Select your location
There’s more to the new web site than first meets the eye. One of the features we’ve added is making it much easier to buy CodeGear products online. If you look at the top-right corner of the page, you’ll see a bunch of icons, and a drop-down menu that let you select your location.
Selecting your location is a Good Thing™ - when you click on the "buy" icon (the one that looks like a couple of credit cards), the site redirects you to the correct shop site for your selected location. If you’re logged in, the site uses your country selection from your CDN account, but you can override this setting by selecting a location from the menu. To go back to your account settings, select "My default location" from the menu.
The cool thing about these buttons is that they’re automatically generated based on a database of products, shop sites, and locations. Both the "download" and the "buy" buttons are generated based on where you are (physically and on the site). At least, I think it’s cool. Users don’t really case, but developers should appreciate how much cleaner this is than manually typing in links for each product page.
Anyway, getting the correct shop site is just one of many things the web site can do once you select your location. It can give you content specific to your location, for example. Other features will be made visible in the future, so make sure you set your location.
Share This | Email this page to a friend
Posted by Yorai Aminov on April 25th, 2008 under CDN |3 Responses to “Select your location”
Leave a Comment
Server Response from: BLOGS2
RSS Feed
April 26th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Hi, you say:
> Selecting your location is a Good Thing
I wonder why. Buying lots of software online, from small shops to the bigger ones, like VMware, Cakewalk, Sony etc., I have not encountered such an option as far as I can remember. When purchasing software online, for immediate download, why do I have to select a "location" beforehand?
April 26th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Laws, taxes, sometimes even license agreements - all of these require location information, even for electronic distribution. Online shopping can be handled by one global site, or by several sites (including resellers).
Still, you don’t have to enter select a location before clicking the "buy" button - it just helps the site provide you with better information. Also, note the last paragraph - there will be other location-specific content and features in the future.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:17 am
> Laws, taxes, sometimes even license agreements - all of
> these require location information,
> even for electronic distribution.
As far as I understand, purchasing Delphi for Win32 Enterprise as an American versus as a Norwegian gives a price difference of approximately $700 in my disfavor, as a Norwegian.
This price difference does not apply when ordering software from other well renommed companies, like VMware, Sony etc.
I recently had a complete inspection from the tax authorities. They went through all books and papers, with no comments whatsoever on my software purchases directly from USA. Either they have no clue, or there is some misunderstanding somewhere else.
As it is now, CodeGear does not take full advantage of the current low dollar currency. Other US sofware companies do.