Yes, I see now that they write "Products that cannot be previewed by the buyer (such as applications): You authorize Google to give the buyer a full refund of the Product price if the buyer requests the refund within 48 hours after purchase".
I have released a trial like I described on OVI and I haven't got much angry reviews. I could also make a trial with limited functionality. You could for instance only watch 4 of the 10 visual effects. But wouldn't that risk getting angry reviews as well?' Or do you think this alternative would work better on AM? It is difficult and time consuming to buy anything from AM in Sweden. You have to buy with credit cards and you have to write all the information about your credit card in the mobile. Is it the same for USA? If so, I think it makes people less willing to buy anything. I think a trial version is needed because the buying process is so complicated, even if a 24 hour trial is possible when they buy apps. On 22 Nov, 01:13, "Michael A." <michael.aki...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 20, 11:34 am, MobileVisuals <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for explaining, now I understand what you mean when you say > > that there is not much use to make a time limited trial. > > What do you mean with "Android Market already implements a default > > time limited trial version of your app"? Do you mean that everytime > > someone buys an app they can return it within 24-48 hours for free? > > That must be a special rule that Google has, I've never seen that in > > other appstores. > > You should probably read > this:http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html > > > I was planning to release a trial version which starts 3 times. The > > first time, you can view all of the visual effects. > > The second time, you can view just 3 of the visual effects. The third > > time, you can view just 1 of the visual effects. > > But maybe it is no use to release a trial version like that either? My > > apps display visual effects that you can use for meditation or > > relaxation, so you can't use them as a wallpaper. > > I think that you would be likely to get a lot of disgruntled customers > by releasing an app like that, but do keep in mind that this is just > an opinion based on my own experiences and observations. Others may > have differing experiences/opinions, and even if all of us agree (not > likely), it is still just an opinion. None of us can predict the > future. > > > My company got good distribution to operators, currently about 40 > > operators are selling our apps. Maybe it is easier to get sales for > > Android apps on the operators appstores and portals than on Android > > market? I have seen that big US operators like T-mobile and Verizon > > are looking for Android apps. > > It is certainly possible, but none of the alternate markets have - as > yet - a market penetration to compete with the Android market. You are > likely to make at least an order of magnitude (10x) more sales > through the Android market than any other portal as things stand > today. That situation may change in future, perhaps even the near > future, but for now this is the reality we deal with. > > Regards, > > Michael A. > > > > > On 18 Nov, 14:11, "Michael A." <michael.aki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Nov 17, 9:57 am, MobileVisuals <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote: > > > > > I see, so do you know the best way to make a time limited trial? I > > > > assume that the License Verification Library (LVL) should not be used > > > > for this? > > > > I would not make a time-limited trial (that was kind of my point). > > > With the way the Android market works (and the demographics of its > > > users), it is not really well suited to these kind of apps. > > > > I would look to limit the functionality/choice in your trial app > > > instead. I can see that you do wallpapers; you could for instance > > > offer a basic variant for free that does not permit any (or very > > > little) tweaking of your wallpaper settings. Or put in ads whenever > > > the settings are changed - whichever solution seems to fit best with > > > your strategy. > > > > > Our apps has sold best when there is no trial version available, so > > > > the consumer only has the option of buying the complete version. This > > > > approach has been successful on Playnow, we've had 2 apps which have > > > > been number one their sales chart. > > > > The Android market is a very different beast, for better and worse. > > > > > But I assume that this approach is more difficult on Android market, > > > > since there are so may free products available? > > > > Visibility is an issue on the market. There's a reason that most of > > > the success stories on the market were either early arrivals to > > > Android or "big names" (e.g. Rovio). > > > > > Or is it possible to sell good on Android market without having a > > > > trial version? > > > > I think you misunderstand the purpose of a trial version in the > > > context of the Android market. > > > > Keep in mind that the Android Market already implements a default time- > > > limited trial version of your app - ANY user can download your app and > > > return it within 24-48 hours practically for free. Do people really > > > need more than 24 hours to determine whether they want to buy your > > > app? I think that it is a very rare app where this would be the case. > > > Obviously, seeing a high return percentage on your app is not be nice, > > > but why spend effort implementing something which already exists in > > > the Android market? > > > > I would reformulate your question into a better one (from my point of > > > view on what occurs in the Android Market): is it possible to sell > > > well on the Android Market without having an established fanbase? If > > > you have a killer app, maybe. For the vast majority of apps, it would > > > take brilliant and/or massively unscrupulous (sadly a lot of that > > > around too) marketing effort to generate sales. > > > > What a "trial version" is for is to spearhead your marketing effort. > > > You want to put something on the market that makes people say "Man > > > this is awesome" -> telling all their friends about it and rating it > > > 5* -> more downloads -> hopefully sales of your other products. What > > > you are most likely to get from a time-limited trial on the Android > > > market is a "WTF doesn't this work anymore?" and more angry users > > > rating your trial with 1 star. Marking your app as a time-limited > > > trial is not going to change that substantially. Assume that anything > > > you write to promote your app can and will be misunderstood (for some > > > users, it seems you should just assume that they can't/won't read > > > anything you write). > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael A.- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
