I posted one of my most popular apps on Shop4Apps China a few months ago. Sadly, I have yet to make even 1 sale. Granted, the app is in English so I would not expect it to be anywhere near as popular in China as it is here, but I did expect to sell at least a few.
Shop4Apps, as well as Motorola's "App Accelerator" program, have both been colossal wastes of my time. Cheers, Steve On Sep 20, 1:08 pm, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > So a long time ago before Moto supported paid apps in Shop4Apps I had > submitted one of my apps - it was a paid app but that was before I > knew they didn't support devs getting paid yet. So I asked them to > remove all my apps. > > A few weeks ago I found out that they now supported getting paid thru > paypal, so you could sell your apps in China. So I resubmitted my > apps. > > Unfortunately the only bad thing is it's like putting your app in a > black hole. You really don't get any stats! Once a week they update > your download count. And right now the download count is China only > (even though Shop4Apps supports Mexico and Brazil as well). So far my > download count shows as "7". This is for an app the gets bought over > 40 times a day on the Android market. > > Wow - a whopping 7 so far, so this really still feels like a waste of > time just like when I originally got into it. > > I still think because of this that alternative markets are never going > to pan out - because for one, people don't seem to know about them, > and for two, the companies that run the alternative market don't even > provide the same level of information that Google does - even though > we as devs complain that Google needs to provide more stats, better > stats, it still seems they are ahead of the other market providers. > Like I said, for motodev, it's like your app just disappears. You just > "hope" that after a month, or up to 90 days, that you get some money > for it somehow. > > Has anyone else here posted their app to Shop4Apps and would you be > willing to share your current experience? I'm wondering if it's time > to get back out of their store AGAIN. > > I also read that many people were concerned that since it's for China > you won't get many sales anyway since they pirate everything over > there instead. > > Well, just venting - misery loves company. I already make good sales > on Android Market but obviously the more markets available (more > countries) the better your results should be.. > > -niko -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
