We offer two membership categories, the Developer Member and the Shareware Industry Member. The ASP Developer Membership is available to developers of shareware. The Shareware Industry Membership is open to all shareware industry members, including (but not limited to) disk vendors, BBS sysops, online distributors, user groups, press/media contacts, Internet organizations, shareware users, and more!

All Members have the following benefits:

• Access to members-only sections of the web site
• Participation in discount offers on programming tools, web tools and services, etc.
• Our printed monthly newsletter, ASPects
• Voting rights at ASP meetings
• Promotional advantages of ASP membership including press and public awareness of the professionalism associated with ASP membership
• The ASP is a Microsoft BizSpark Network Parnter which means our members have the ability to participate

Still not sure if you want to join? Read these testimonials from our members to find out some of the reasons that joining the ASP has helped their businesses.

For Developers:

• A Developer Member is anyone that writes/publishes their own software.
• Read about the ASP Code of Professional Conduct
  
• Tips for Developers
  

For Shareware Industry Membership:

• This class of membership includes online distributors, vendors, webmasters, members of the press/media, user groups, shareware enthusiasts, and anyone else that has an interest in Shareware.
• Read about the ASP Code of Professional Conduct
  
• Tips for Distributors in the USA
  
• Tips for Distributors outside the USA