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- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 01:25:02 -800 (PST)
- From: Brad McQuaid <bmcquaid@cts.com>
-
- MicroGenesis' Shareware Registration Service
-
- About MicroGenesis
- MicroGenesis is a company with interests in both in-house software
- development, as well as shareware distribution and registration services.
- In order to facilitate our recent release of the IBM and compatibles
- version of WarWizard, a shareware role playing game, we acquired a
- merchant account as well as a toll-free order line. One of our
- goals is to bring together shareware authors, their products, and
- to promote the shareware concept in general. Therefore, we now offer
- the following services.
-
- Basic Registration Service
- MicroGenesis will take orders from customers for the registered
- fully-licensed version of their product. These orders can be placed
- in the following manner: our toll-free (US only) order line
- (monday thru saturday 10am to 10pm PST), our regular line (for
- international calls, same hours), FAX, or email (Compuserve,
- America Online, and the Internet). Costs for this service are:
- $4 per order, plus 3% of the total amount (covers our credit card
- bank charges). MicroGenesis will inform the author of the order
- within 24 hours via either telephone, email, or FAX (author's
- preference). MicroGenesis will mail a check for the sales monthly,
- less the charges incurred.
-
- Registration/Shipping Service
- This service is identical to the Basic Registration, except we will
- ship your product for you. The fee is identical except for the
- shipping and handling charge, to cover our costs and labor. This
- fee depends on the author's product and will be decided upon
- individually.
-
- MicroGenesis Affiliate Service
- A parallel goal of MicroGenesis, in its attempt to promote the
- shareware industry, is to build a company similar to Apogee and
- Epic MegaGames. We would like to work together with small
- development houses across the nation (and elsewhere). We would like
- to concentrate primarily on those genres that Apogee and Epic are not
- interested, adventure and RPG games, but will consider any quality
- piece of software. These products will all bear the MicroGenesis
- name as publisher, but the author and his/her company will always
- receive their due credit as well as retain full rights and
- ownership. We believe it will be beneficial to both the authors
- and us that MicroGenesis develops name recognition.
- Our charge for this service is 20% of the selling price of the
- author's software. We will also assist the author in distribution
- of the product by placing it on the internet, major on-line services,
- and the larger BBSs. In the future, given sufficient
- interest in this service, we intend to advertise in major magazines,
- set up a BBS and a World Wide Web home page, publish a catalog,
- as well as seek other professional methods of promotion and
- distribution.
-
- Customer Support & Returns
- The author is responsible for warranties and technical support.
- Any indication of fraud or negligence will result in
- termination of agreements between MicroGenesis and the author.
- If the author decides to accept returns, it is entirely
- his/her responsibility and the customer must contact him/her
- directly. Calls made to MicroGenesis' toll-free order line
- that are not orders will result in a $5 charge to the author
- per call.
-
- How to contact MicroGenesis if interested or for additional
- information:
- MicroGenesis
- ATTN: Brad McQuaid or Steve Clover
- 4055 Park Drive
- Carlsbad, CA 92008
- (619)729-2898 Toll-free Orders only line: (800)294-1302
- Internet: bmcquaid@crash.cts.com
- America Online: Bmcquaid
- Compuserve: 75231,2277
-
- * Note that all prices are to be considered guidelines. Each
- product MicroGenesis and the author agree upon shall be
- considered individually, based on exactly what services are
- desired and agreed upon. Services will expand in the future,
- as will the costs associated with these services; should the
- author desire additional services as they are made available,
- the contract between author and MicroGenesis will be amended. *
-