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Become a publisher

Built something great? Package, protect, and sell it. Anyone can get a Publisher license, and you don’t need a company, a storefront or a lawyer to start.

Studio licenses

Sim pilots fly free. Displaying instruments and flying panels in Studio costs nothing, for personal use.

Builder — $4 a month or $39 a year. Create your own instruments and new panel layouts, for personal use.

Publisher — $29 a month or $199 a year. Everything in Builder, plus package and protect your instruments to sell or share. Packs you’ve already protected keep working for your buyers even if your Publisher license ends.

Builder starts with a 7-day free trial. Publisher has no free trial. Each license works on one computer per operating system: one Windows, one Mac and one Linux computer. Cancel any time. Your license keeps working to the end of the month or year you paid for. Get a license from the Store.

Professional use (flight schools, training centers, commercial simulators, events) needs a separate professional license, even just to display instruments. Price and support are not set yet; contact us.

Ready to sell? Package and protect your work

When you want to earn from an instrument, a Publisher license lets you package and protect it yourself, right in Studio. A protected .sisx pack runs for your buyers but keeps your code and artwork private, so your hard work stays yours.

The Publisher license is $29 a month or $199 a year (no free trial) from the Store on SimulationInstruments.com.

What you get

Your store, your price. Sell through your own channel, such as Gumroad, and set the price yourself. The sale is yours.
Licensing handled for you. When a buyer activates, our license service checks the sale and licenses their computer. No key servers to run.
A fair, simple fee. About $1.50 per license, and only for real, unrefunded purchases. Reinstalls and test purchases are free.
Happy buyers. Your buyers get point updates free, so fixes reach everyone who paid.

Getting started

Install your publisher license in Studio, open your instrument, and use the Seal button to package and protect it. You’re in control from first build to first sale.

How packaging and protecting looks in Studio

Studio’s Publish tab is always there. Its Seal, Bulk Seal and Pending buttons switch on once your publisher license is installed.

Questions

Write to publisher_support@simulationinstruments.com. We’re glad to help you get your first pack out the door.