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The two most common ways of selling software are either through a store or over the internet. There are advantages to both ways, not only for the consumer but also for the merchant. It is in his or her interest that consumers know about the product, which involves advertisement.

One disadvantage to advertising software in a store is that the customer will be comparing it with other products on sale. However, one advantage is that a salesperson will be available to answer questions or provide more information. Some customers would rather buy software on CD or DVD, since those media are portable. Also, how a medium is laid out can attract the attention of a customer.

Advertising a product online, as well as distributing it, is not the same thing as doing so in a store and requires different techniques. On the Internet specific consumers can be directly targeted. An example of this would be employing marketing software to automatically generate an e-mail to a customer who has bought the same kind of product you are selling; this is a cost-effective method for product promotion through ecommerce software.

Although the approach is much less personalized, the use of popup windows to advertise software is often cheaper than the use of costly ecommerce software because the advertiser only pays for the views received. The quantity of individuals reached via the popup window method often compensates for the reduced personal touch.

The downside of online advertising is that those who spend a lot of time online have been overstimulated by online ads. The cause is the large - often intrusive - use of ads on a number of web sites. As a result, most people simply tend to ignore the ads online.

One can also observe a fear that has developed towards clicking on advertisements online, especially those advertising software. Surfers of the web are increasingly affright of being ripped off by accidentally installing a virus that came with the software downloaded from the web.

As for myself, I'm a person who would rather do my research online and make my purchase in a store. So when I am buying software, two kinds of advertisements influence me: those I have seen online, and those I see in the store.

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