- General questions
- Money
- How much do you pay me?
- What does it mean: “You get 14.99 USD per download”?
- How do I get my money?
- Do I pay any fees to get my money?
- How do I know how much I’ve earned?
- How do I know that customers buy software from my video?
- How do I get commission if customer downloads trial version?
- I have Due transactions this month but I didn’t get payout
- Screencasting
- Software video review
General questions
What is Bubblesoft?
Bubblesoft is a service where people can buy more than 32 000 software products from more than 3 750 software vendors. Bubblesoft has gathered video clips which describe software products and the buyer can watch video review to find out if this software product has the necessary features. If he or she is satisfied with the features he/she can immediately buy this software or download trial version for further review.
We encourage people to upload their own video reviews of the software products and earn commission when someone buys the software. We also want people to post our video reviews on their own websites and we also pay commission for that.
What is Bubblecast?
Bubblecast is video publishing and sharing platform. You can easily enable video capabilities in your Wordpress blog, phpBB forum or any website with Bubblecast. Bubblesoft is built on top of Bubblecast platform and you can see how powerful it is. Learn more about Bubblecast here: http://bubble-cast.com
How buyers can buy software in a video?
Bubblesoft makes use of Player from Bubblecast to play video. This is special software component based on Adobe Flash which can play video in the browser just like on Youtube. When the buyer stops the video or the clip is finished he/she will see Try and Buy buttons and they can immediately download trial version or buy the software.
Why should I join?
Software is what everyone needs on the Internet. If you want to backup your DVDs or protect your computer with antivirus you go and search for it on the web. It makes software very profitable merchandise.
You can earn money very easily with us, all you need is to create a video review and upload it to our server. If you own a website, you can share others’ video clips with Embeddable Player. Learn more about how to earn money with Bubblesoft here: Start making money in 3 simple steps
Money
How much do you pay me?
When someone buys a software Bubblesoft gets affiliate commission from the vendor. We share this money with authors of the videos. We also want to spread out our videos as much as possible, so webmasters or bloggers who put Bubblesoft video on their websites also get their commission.
The more great video reviews you create the more money Bubblesoft earns. The more we earn the more we share with you.
Learn more here: How much do you pay to me?
What does it mean: “You get 14.99 USD per download”?
When you browse through our catalog of software products you can see section at the top right of the page, saying You get XXX USD per download. This amount of money will be your commission if you create a video review for this software product and someone buys it after watching your video on Bubblesoft website. Learn more here: Video monetization
How do I get my money?
Payments are processed on the 15th of each month . The exact date your payment will be sent is noted on the automated e-mail notification you will receive when your account’s payment is processed.
We use ePassporte to transfer you the commission and you must create ePassporte account to withdraw your money. You may purchase an ePassporte Visa Electron Card for an $35.00. The ePassporte Visa Electron Card may be used to make purchases at retail locations where Visa is accepted electronically and to withdraw funds at over one million Visa and/or PLUS ATM locations worldwide. Find more details at ePassporte’s website: https://www.epassporte.com/secure/jsp/PersonalAccounts.jsp
After we send your payment, you should receive it within 2-3 business days from date sent .
There is a $100 minimum balance requirement in order to receive a payment. Accounts are eligible for payment after the balance has reached the $100 minimum. For those accounts which do not have a balance greater than $100 there is a quarterly payment made in March, June, September, and December for balances over $50.
As stated in the Terms Of Use, there is a 60 day delay in payments on all transactions. Each transaction is considered eligible for payments after it has past 60 days. Each payment will be on the payment cycle when the account balance is at least $100 in transactions past the 60 day holding period. Payment, for any specific order, is not due to you any earlier than the pay cycle that follows the 60th day after the date the order completes.
Do I pay any fees to get my money?
You will pay $3 fee per transfer. This amount will be deducted from the total amount which is being transferred to you. ePassporte may apply other fees for money withdrawal and for other operations with your account. Please, find out more at https://www.epassporte.com/secure/jsp/PersonalAccounts.jsp
How do I know how much I’ve earned?
