Posted on 06/07/2010 12:00:57 PM PDT by Swordmaker
“No, you can’t.”
Yes, I have, ya Job’s suckup.
That is good news. Where do I take it to get it unlocked? Can I do it myself?
Where? Where can you market your software through a third party and have them pay you 70% of the retail price? I'm a business man and I will tell you those kind of wholesale prices do not exist. You are lucky if they offer 50% of the retail at the jobber level to the producer. 30-40% is more like it. Apple can do it because they cut out the jobber and wholesaler and are the end retailer. There are no packaging or printing costs; it's all done electronically.
Can you maintain a business that has the infrastructure for sales, advertising, marketing, product presention, demoing, handle sales tax in thousands of tax jurisdictions, provide credit card handling, world class customer support, and efficient product delivery on a world-wide basis in multiple currencies, all for a reasonable 30% overhead and a guaranteed 70% product cost which is guaranteed to your suppliers who set their own prices? No way.
If you can do it, fine, go set up a competitor and do it.
The point, Code, is that it will cost you more than 30% of the retail price to market your software, whether you market it yourself or you discount it to a jobber to sell for you. You WILL be paying more than that to sell your product. It’s a good deal for the developers. They get access to a HUGE marketplace.
AT&T will unlock it for you. They are required to by law. . . or you can arrange roaming with them on their world wide partners, but I don't recommend that as data charges can break the bank. It's better to buy limited foreign access from a carrier in the country you are visiting if you are going to be there for any length of time. If it is short stay, or you are going to hop from country to country with multiple carriers, go with AT&T's international plan for one month.
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