Signing up to use Kagi services.
To sign up, you need to have software or information that is available for downloading (or soon will be available for sale) and you need to answer the following questions:You can send us an email with the information shown below or you can step through a set of forms that explain the information we need in great detail. The forms are located on our SSL web server so that the information remains confidential.
1. We need your complete name, postal mailing address, phone number, fax number, email addresses, etc so that we can fill out the agreement between us and then email it to you for your signature.
2. If you are in the USA, We'll need your social security number or if you are a corporation, your FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number). (must be on the agreement)
3. For each author we create a "username@kagi.com" email forwarding address. There is no charge for this service. Basically it is just a mail forwarder that forwards incoming mail for you to your current email address, whatever that might be. It gives you a permanent email address that you can refer to in your software. We need the @kagi.com forward name that you prefer, the characters that should replace username in "username@kagi.com" and the email address you want that mail to go to which is most likely your current email address. We create a forward for all authors, you do not have to publicize the address but you can either choose the username or we'll assign it.
4. Tell us which platform you write software for (Macintosh, Windows, Newton, BeOS, DOS) or if you author content such as a web site or files on an FTP site. For content publishers you'll probably want Register for Windows and Register for Macintosh so that either user can pay you.
5. Before you can configure the Register application to meet your needs, we need to assign you a unique two character identifier that you will use when configuring the Register application. Contact us with the above information and we'll send you the agreement and we'll send you your two character identifier.
6a. For Windows software grab a copy of Register for Windows off of the web site and work with Grzegorz Kochaniak to customize the registration application for your software and your author information. What are the names of your software? What is the price for a single user license? What is the price for a site license (recommend a multiplier of 20 or more depending upon what seems reasonable to you)? What is the price for a world-wide license (typically another multiplier of 4 or 5 and it rarely is chosen but it makes people feel good about paying the site license because they could be paying a whole lot more :-)?
6b. For Macintosh software you need to customize the registration application for your software and your author information. Again, what are the names of your software? What is the price for a single user license? What is the price for a site license (recommend a multiplier of 20 or more depending upon what seems reasonable to you)? What is the price for a world-wide license (typically another multiplier of 4 or 5 and it rarely is chosen but it makes people feel good about paying the site license because they could be paying a whole lot more :-)?
6c. For Newton software you need to contact Flash Sheriden FlaSheridn@kagi.com and obtain information on what variables you need to put into your Newton application so that the Newton Register program can display your program's payment information (and process payments). Once you have Newton Register installed, send a payment query for each of your Newton Software applets via email and include a note stating that you want to be represented by Kagi. We need to see how Newton Register spells the complete name of your software applet.
7. We receive the signed agreement and set up all the infrastructure to process your payments.
8. You add the registration software to the package of stuff that accompanies your software and then post your software on appropriate servers. Or if you publish content, you include instructions as to how people can download the appropriate register program for their personal computer and how they can use it to pay you.
Finally, send all this information to admin@kagi.com and we'll process it and contact you. Assume that we process your information a week after you send it to us and that you can configure the register application anytime thereafter and start selling your stuff. We cannot pay you until we receive the signed contract back from you but we can start collecting payments for you once we have processed your information.
Modification Date: Thursday, April 10, 1997