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FAQ
Q: I have no PAD file of my software product. What should I do?
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If you have no PAD file we strongly recommend you to create it. If you plan to use our service we strongly recommend to use PAD Manager when creating your PAD file. It is a free tool which is designed specially to meet SubmitMySoft requirements and helps you to avoid the most common mistakes. You may download PAD Manager here:
» Pad Manager.exe (3.5 MB)
» Pad Manager.zip (1.9 MB)
We also offer you our assistance in PAD file compiling. Our specialists will professionally compile a PAD file of your software product. To learn more about how to create a PAD file, please, visit SubmitMySoft PAD page.
Q: Where do I put my PAD file?
A: The PAD file should be uploaded on your website server. Many download sites ask for only the URL to your PAD file, and they do the rest, importing all your file descriptions, sizes, and product information directly from your web site. It is important that you use an address on your site that won't change, so don't use a version number in the link. That's because some sites are automatically checking your PAD files for changes on a regular schedule, and when they find a new version of the PAD file, they update their lists immediately. If you can not put your PAD file on your website, SubmitMySoft will host it for you absolutely free!
Q: What is the difference among the packages you offer?
A: We offer the following software submission packages: PAD Submission Package, Article Submission Package, PAD UPDATE Package, PAD Compilation Package. PAD Submission Package is a basic marketing solution that includes submission of 1 product to 1000+ download archives. Article Submission Package is a unique follow-up solution for shareware authors and vendors that helps the product article to get listed in newspapers, magazines, online resources. Update package is a PAD submission solution for those customers who has already used our service and would like to submit an updated PAD file. PAD package is a professional assistance of our specialist in PAD file compiling. Please, keep in mind that purchasing Update package helps to save you up to 20%!
Q: Why is it important to submit updates every time we release a new version?
A: Once submitted into a download archive your PAD file is automatically checked for changes on a regular schedule, and when a new version of the PAD file is found, the download archive updates your product listing immediately. However, there is still a great amount of sites that require manual update of the product listing. Thus, to keep the potential customers informed about your product updates it is recommended to perform the update submission with every new version you release. Moreover, the more often you update your product listings the higher is the position of the listing in the category of your product. It happens because many download archives range the products according to the date of submission. The last but not the least, the newly updated/added products are usually placed on home pages of the download archives (e.g. 10 new products, recently added products, etc) that generates more downloads and sales.
Q: We release new version of our software every month. What is the best marketing solution here?
A: The best solution we recommend here is to purchase PAD Submission Package, then perform article submission by purchasing Article Submission Package. After you have done the recomended marketing activities you should purchase PAD UPDATE Package to keep high positions at download archives.
Q: I can submit PAD file myself. Why should I use your service?
A: Sure, you can carry out the submission yourself. For this you will need to have a PAD file, a list of download archives and a lot of time and patience. However, there is a better solution: let our specialists submit your PAD file into 1000+ download archives and get the job done fast and efficient for a small refund of $124.95. Please, use our online ROI calculator to see how much time and money you save when using SubmitMySoft service.
Q: I decided to make submission myself. What tools/download sites would you recommend?
A: All right. First create a PAD file is you have no one using a free PAD generation tool PAD Manager. The next step is to get a list of download sites and submit your PAD file there. You may use some auto-submission tools yourself. However, these tools are fee charging and require many things: time to get used to using them, excellent internet connection to perform submissions, much traffic to log in into several hundreds download archives and some patience to set an appropriate category for every site and wait for the PAD file to be accepted. If you decide to perform manual submission, we recommend to concentrate on the most significant download archives like Download.com, Upload.com, Tucows, Soft32, Sofotex, etc. as it is pretty hard to submit the software into all 1000+ archives manually. The full list of download websites we submit to you may find here.
Q: I have placed an order. When will the submission job be done?
A: After you have placed an order, our client manager will contact you via e-mail and acknowledge the receipt of your payment. The order will be passed to the submission department and will be fulfilled in up to 10 business days after all PAD file related issues are settled down. Usually the submission order is fulfilled in 5-7 business days.
Q: When do I see the results of your submission service?
A: Some download archives will accept your PAD file immediately, others will consider the submission request in some days or even weeks. Usually a month after the submission your product listings will appear in most of the submitted download archives. It is wise to study the statistics of the number of downloads and visitors after the submission is done.
Q: You say that my software will be submitted to 1000+ download websites. What does it mean?
A: Our database of download archives has more than 1000 website records and this number is constantly increasing. New download websites are added to the DB and the obsolete ones are deleted to keep the database up-to-date. When submitting your software product we use our current database with 1000+ download archives in it. However, it does not mean that your product will be listed in 100% of the download sites. First, we thoroughly set the categories for your product and select the appropriate download websites that suit your software best. Usually the submission is performed into at least 600 download archives (usually 700-850). Second, some website administrators may deny the submission request for your software product. As a result, you will get approx. 500 listings in download archives (usually about 600).
Q: Why should I use SubmitMySoft instead of some other submission service?
A: SubmitMySoft has got a bundle of advantages such as: the best ratio between the number of download sites and the service price of $124.95, one of the biggest download archives database, PAD file verification, different packages for every business, etc. Please, visit this page to learn more about SubmitMySoft advantages.
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