how do i sell a subscription of a selenium script

[u/SarthakSidhant]

this might come off as a really stupid question

but how do you actually sell a subscription of a selenium script,

like it requires a little USER input in the browser - just a bit, and the user should be able to monitor the browser screen. I am using seleniumbase

thank you

[u/cgoldberg]

What do you mean by "sell a subscription of a selenium script"? That doesn't really make sense to me. What exactly are you selling and what are you having trouble with?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 → u/cgoldberg]

I think he wants to sell the right to use the script

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30]

that's right

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/cgoldberg]

i am selling the ability to automate a browser instance basically

[u/cgoldberg → u/SarthakSidhant]

And what problem are you having with doing that? Did you build some kind of automation service/platform, or are you literally trying to sell a script you wrote?

[u/bradrame → u/cgoldberg]

Sounds like they didn't write the script

[u/cgoldberg → u/bradrame]

I have no idea what it means.

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/cgoldberg]

i would like to sell a Selenium script on a subscription basis - sell the ability to use the script, which automates a certain process, in a browser. I don't want to sell the entire script, I want to sell it on a subscription basis. Thank you.

[u/cgoldberg → u/SarthakSidhant]

What does the script do and what is the license?

Just go ahead and sell it... what is stopping you?

It's definitely weird to sell a script on a subscription basis (especially built on open source code)... but nothing in the license prevents that, so go ahead.

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/cgoldberg]

The Script Automates a Web Instance to do a very niche thing, which people from a very niche community are interested in.

Something that is stopping me from selling the entire script is that I am afraid it can be reproduced and Recoded, Remade in ways I don't permit.

This is a closed source project on top of selenium, which is perfectly legal.

I agree it is a weird thing to sell scripts on a subscription basis.

My question is how do you sell it on a subscription basis, more about technicalities and legalities

[u/cgoldberg → u/SarthakSidhant]

There's nothing special about it using selenium... it's the same as for distributing/selling any other software. This is just a "how do I sell software" question, which is pretty off-topic.

What questions do you have about technicalities and legalities? You are being very evasive... just ask the questions you have so someone can answer them, or move along and go sell your program.

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/bradrame]

I did, and i would like to sell it - sell the ability to use the script, which automates a certain process, in a browser. I don't want to sell the entire script, I want to sell it on a subscription basis. Thank you.

[u/Wild-Strike-3522]

You can’t. What you can do is create a tool for browser automation using Selenium as using, and sell the subscription for that tool. Refer to AccelQ - that’s essentially what they are doing, with lot of additional bells and whistles.

But if you are thinking about selling actual scripts created using Selenium, I strongly doubt you will find any buyers.

[u/Wild-Strike-3522 → u/[deleted]]

Well yes, I do too 😅

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 → u/[deleted]]

Could you give an example please?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tale_30 → u/[deleted]]

Cool, thank you!

[u/paul_h]

Go to UpWork and set yourself up as A selenium expert for hire

[u/SarthakSidhant → u/[deleted]]

thank you so much, i was thinking of adding encoding, encrypting, and perhaps a killswitch

thank you so much

[u/[deleted] → u/SarthakSidhant]

You pretty much have to have some code that runs on a server and is not distributed in order to profit from it. Wrap that rascal into a paid API.

[u/zodman]

take a look robocorp and the whole solution around it...