If you're in the shareware industry or even thinking about joining it, you should be an ASP member.

The ASP has over fourteen hundred members from all over the world -- including authors, distributors, and marketers -- who can help make your shareware business more successful. The ASP's strength is its members and their willingness to share ideas with fellow members.

Are you a shareware veteran?

Then the ASP can help you strengthen your business. Whether you're looking to form strategic alliances, get technical or marketing help, or you just want to talk about shareware with other people who are serious about developing top-notch products, membership in the ASP will pay for itself each year, many times over.

Are you working on your very first shareware program?

Shareware is a tough business, and the ASP can help you become one of the industry's success stories. The ASP offers the kinds of insights that let you build a successful business. Join early, and get help making crucial decisions that will shape your business for years to come.

Do you have something to offer shareware authors?

If you're a distributor, registration service, or marketing consultant, use our newsgroups to talk to and hear from hundreds of shareware authors. Make valuable business contacts, increase your sales when you promote your products through our members-only discounts, and find out what authors are thinking, so you can supply them with the services they need the most.

• Many shareware professionals around the world invest $100 (US) every year to be part of the shareware industry's premier trade association. They would not do that if they did not find value in their membership!
• ASP members win many awards at the Shareware Industry Conference each year. Award-winning ideas and techniques are frequently honed in discussions between members.
• ASP members are successful in taking their businesses from part-time to full-time. They frequently get ideas on how to do this from other members.
• ASP developers have press releases about their shareware in the computer magazines in numbers that vastly out-pace the shareware industry as a whole. Members have access to services that do this and cater to ASP members.
• Many ASP members have their programs featured on the major download sites, with top ratings, and thousands and thousands of downloads each week.
• Many of the top download sites, registration services, and other industry professionals are ASP members.

Sign up on-line and gain access to the advice, networking, publicity, and resources that will shift your shareware business into high gear.