Developing wordpress plugin, need advice
So, the questions boils down to: Should I put an 'activation' checker in the plugin, to check that someone actually paid for the plugin, and didn't just copy/paste it somewhere? Or, should I just leave that out and let the plugin be ready to roll once installed?
If I go with the activation, I was thinking of a process like this:
1. User buys plugin
2. User installs the plugin, and sees activation message on settings page
3. user goes to activation website, puts in reciept id, and website url.
4. Code is given to user to put into the plugin settings to 'activate' the features.
Of course, tech savy people could edit the code to skip this step... so I could go either way.
If there is an activation step, I could potentially lock the plugin per domain it is being used on. Then I could offer a "use it on all your domains" version etc.
Plus, I would then have a way to report "Being used on ~X domains!" in my marketing etc
What are your thoughts? Skip the activation, or add it?
Right now I'm adding the last few features that I thought of last night, but can have things ready to go by this coming Monday/Tuesday depending on the advice given.
Thanks!
Jean Paul a.k.a AdwordsMogul
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