On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:37 AM, skooter500 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Shane > > I took a look at ZappMarket. A couple of suggestions. > > The URL http://zappmarket.com/ just shows the zapp market logo and > nothing else after that. > Yes, you are right. I still need to build out an informational site on that url. > When I went to upload application I got the message "We have detected > that you are using Internet Explorer" even though I am using Firefox > Thanks for reporting, I'll check on this. > What are your commissions? > 30% - what's good about this is that I'm very motivated to help developers drive sales and to reduce the barriers to users buying apps. My focus is developers and users only, not operators, handset manufacturers or anyone else. How does a user get the APK onto their machine? > The user logs into the website and then sees their storage locker. So it's all very simple HTML. For more advanced features, I'm placing a bet on HTML5 moving forward. You can check out details here: http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/help I've also moved away from a mobile marketplace client because it is an additional step to purchasing content (they are also a pain to deal with). ZappMarket is more about the social aspect of buying and discovering apps. > How does a user get updates to their app? > Once we get some traction with the user community, I will add a facebook notification option (which can include sms and/or e-mail). This is exactly what facebook is good at. Have you any features to prevent app piracy? > No. There are really only two things that could be done here. 1) have a mobile client that saves the apk internally (rather than on the SDK card) and install from there; 2) use a licensing system like AndAppStore has. Option (1) is similar to how Google does it and we all see how well that works. In terms of piracy protection, there are already solutions out there so rather than duplicate those, I'd rather focus on the social aspects which I think are not adequately addressed by other players. > Thanks for the information and best of luck with ZappMarket! > Thanks! > > Bryan > > On Jul 1, 4:35 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for taking a look, Steve. Just to throw some stats your way: > Facebook > > has 400 million active users and 70% of the users are outside of the US. > > There are also 100 million users that access FaceBook through their > mobile > > device, so it's a great community to sell Android applications into. > > > > It's also a great way to interact with your user base. When you click on > an > > app, you see a picture of the dev (with a link to their facebook page), > > giving it far more of a personal feel. Users can see these are real > people. > > A face to the apps. And my feeling is that the feedback will be far more > > constructive when they see it's not some faceless entity. > > > > One complaint I've heard from devs is they can't communicate with their > user > > base if they find a bug and need to head off the stem of bad reviews or > if > > they get a bad review because the user doesn't understand the product. > With > > Zapp you can go in and see who left a comment or who bought your apps > (with > > a link to their page) and address things quickly. > > > > And then you have the whole viral nature of the app, where friends > recommend > > to friends and so on. This provides exposure to apps that traditionally > get > > buried in the Android Market. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:51 AM, gosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >sell Android apps into the facebook community, take a look at > ZappMarket > > > > > Thats a very cool idea - its given me a whole new perspective on > > > Facebook... > > > I've stayed away from facebook for years, for philosophical reasons: > > > I've always considered it to be an attempt to fence-off the Internet > > > into a private space, one not much different from Microsoft's attempt > > > years ago with MSN. Hated the 'login in' screen before you could see > > > anything at all - at least they've moved away from that. > > > > > BUT, now that Google has shown itself far less International than I > > > would have ever suspected prior to Android app development (re: the > > > hard limit to 9 seller countries), it puts facebook in a whole new > > > light to me. It is effectively a very large social space that crossed > > > those national boundaries that Google has stopped at the border of. So > > > from a commercial point of view, it may well turn out to be the most > > > International player at the top end of the service providers > > > > > Good luck to you with it. > > > Steve > > > > > On Jun 29, 2:26 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If you want to sell Android apps into the facebook community, take a > look > > > at > > > > ZappMarket. It has a dozen payment methods including paypal, google > > > > checkout, as well as an offer wall. Pretty much anyone, anywhere will > be > > > > able to buy your app. You don't get the instant audience of Android > > > Market > > > > but Zapp is a great way to build a community of users around your > app. > > > When > > > > Android Market finally comes to Ireland, you could already have a > good > > > user > > > > base built up. > > > > > > Keep in mind, to upload, you will need a facebook account: > > > > > >http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/uploads > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Mathias Lin <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Don't expect an answer from Google, cause they won't. Just move to > > > > > another market platform. Google has no interest to offer paid apps > > > > > model in too many countries, as they heavily rely on advertisement > > > > > income. > > > > > > > On Jun 28, 3:15 pm, skooter500 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is a disgrace! And I cant get an answer from anyone in > Google as > > > > > > to when this will be available. > > > > > > > > Oh well. It looks like SlideMe it is > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 7:43 pm, Tomá¹ Hubálek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 21 èvn, 10:37, skooter500 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > (though I have users in 22 countries). I am not going to > release > > > it > > > > > > > > for free. It seems I cant sign up for a google checkout > merchant > > > > > > > > account, because I live inIrelandand there are no paid apps > > > allowed > > > > > > > > on the Irish Android Marketplace!!! > > > > > > > > > Welcome to Android World where highest percentage of the apps > on > > > the > > > > > > >marketis free... We are going to communism where everything is > for > > > > > > > free and everybody is working for pleasure ;-) And all pigs are > > > equal > > > > > > > and some of the are more equal ;-) > > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > ><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) > http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket)http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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