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It was only natural that while developing and supporting the AstroDatabank product, the AstroDatabank web site and the Astrology Software Shop, we became interested in the field of astrology. Astrology software, by itself, is an amazing work of complex algorithms. How successful have these companies been in converting their desktop development energies into internet marketing? Web sites selling astrology software and report writers are dime a dozen. We searched on Google for 'astrology software' and picked web sites from the top 20 results. Here is a first look analysis of what these web sites sell and how successful they are at it.
Astrolabe Astrology Software and Services
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Astrology Report Writers | |
| Professional Natal Report | Sell reports Online: Yes |
| The Complete Relationship Report | |
| Optimum Child | Ease of ordering: Low. Very long pages. Very easy to get lost on the web site as navigation is not intuitive. Link to Home Page from most pages, including the order form, gave 404. |
| Charting Software | Cart used: Cart32 |
| Solar Fire v 5 |
| Over 70
products including: - Kepler - Kala - Solar Fire - Parashara's Light - AstroDatabank - Astro-Pocket - Win*Star |
Sell software Online: Yes |
| Sell reports Online: Yes | |
| Ease of ordering: High. Multiple products can be ordered. Multiple reports for different birth data can be ordered. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes, thru Astrology Software Shop |
| Research Database | Sell reports Online: No |
| AstroDatabank v 3 | Ease of ordering: High. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Astrology Report Writers | |
| AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter v 6.1 | Sell reports Online: No |
| Charting Software | |
|
Astrology for Windows v 2.3 Free Download here |
Ease of ordering: Not intuitive. All products listed on checkout page. No apparent cart - just an order page. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Charting Software | Sell reports Online: No |
|
Janus 3.0 Free Download here |
Ease of ordering: Good. Downside is that you can only order one product - either the CD or the upgrade and no multiples are allowed. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Charting Software | |
| Kepler | Sell reports Online: Yes |
| Astrology Report Writers | |
| Canine Report | Ease of ordering: Not intuitive. All products listed on checkout page. No apparent cart - just an order page. Reports must be ordered one at a time and cannot be clubbed with an order for software or report writers |
| Child Report | |
| Compatibility Report | |
| Destiny and Decisions Transit Report | |
| Indra | |
| Merlin | |
| Relocation Information |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Charting Software | |
| Win*Star Plus | Sell reports Online: Yes |
| Win*Star Express | |
| Astrology Report Writers | |
| Astro*Talk |
Ease of ordering: Medium. Downside: 1.)
A report cannot be ordered in the same order as software. Two separate
orders must be entered ie enter credit card information twice to checkout
twice. 2.) Reports for different birth data cannot be ordered in the same
order. Upside: Multiple reports can be ordered for the same birth data. |
| Friends and Lovers | |
| Time*Line | |
| The Sky Within | |
| Opportunities | |
| Astro*Carto*Graphy | |
| Child*Star | |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Kind of |
| Charting Software | |
| Goravani Jyotish | Sell reports Online: No |
| Ease of ordering: Poor. Downside: 1.) Name on security certificate does not match the name of the site. 2.) Order form is 'Forbidden' and results in 'You don't have permission to access...' |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes, thru Astrology Software Shop |
| Charting Software | |
| Astro-Pocket v 3.3 for Palm | Sell reports Online: No |
| Ease of ordering: High. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Software | |
| Timaeus v 3.1 | Sell reports Online: No |
| Zodiac Aphesis v 1.43 | |
| (Both are shareware with a 30 day evaluation period.) | Ease of ordering: High. Shopping cart added recently improves ease of ordering significantly. Instant delivery as you have the option of downloading the software. |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes |
| Astrology Software | |
| TimePassages | Sell reports Online: No |
| Ease of ordering: Good |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: No |
| Astrology Software | |
|
Star 4.3 Free Download here |
Sell reports Online: No |
| Ease of ordering: Contact form on web site |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes, thru Paypal |
| Astrology Software | |
| Shri Jyoti Star | Sell reports Online: No |
| Ease of ordering: Need a Paypal account |
| Products Worth Mentioning: | Sell software Online: Yes, thru Paypal |
| Astrology Software | |
| web hosting | Sell reports Online: Yes |
| server side scripts to set up astrology site delivering online astrology reports | |
| Ease of ordering: Need a Paypal account and the process is not very clear. Email contact seems necessary. |
There are more web sites of interest listed with Netscape's Open Directory Project under the Astrology Software category.