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Selling Software to Consumers - Upgrade Now!

Pete Sheldon Product Marketing Manager Elastic Path Software

Amanda Dhalla Ecommerce Consultant Elastic Path Software

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Introducing Elastic Path Software

• Enterprise ecommerce solutions for software, media, telco, online services, and digital reseller markets

• Trusted ecommerce experts

• #1 ecommerce blog www.getelastic.com

• For more on-demand ecommerce resources: www.elasticpath.com/resources

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Download Our Research Paper “Consumer Software Buying Trends 2010”

- Download a copy @ http://www.elasticpath.com/research-papers

- Webinar recording will be sent to you, and made available at www.elasticpath.com/webinar/

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Customer Acquisition | SEO & SEM

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Customer Acquisition | SEO & SEM

• Blogs

• Testimonials

• Forum

• FAQs

• Knowledge base

• News

• How-tos

• Buying guides

• Social bookmarks

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Customer Acquisition | Online Reviews

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Customer Retention | Renewals & Upgrades

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Customer Retention | Renewals & Upgrades

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Purchase Influencers

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Purchase Influencer | Ecosystems

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Purchase Influencers | Product Description

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Purchase Influencer| Product Descriptions

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Purchase Influencer | Product Descriptions

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Purchasing Influencer| Delivery Methods

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Purchasing Influencer| Delivery Methods

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Up-sells

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Up-sells

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Purchase Influencer | Licensing Models

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Purchase Influencer| Usage-based Licensing

ClustrMaps

• Website traffic counter

• Free up to a traffic limit

Gmail

• Free up to a storage limit

• Becoming a common approach for Google

Google SketchUp

• Trial includes 8 hours of usage rather than # of days

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Purchase Influencer| Multi-user/Device Licenses

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Purchase Influencer | Upgrade Protection

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Key Recommendations

• Offer upgrade protection as an up-sell option

• Provide alternative ownership models

– Usage-based licensing

– Multi-user licensing

• Intelligently up-sell to increase average order value

• Treat your existing customers well

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Q&A

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