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Me again I'm afraid.

I'm about to release my first module but people really need to hear it to see if it's useful to them. I figured I could produce some audio clips but it would be easier, and more useful to potential customers, if they could just demo it for a while. I notice that the Dashboard gives a Demo option. It looks as though I just have to enable that to make a limited time demo available without the need to modify my code.

Is that correct?

Regards,
Peter

Yup.

Thanks Colin.

You're welcome Peter and good luck with your releases.

One thing to think about is the demo length. Some devs give incredibly short periods that I think might be counter-productive. People have limited amounts of time and finding that a demo has expired before you've really had chance to make a decision can be frustrating. I use 7 days for simple modules, 14 days for complex modules and 30 days for large bundles like LSSP XL.

ColinP wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:24 am I use 7 days for simple modules, 14 days for complex modules and 30 days for large bundles like LSSP XL.

Yes, that's basically my thinking. This is simple effect so I made it 7 days. Having said that, when I started with VM I downloaded a demo of your CV Watcher and I think I bought it about 20 minutes later.

ColinP wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:24 am People have limited amounts of time and finding that a demo has expired before you've really had chance to make a decision can be frustrating. I use 7 days for simple modules, 14 days for complex modules and 30 days for large bundles like LSSP XL.

Not yours, Colin, but I was considering purchasing a multi-module bundle that was supposed to be a 3-day trial, but which said "expired" after the first day. I couldn't get the bundle to behave properly on day 1 and later found out that it was indeed a 3-day trial. So on day 3, I tried again, this time trying to pinpoint where the issue was. However, its didn't work and I decided not to purchase the bundle because I had no idea if I would ever be able to make it work for me.

I am mentioning this to praise Colin's consumer-centered philosophy. Different module makers make different choices for their own reasons.