Software Vendor Awards - Winners are Bolded

Software Vendor Categories Include:

E-Commerce

Best Overall Software E-commerce Value
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus of value, features for a fair price.

BMT Micro - http://www.bmtmicro.com Emetrix (Digital River) - http://www.emetrix.com Plimus - http://www.plimus.com WINNER RegNow (Digital River) - http://www.regnow.com SWREG (Digital River) - http://www.swreg.org

Best Software E-commerce Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus of superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

BMT Micro - http://www.bmtmicro.com Emetrix (Digital River) - http://www.emetrix.com eSellerate - http://www.esellerate.net Plimus - http://www.plimus.com WINNER SWREG (Digital River) - http://www.swreg.org

Most Innovative Software E-commerce Service
Includes any vendor who provides e-commerce services to software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on innovativation, and cutting edge features.

BMT Micro - http://www.bmtmicro.com eSellerate - http://www.esellerate.net WINNER (TIE) PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/ Plimus - http://www.plimus.com WINNER (TIE)

Affiliate Programs

Best Software Affiliate Program
Includes any vendor who provides affiliate tracking and payment services for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on overall best affiliate provider for software sales.

eSellerate - http://www.esellerate.net WINNER OneNetwork (Digital River) - http://onenetwork.digitalriver.com/ RegNow (Digital River) - http://www.regnow.com ShareASale - http://www.shareasale.com

Best Software Affiliate Program Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor who provides affiliate tracking and payment services for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both affiliates and software developers.

eSellerate - http://www.esellerate.net WINNER RegNow (Digital River)- http://www.regnow.com ShareASale - http://www.shareasale.com WUGNET - http://www.wugnet.com/

Software Protection & Activation

Best Software Protection & Activation Service or Solution
Includes any vendor who provides software protection or activation services or solutions. Nominations and voting should focus on overall solution.

ActivateSoft.net - http://www.activatesoft.net/ Armadillo (Digital River) - http://siliconrealms.com ASProtect/ASPack - http://www.aspack.com WINNER Softwrap - http://www.softwrap.com Xheo - http://www.xheo.com

Download Sites

Best Overall Download Site
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on overall solution, traffic and design.

Download.com - http://www.download.com WINNER Shareware Junction - http://www.sharewarejunction.com SoftPedia - http://www.softpedia.com/ Tucows - http://www.tucows.com Version Tracker - http://www.versiontracker.com

Best Download Site Advertising Value
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on advertising value. What download sites provide the most bang for your buck?

PC World - http://www.pcworld.com WINNER Shareup.com - http://www.shareup.com Snapfiles - http://www.snapfiles.com Tucows - http://www.tucows.com

Best Download Site Customer Service & Support
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

Download.com - http://www.download.com WINNER Shareware Junction - http://www.sharewarejunction.com Shareup.com - http://www.shareup.com Tucows - http://www.tucows.com Version Tracker - http://www.versiontracker.com

Most Innovative Download Site
Includes any website thats primary focus is to promote evaluation software available for download. Nominations and voting should focus on innovativation, and cutting edge features.

Download.com - http://www.download.com WINNER Snapfiles - http://www.snapfiles.com Tucows - http://www.tucows.com Version Tracker - http://www.versiontracker.com

Graphic Design

Best Overall Software Graphic Design Service
Includes any vendor that provides graphical design services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Clear Image Graphics - http://www.clearimagegraphics.com DesignOutpost - http://www.designoutpost.com Malstream - http://www.malstream.com SoftIdentity - http://www.softidentity.com WINNER

Best Icon Design Service or Solution
Includes any vendor that provides icon sets or icon design services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Ace Icons - http://www.aceicons.com DesignOutpost - http://www.designoutpost.com Glyfz - http://www.glyfz.com SoftIdentity - http://www.softidentity.com WINNER

Search Engine Services

Best Search Engine Optimization Service
Includes any vendor that provides search engine optimizaiton services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

SelfPromotion - http://www.selfpromotion.com Shareware Promotions - http://www.sharewarepromotions.com WINNER

Software Submissions

Best Software Submission Service or Solution
Includes any vendor that provides submissions services or solutions to submit software to download sites for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

Dr File Finder - http://www.drff.com Freelance Works - http://www.freelanceworks.com Robosoft / Rudenko Software - http://RoboSoft.Rudenko.com - WINNER Shareware Promotions - http://www.sharewarepromotions.com

Best Software Submission Customer Service
Includes any vendor that provides submissions services or solutions to submit software to download sites for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both software developers and download site contact.

