‘Honeypot’ pages to try to convert people searching for cracked software
When searching for the crack, it means someone thinks that the software isn&#x27;t worth the value being asked (or they might not have any way to pay). The honeypot page doesn&#x27;t provide anything useful to the question. I think scaring customers who are looking for cracks with &quot;you&#x27;re sooooo gonna get malware, stop doing that&quot; sounds a bit cheap and might turn some away. Having that page sounds like a smug idea to &#x27;outsmart&#x27; the customers (which I think is dangerous). It gives the impression &#x27;ahaha I knew you will do this, caught ya&#x27; -- you&#x27;re trying <i>too</i> hard like a car salesman. Best case, they grudgingly pay for your shit. What probably will happen is that they click back and move to the next result.<p>There might be some actual, helpful solutions to the customer given you are facing a customer trying to save a buck:<p>1. Actually giving them a discount: Providing a discounted license. Giving them a student discount. Providing a reduced&#x2F;lite mode&#x2F;ad-enabled license (for example, powered by... on the printed cards). Providing WinRAR-style functionality. Extending their trial period. Actually offering them a way to email you to ask for a free license and explain why they can&#x27;t afford or pay for it.<p>2. Showing a cheaper (but inferior, possibly) software&#x2F;solution that does the same thing as the thing you&#x27;re trying to sell.<p>3. Showing the customer a way to DYI.<p>After trying 2 or 3 and the customer concluded to themselves &quot;fuck it, it sucks even more for me to try saving a couple of bucks than to buy this outright,&quot; then there is a chance they might actually be happy to buy it.