Go to the United States, earn US dollars!
Text / Li Xue Ling
The first feeling of the programmer this name is: I can't look up at the road.
I saw Zhou Wei for the first time, it is this feeling. At that time, I am in a good friend, he said that there will be a program master to come, tell me. If you don't have it, you will see the image of the programmer that everyone can think of: carry a computer bag, a pair of wakes. I stood around him to see him writing the program, stupid to die, with a touchpad of a laptop, a pixel one pixel draw icon. I asked him why he didn't bring an external mouse, he said used to it. I am a person who has no patience, I can't embroidered like this, I have found a vocabulary, and I will open it early.
I and Zhou Yi just one. I can remember him, it is entirely because his name is too easy to remember. Later, my friend told me that Zhou Quan has compiled a software, selling on the Internet, can have a million US dollars to pay for a month, two months can buy a BMW. It seems to be a legend, I am not too stunned, China's Internet's bubble is too much, I have no feeling for "making money". Later, I chatted with my friends. I didn't intend to talk, there was a friend who sold the software online for a month, I immediately arouse my anger. They said dozens of reasons, saying that it is impossible, the strips seem to be very rational. This reversed my interest. To this end, I must check it out, I didn't expect this to check, a huge iceberg suddenly rose out of the sea, and the force behind it was ambiguous.
If you have not heard of Zhou Wei, you must have heard that "Dude is easy to typeset", that is his work.
Zhou Wei's experience is very rough. He is a very excellent programmer, once a single-player horse writes the typographic software, which once in the DOS era. Simply look at the programmer, Zhou Wei is very successful. China has written online version of the software version software, but a few people: Yin Yin Too long, seeking Bo Jun, Wang Chi, Zhou Wei. Wang Elected in the typographic software industry has been greatly developed. Although the business development of the company has become a Fang Zheng Computer Group, the status of the typographic business has declined, but even if it is currently, the application of the system in China is still very widespread. Jinshan Company under the leadership of Bojun, although this year's WPS is not good, but always grows a software company. Unfortunately, Zhou Wei is a loser in this field.
China's software companies like to play national brands, hoping to use the enthusiasm of the nation to drive a company's development. But the facts of the past and future will definitely prove that only the world is the nation.
Zhou Qi has been in Zhongguancun for 8 years, since 1991, software product development was started, and the earliest business card version was developed. Although the market reflects very good, then the piracy is constantly emerged, sales are greatly affected. Fortress is easy to typeset, walking is a low price general product market. In this market, competition is very intense. Since the product price is too low, the market cost is high (the discount fee is very large, the advertising fee is high, the product return rate is not high), and there is no accumulation in a year, but "use software is real Like Bill Gates, it is the biggest motivation and dream of Zhou Wei's support.
Find a very good software, the sales of this software is responsible by Zhang Xu, and later this product did not succeed, Zhang Xu went to Jinshan Company and be deputy general manager. At this time, we have nothing to do, and disappointed the whole Chinese software industry. A casual factor, he has developed a "most no market value, a ridiculous software" - criticizing his people said. This software is to burn the MP3 file to the CD and restore a small software to the music CD. "Whoever uses this kind of break, it is simply inverse the trend, there are so many MP3 players, will someone spend money to buy a burning software? Again, burning software is more than a matter. Anyone who bought a recorder Will get this software, "My friend is impassioned, it is very reasonable, but does not meet the final fact. "Casual factors let me embark on the road to develop shared software. Say to write MP3 CD Maker, to go back to 1998. At that time, there was a VCD boom, and Zhongguancun has made a business business of VCD burning software, I also I am very interested in this market. When you burn VCD at the time, you generally use Winoncd and VideOPack, these are all foreign software, and China usually use several software methods to solve the problem of VCD burning: first use And editing software processing video, then compresses MPEG software, and finally burned with the burning software, because the steps are too much, the user is very troublesome, which seriously affects the sales progress. I have a friend, I want me to make a burning module. , Let me increase, I started to study VCD burn technology. Waiting for VCD technology research, starting to study SVCD, in a friend gathering, talking about burning technology, talking about MP3 engraved music CDs is a good idea Although the MP3 format has a lot of good songs, but can only listen to the computer, can't listen to it, it is a regret, although the solution is also, but first convert the MP3 into the WAV format file again, waste a few hundred trill hard disk It is really disgusting, I consider using multi-threaded programming methods, while I decompressed while burning, all operations are completed in memory, a little hard disk space is not used, thinking of these, I can't make it immediately to implement it, this is definitely a popular tool Software. Such a software is very suitable as a shared tool software. "
But if you write a software to make your big home, Zhou Wei is not distinguished from the programmer who is only a low-pulley. Very precious is that Zhou Yi looks up and looks at the road. The process of exploring the road is so simple!
"The curiosity of shared software, let me study the shared software author of the reserved registration code to get the revenue can not make money. I used a lot of shared software, but I bought the pirated disc in the village. On, there is a registration code with a crack. I can't understand why people who write shared software will make money. But I still want to study it. The first step, I found 50 on www.download.com. 50 A popular shared software, gives each author send an email, the content of the letter is to say: I am a new hand of shared software, I want to teach you to make a sharing software make money? Ear earned $ 1,000, $ 5,000 or $ 10,000 a year Or is more?
