A program that has been hamstrung and had features cut out is not going to sell a customer on the full product – they’ve never seen the full product. Time-limited trials are much more effective at generating sales than are crippleware offerings.
It is this second type of trial that we are addressing today. There are two basic approaches to this: either offer basic features only or release the full program with a time limit that only allows the use of the trial for a fixed period of time. A software publisher will release a version of their program that doesn’t cost any money, but which has some substantial limitations which make the trial version significantly less useful than the paid version. One of the most common models of software sales these days is the use of the free trial. How To Reinstall Trial Software After The Free Trial Has Ended