We provide you with reporting about your earnings. You should go to http://bubble-cast.com/user/mymoney.html and login to Bubblecast with your Bubblesoft user name and password if required. You will find Payments report with a table like this:
| Payment date | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 15.09.09 | Paid | $100 |
| 15.10.09 | Paid | $200 |
| 15.11.09 | Pending | $144.99 |
| Total | $444.99 |
Payment date is the date of past or future payout. Status: Pending means that the payout will be processed at that date, Paid means the date of a past payout.
How do I know that customers buy software from my video?
We provide you with reporting about transactions buyers made from your video. You should go to http://bubble-cast.com/user/mymoney.html and login to Bubblecast with your Bubblesoft user name and password if required. You will find Transactions report with a table like this:
| Transaction | Product | Video | Site | Date | Status | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nod32 | Video 1 | http://bubble-cast.com | 22.03.09 | Pending | 10 $ |
| 3 | Kaspersky | Video 2 | http://bubble-cast.com | 04.02.09 | Due | 200 $ |
| 5 | Symantec Antivirus | Video 3 | http://x3.com | 11.01.09 | Paid | 14.99$ |
| Total Pending | 10 $ | |||||
| Total Due | 200 $ | |||||
| Total Paid | 14.99 $ |
Transaction status reads like this:Pending – transaction is in progress, vendor commission payout is awaited;
Due – vendor has paid the commission, this transaction’s amount will be added to the amount of the next payout;
Paid – the commission for this transaction was already paid to you in past payout.
How do I get commission if customer downloads trial version?
Software vendors integrate a small piece of code, that will ‘tag’ special marker, indicating that the buyer has downloaded trial from your video, into the buy link for trial version of products. When the buyer then purchases the software by clicking appropriate Buy button in this software’s GUI (user interface), we will know that the sales was driven by your video, and will pay you the commission.
You will be guaranteed credit for that sale when the user clicks from the buy button from within the application.
If the user does not complete the order, a cookie is still placed on their machine to ensure proper credit down the road when that user returns to the site to make a purchase.
I have Due transactions this month but I didn’t get payout
It means that you didn’t reach $100 threshold amount to be eligible for payout this months. Please, see more details here: How do I get my money?
Screencasting
What is screencast?
Screencast is a video captured from your computer’s screen. It’s very easy to create software video review as a screencast: you just start recording with screencasting software of your choice, it’s ususally as simple as clicking “Record” button, you make something with the software product, demonstrating its features and the video is recorded behind the scene. See How to use Camstudio to create video review for more details.
What is screencasting software?
Screencasting software is software that can capture you computer’s screen while you’re doing something. There are multiple very good and popular screencating software products, e.g. Camstudio of Camtasia. See How to use Camstudio to create video review for more details.
How do I record screencast?
You just start recording with screencasting software of your choice, it’s ususally as simple as clicking “Record” button, you make something with the software product, demonstrating its features and the video is recorded behind the scene. See How to use Camstudio to create video review for more details.
Software video review
What is “Software video review”?
Software video review is a video clip which demonstrates particular software features, and also text description of the product, it features or video. It’s very essential to not only create the video (screencast) but to provide good text with it. Nowadays everyone uses Search Engines, like Google or Yahoo to find something on the Internet, including software. If you provide good description of your video, people will be willing to link to it from their websites, and search engines will put the link to your video higher in search results. It means that more potential buyers will watch your video and buy the software bringing you more commission.
How do I create software video review?
It’s very easy to create the video review in Bubblesoft:
- Record a screencast
- Upload it to our server
- Provide text description
See more details here: How to post video review for software
Can I use Youtube video in Bubblesoft?
Bubblecast Quickcast component that you’re using to upload video to Bubblesoft allows you to embed Youtube video into post. You can do that in Bubblesoft but this kind of video cannot be eligible for payout because of Youtube Terms of use. Even if this video was uploaded to Youtube by yourself you will not get paid for it. To earn commission you must upload your video file directly to Bubblesoft. See How to post video review for software for more details.
How do I get more sales with my video review?
Nowadays everyone uses Search Engines, like Google or Yahoo to find something on the Internet, including software. If you provide good description of your video, people will be willing to link to it from their websites, and search engines will put the link to your video higher in search results. It means that more potential buyers will watch your video and buy the software bringing you more commission.