FreelanceWorks - http://www.freelanceworks.com Rudenko Software - http://Submit-Everywhere.com WINNER (TIE) Shareware Promotions - http://www.sharewarepromotions.com WINNER (TIE)

Press Releases

Best Software Press Distribution Service
Includes any vendor that provides distribution services or solutions to distribute press releases to editors and the media for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

DP Directory/ Al Harberg - http://www.dpdirectory.com MarketWire - http://www.marketwire.com PRWeb - http://www.prweb.com SoftPressRelease - http://www.softpressrelease.com/ WINNER

Best Software Press Writing Service
Includes any vendor that provides press release writing services to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, timeliness, and cost.

DP Directory/ Al Harberg - http://www.dpdirectory.com WINNER Paranoid PR - http://www.paranoidpr.com SoftPressRelease - http://www.softpressrelease.com/

File Hosting

Best Overall Software File Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, ease of use, stability, and cost.

FileBurst - http://www.fileburst.com FileKicker (Digital River) - http://www.filekicker.com WINNER SWMirror - http://www.swmirror.com

Best Software File Hosting Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer service to software developers.

FileBurst - http://www.fileburst.com FileKicker / Michael Halls - http://www.filekicker.com WINNER SWMirror - http://www.swmirror.com

Most Innovative File Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides file hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on features, and cutting-edge technology solutions.

FileBurst - http://www.fileburst.com FileKicker (Digital River) - http://www.filekicker.com WINNER SWMirror - http://www.swmirror.com

Web Hosting

Best Overall Software Website Hosting Service
Includes any vendor that provides web hosting services for software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on quality, ease of use, stability, and cost.

Dewahost - http://www.dewahost.com EV1Servers - http://www.ev1servers.net Intermedia - http://www.intermedia.net PAIR - http://www.pair.com/ WINNER

Best Software Website Hosting Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that provides web hosting services or solutions to software companies. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer service to software developers.

Dewahost - http://www.dewahost.com WINNER PAIR - http://www.pair.com Rackspace - http://www.rackspace.com The Planet - http://www.theplanet.com

Reviewers

Best Software Reviewer
Includes any vendor that provides a review service, includes both paid and unpaid vendors. Nominations and voting should focus on quality of reviews.

Dave Collins - - http://www.sharewarepromotions.com Don Watkins - http://www.PCNet-Online.com Mike Callahan / Dr FileFinder - http://www.drff.com WINNER Shareware Junkies - http://www.sharewarejunkies.com Tucows - http://www.tucows.com

Publishers

Best Overall Software Publisher
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on value, overall marketing techniques, and software developer benefit.

Avanquest - http://www.avanquest.com WINNER Great Mind Software - http://www.greatmindsoftware.com WINNER Panda - http://www.pandasoftware.com/ Rose City Software - http://www.rosecitysoftware.com

Best Software Publisher Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

Avanquest - http://www.avanquest.com WINNER Great Mind Software - http://www.greatmindsoftware.com

CD Services

Best CD Fullfillment Service
Includes any vendor that makes and distributes CDs for software developers. Nominations and voting should focus on overall value and quality.

CD Ship - http://www.cd-ship.com Great Mind Software - http://www.greatmindsoftware.com Pingram - http://www.PingramCD.com SwiftCD - http://www.swiftcd.com WINNER

Best CD Fullfillment Customer Service & Support
Includes any vendor that acts as a publisher, representing and marketing software they did not create. Nominations and voting should focus on superior customer support and responsiveness to both end-users and software developers.

CD Ship - http://www.cd-ship.com CustomCD.us - http://www.customcd.us Great Mind Software - http://www.greatmindsoftware.com Pingram - http://www.PingramCD.com WINNER SwiftCD - http://www.swiftcd.com WINNER

Organizations

Best Software Organization Value
Includes any organization specifically for software developers and industry professionals (both non-profit and for-profit are eligble). Nominations and voting should focus on overall value for software developers.

AISIP - http://www.aisip.com ASP - http://www.asp-shareware.org ISDEF - http://www.isdef.org SWRUS - http://www.swrus.com WINNER

Forum/Newsgroup

Best Software Discussion Forum or Newsgroup
Includes any newsgroup or forum specifically for software developers and industry professionals (both non-profit and for-profit are eligble). Nominations and voting should focus on overall value for software developers.

AISIP Newsgroups (private) alt.comp.shareware.authors (public) ASP Newsgroups (private) WINNER discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz (public) WUGNET (both)