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

880,000+ 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
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
500+ - Global distribution through our network of 500 dealer and reseller accounts
Proven - Electronic Software Download (ESD) sales since Mar 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
8 - Languages spoken English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean & Chinese
36 - Toll Free numbers around the world to allow customers to talk to 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 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

11+ 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 & 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

ComponentSource breaks the 880,000 user barrier! We now have 880,000+ users in our database
Record sales for our publishers - Q1 up 44% on last year (LY) & Q2 up 32% on LY
New community partner affiliate stores Impress R&D, Japan
New Chinese language customer service now available for our Asia/Pac customers in both Mandarin & Cantonese

Would you like to join our publisher program?

Having read the above program overview you may be interested in applying to join our worldwide software product marketing and software distribution Publisher Program. Join our Publisher Program now!

For further information see our Program Details or read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section for details on: Sales & Reporting, Pricing & Licensing, Product Requirements, Marketing Exposure and other general Publisher Program FAQs.

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