The answer to the return back is surprising. Most of the author returned, no one said they did not make money, but most of them refused to reveal specific numbers, some people told me that they didn't need to find a job, and some people told me, they also hired two or three Individual works for them. Although there is no number, I know that in the United States, I have to earn less than $ 30,000 in the United States, it is definitely going to find a job, it is 300,000 yuan, not a small number! Further discovery is more surprised, Winzip, ACDSEE author is turned out to be a millionaire! Money temptation is really sharp, I immediately got into the world of sharing software: do overseas markets, earn US dollars! "This step is too small, and the general people think that" Isn't it send a few e-mail? "This step is really too big. The whole Chinese programmers put their eyes in this life, the land work, and no few people think that the Internet has fully extended our tentacles to each corner of the world. We are often Said that the Internet turns into a village. But more people are duckling this reality. I haven't thought about it. What do the Internet really do? What is a company? Our software industry China pirate Too big, how much is the United States. Do they have no courage to be a little, look around, can you earn money in the United States?
Zhou Qi has developed Chinese version for his software, "the sale of friends, the result is not ideal". If he only puts his vision in the country, this software will definitely become a laughter after everyone.
Later, Zhou Wei spent a few thousand dollars, registered the website of Zy2000.com, leased the server in the United States. As for the problem of payment, Zhou Wei believes that it is quite simple: "Foreign has a credit card agency that specializes in shared software authors, and the shared software industry is a practice, and one is good in the programmer group. According to my experience The credibility of these services companies is better than I imagined, and they will not be considered for you on time. "
"The first money is coming from the bank," I can't clean up "," I can't clean up, the monthly sales are twice, three times grow, I don't know when it is a head, I am full Going to the development and marketing of the English version, what else don't have anything else, "Zhou Qi said to my E-mail. Before he abroad, the software registration fee received from the Internet will approximate Around 40,000 US dollars.
"It can be said that every week's investment has a return, because I have just entered this field, I never understand it, every progress can be seen, this sense of accomplishment is difficult to describe. Since I came to the United States, I now The monthly sales income has exceeded 50,000 US dollars. I have 20% of the costs invested in marketing and research and development. Of course, I also bought a BMW (BMW) for myself. "
Relying on your own labor, you can live up on our wealthy life, is a yearning for many programmers. In addition to Zhang Xiaolong (the author of Foxmial), Hong Zai (the author of Netant), there are not many people who can afford BMW, and Zhou Fang has done it. A small software that is nothing a reputation is much more than the large software he has done to himself.
Zhou Qi is still not successful, although a software is enough to make him personal life, we have worry-free. But this software does not constitute an industry, nor does it have a long-term accumulation in sharing software. Microsoft's new version of Windows MediaPlayer has joined similar features. As long as it comes to a small step, it is enough to cover the entire market that Zhou Wei's software is involved, and threatens. Weekly personal problems we care more, but this way he walked, indeed gave China shared software people and software companies to inspire. If our software company does not take out energy and courage to explore overseas markets, it is still busy with the concept, ideal, " Jinshan Company has a large scale to promote the low-cost software market. Last year, the 28-yuan Jinshan Words sold 500,000 sets. According to the reasonable gross profit margin, Jinshan earlves earned 5 yuan, a total of 2.5 million yuan. If you remove the market cost, labor costs, there is nothing left. If Zhou Qi is still too successful, then many domestic software companies are facing big failed. The entire large environment has changed, many software companies have not understood the Internet to truly bring the Internet to the software industry, but in turn to invest huge sums, enter some industrial sectors that they are not intensive, this is true: blind people The night is in the deep pool. "How to describe the Internet? Imagine that some merchants have been specially leaned in the desert to sell water, but now, the desert began to rain!"
1. US tax
The US tax is extremely heavy, earning money is nearly half of the tax, but currently tax exemptions in the United States. In general, buy things in the ordinary store in the United States, add 8% of the consumption tax, but if you buy online, this tax should not receive more controversy. The basic situation now is: buy pure digitized goods, such as downloading software, download music basically does not charge consumption tax, but if you buy tangible goods, you need to mail or send it home, such as your purchase of goods website in your state. "Physical existence" (ie, registered in the state or have any branches or offices in the state), customers need to pay consumption taxes. As for income tax, anyone has to pay, regardless of how the income is coming, no matter where your money is transferred!
2. Example statistics Who will buy sharing software?
This is a monthly statistics for Zhou Wei's own software sales, although there are some limitations in objective, but they have a very good help for individuals and companies that want to enter this industry.
Zhou Wei gave a statistical statistics against his share of Sharing software, allowing you to know about people in the world, people in which countries buy shared software, because the software is only English version, so statistics have certain limitations Sex:
United States (1813 sets), Canada (98 sets), British (80 sets), Netherlands (32 sets), Australia (32 sets), Germany (17 sets), Norway (17 sets), Spain (16 sets), France ( 15 sets). Sales In 15 Set Of: Mexico, Brazil, Belgia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, South Korea, New Zealand, Argentina, Denmark, Hong Kong, Israel, Finland, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Guam, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Turkey , UAE, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Greece, Mariana Islands, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Slovenia, Salvador, Thailand, Ukraine, Uganda, Venezuela.
Take a look at the names of these countries or regions, this is the real "international market" brought by the Internet.
3. Now in action
From the shared software market, the share of software developed in China is too small. Many domestic software development masters, the key is to find the market, find a marketing road. Outline is of course, but there is a need to pay a lot of time and energy to develop. Our new "programmer" magazine is such a group of technologies, products, ideas, and unwilling procedures. We are willing to help these masters from these experts from their own unique development path, this is the biggest wish of our journal. There are asp-shareware.org and euro-share.com on the Internet. This is a very good organization that allows sharing software authors to exchange and marketing experience, so that everyone can master the success of the overseas market. Partners in this journal CSDN.NET (China Software Network) also gathered a large number of top programmers in China, can find partners to jointly enter the new new market.
