Introduction

Background information and statistics about the global ComponentSource marketplace.

ComponentSource - A global software distributor, a worldwide reseller and a multi-lingual sales & marketing vehicle for all your products.

ComponentSource has created a successful software development tool and software component focused marketplace that is used by 290,000+ unique visitors every month - making us one of the most visited software development product Web sites in the world. These users include: programmers, corporate software developers, IT consultants, designers, architects, systems administrators, database administrators, network administrators, project leaders & project managers in end user organizations, software houses, ISVs and systems integrators. We also distribute software products through our worldwide distribution network of dealers and resellers, who regularly buy from us using their established credit accounts. The main technology platforms of interest are Microsoft .NET/COM & Java/J2EE but other platforms are also supported. Join Our Publisher Program

Our Audience

890,000+ Component and development focused users in our database
440,000+ Unique visits to our web site every month, excluding search robots/crawlers
290,000+ Unique visitors to our web site every month (Average visit is 4.5 minutes)
215,000+ Addressees receive our weekly multi-lingual customer email newsletters
100,000+ Customers worldwide buying software components and development tools
200,000 English Paper catalogs distributed annually to our registered and prospective users
20,000 Japanese & Korean Paper catalogs distributed annually to our registered and prospective users
1,000,000+ We reach a further 1 million developers every month through our community partners like Microsoft, BEA Systems, DevX, DevPia (South Korea) & Impress R&D (Japan)

Our Marketplace

1,500,000+ - Over 1,570,000 Page Views every month (excludes robots & crawlers)
28,000+ - Over 28,000 evaluations or file downloads every month from our sites
1,000's - Units sold every month from our site via Electronic Software Download
600+ - Global distribution through our network of 600+ dealer and reseller accounts
Proven - Electronic Software Download (ESD) sales since March 98 for 500+ partners

Our Customer Service

Multi-lingual Web Sites in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese & Korean
3 - Multi-lingual call centers5x24 Atlanta GA, Reading England, Tokyo Japan
9 - Languages spoken English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin & Cantonese
36 - Toll Free numbers in 34 countries around the world to allow customers to call us for free
20 - Currencies to buy in USD $, Euros €, GBP £, JPY ¥, AUS $, KRW + 14 others
7x24 - Instant fulfillment by ESD download with optional backup CD/DVD shipment
Purchasing available by Purchase Order on Account, Credit Card & Cash on Delivery
Reseller and dealer network management and marketing program
1st line tech support & "Live Chat" service to assist with customer product issues

Our Company

12+ Years in Business - founded in October 1995 in the UK & launched in Europe in March 1996
d US HQ in November 1997 and became a US Corporation in Sep 2000
d Tokyo HQ for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Asian markets in May 2003
A profitable business, owned and run by our founders and senior management team
Strategic partnerships with technology platform owners Microsoft and BEA Systems

Recent News

Oct 2007 - ComponentSource breaks the 890,000 user barrier! We now have 890,000+ users in our database
Sep ,000 customers! We now have over 100,000 customers worldwide here at ComponentSource
Aug 2007 - We had our second best sales month ever for the company in August 2007 - the record was set in March 2007
Jul 2007 - Our US office has moved to a new address in Woodstock, GA near Atlanta

The statistics on this Web page were last updated on October 10, 2007.

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