[Scummvm-devel] Potential ScummVM Revenue Generator

[JC Pratt]

Eugene,

I wanted to follow up my email below regarding a partnership between ScummVM
and OpenCandy. I understand you are focused on your project and providing a
good experience to your end users. In addition to OpenCandy's non-obtrusive
model I have mentioned in my previous email below, I'd like to share with
you how some other OpenSource projects (such as WinSCP, Cheat Engine, etc)
have used OpenCandy revenues to support their project or the OpenSource
community in general:

1) We have seen developers directly give there earnings to charity or other
projects of developers in need
2) Donated earnings directly to sponsoring individual developers at Packt
Pub which we are currently doing (we're exploring other venues such as
Google Summer of Code, etc. in the near future)
3) Hiring other developers for their project
4) Reinvesting the earnings into promoting your application
5) Many more "donation" avenues in which we are certainly very flexible
6) Or keep it for work on your own project!

Here is a great example of an OpenSource project benefiting from an
OpenCandy partnership:
http://www.opencandy.com/2010/09/13/developer-spotlight-cheat-engine-an-open-source-success-story/

We find that people know there is "no free lunch" to put it plainly. The way
we place an add during the installer process is very user-experience focused
and comes from a recommendation of an advertiser you would actually
recommend. This is why Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and
O'Reilly AlphaTech has put their confidence (and money) in our model.

You have quite a bit of traffic and are in a position to do a lot of good
with the revenues generated through a partnership with OpenCandy. This will
be my last ditch attempt to see if there is something we could work out
between us. I really thank you for your time and feedback through this
interaction. Most of all, thanks for the great app! It's been good to play
Leisure Suit Larry again.

Warm regards,
JC



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:39 PM, JC Pratt <jcpratt at opencandy.com> wrote:

> Eugene,
>
> Thanks for your email. The reason I reached out to ScummVM is because you
> provide a great piece of software. We help software developers such as
> yourself monetize and distribute good software. To answer your questions:
>
> 1) We only place one offer per each install
> 2) The offer is dynamically served and not bundled
> 3) You get to select which offers are presented to your users (we know you
> understand your users best and have an idea of what they are interested in
> seeing)
> 4) Currently we only support PC computers
> 5) Also, we use an opt-in process with a "user-first" mentality.
>
> I know you aren't interested in earning any more money. We also have a
> program in which you can reinvest the revenue you earn from recommending
> other applications back into the network to fund the distribution of your
> own product. This would actually bring more users and awareness to your
> application.
> Let me know if any of this sounds interesting for you. Also, if you'd like
> me run some revenue projections for you (out of curiousity even) then send
> me your downloads/installs and geographic breakdown.
>
> Thanks again for your email. We are a small startup and thrive on feedback
> from the community. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Regards,
> JC
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Eugene Sandulenko <sev at scummvm.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 14 September 2010 04:22, Max Horn <fingolfin at scummvm.org> wrote:
> > > Hi JC,
> > >
> > > the appropriate people are either Eugene and me (the project leads); or
> *all* developers together, reachable at our scummvm-devel mailing list.
> > As Max explained, we are not in favor of the offer. In the past we
> > explained why:
> >  - We are not in need of money
> >  - We're against putting direct advertisements (the only thing we've
> > done so far are the affiliation programs)
> >  - Your solution is not cross-platform
> >  - There could be conflicts in decision which 3rd party applications
> > should be advertised
> >  - This will not bring any benefit to our project besides the money
> >
> >
> > Eugene
>
>
>
> --
>
> JC Pratt
> OpenCandy  I  San Diego, CA
> Ph: +1.510.301.0464  I  Fx:+1.619.795.3807
>



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*JC Pratt
*OpenCandy  I  San Diego, CA
Ph: +1.510.301.0464  I  Fx:+1.619.795.3807
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