their purchase date. An amount equal to the wholesale price you were paid for the software sale is debited from your account when the customer credit is issued.

How and when do I get paid for the software sales?

Each month, we will mail you a check in US Dollars for the total wholesale price of all sales orders from the previous month. All payments are mailed out within 15 days of the end of any given month.

How do I know that you are reporting and paying me for all sales of my product(s)?

We give you direct access to our live database which you can query at any time you'd like. We become profitable when you become profitable; a win-win situation which we do not want to jeopardize. Also, I doubt we would have been able to stay in business for 9 years by cheating our software publishers.

Do you require an Exclusivity Agreement?

Of course not! We want you to be successful with your software products, which means that you should be free to resell that product with whomever you choose. We want you to choose The Virtual Software Store based on the value you receive from our services, and if you find a better service elsewhere (you won't) then you should be free to use them too. Some other online resellers that insist on exclusivity obviously do not have YOUR best interest in mind.

Can you also resell and distribute the CD-ROM version of my software?

We only deal in electronically downloaded software. This way customers know exactly what they get when they visit our site. It also allows us to focus on providing the latest robust technologies to enhance our customers' electronic software shopping experience.

Can you also distribute the free trial version of my product?

Sure! The more we can do to help convince a customer to purchase your software, the better.

Our software uses a Registration Code to unlock the software. How do you handle this?

We can sequentially assign Registration Codes from a predetermined sequence as well as dynamically create these at the time of sale based on the "Buyer Name".

Do you provide the technical support for the product?

We provide assistance to the customer up to the point where he has successfully received the download files on his computer. Technical Support for installation or operational issues are the responsibility of the software publisher. All customer requests for assistance of this kind are forwarded to the publisher for resolution.

How do I get started?

You must first complete the Publisher Submission Form which will generate a Sales Agreement for you to sign and send to us. You can then submit your software by following the links at the top of this page.