SoftWareBusters Author Resources Center

Welcome to SoftWareBusters Author Resources Center! From here you can:

Submit/Update your software (accepted PAD submissions only)

With only one submission here, your listing will show up on SoftWareBusters and all the related downloads sites.

Read about PAD

Learn about PAD XML format, download free PAD generator software, get acquainted about required and optional fields, avoid common mistakes, validate your PAD file online against the current PAD specification.

Apply for SoftWareBusters Award

If you have a software product listed on SoftWareBusters and want it to be rated by our review staff, feel free to apply for SoftWareBusters Award. We will rate your software and display the award image both on its description page and on category/search pages.

Get award graphics

If your software has been rated by SoftWareBusters review staff, please feel free to save the appropriate award logo and to link it from your web site to your software description page on SoftWareBusters.

Promote your software

Learn more about the software promotion types we do currently provide at SoftWareBusters. Please note that all the suggested methods are free of charge.

Request listing removal

To remove your listing from our database, please email your request via the contact form and specify the reason of removal, PAD URL and program ID on SoftWareBusters.

Access the Black List for banned domains

This is the black list (plain text mode) containing the domain name parts (without 'http://' prefix and subdomains) from PAD files we have banned due to violations of our submission terms (third party affiliates, duplicates, adware, affiliate cheating, spam, rogue & scam etc.). If you own a download site and want to clean it up from unwanted listings, feel free to export this list for further usage and do not forget to pick it up for updates periodically.