Has anyone seen resolution of this? My sales have decreased, most likely due to a dramatic drop in rankings (by about 25 slots). Sudden and dramatic would be how I would characterize the change. Seems closely correlated with the new market app.
Interestingly, my active installs has been climbing during the same period. I'll be very interested to see how transparent the ranking algorithms are in some of the other markets. VCast is already rolling, and others are soon-to-be kicked off. Android Market rankings have been a roller coaster over the last year, and it's been a frustrating ride as dev. I can say one thing about these other markets for sure, they have forced Google to make changes to the market at a rate that developers and consumers never could. Whether those changes are improvements or not remains to be seen. I just LOVE competition! BTW, how many of us that saw drops in rankings are registered on the other markets? :) On Dec 17, 9:34 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > My sales have started to decline about 10 days ago and now they are at > about 50% compared to then. > > Has anybody seen anything like this with their own apps? I am at a > loss as I cannot see a reason for this -- my ratings are as high as > ever, no 1-stars to scare people off, no "hot" competitor app. I did > increase the price by $1 about 14 days ago, but that actually lead to > more sales for a few days after, so I don't know. The $1 increase is > from $7.99 to $8.99, so percentage-wise it's not that much. > > As I am typing, I'm going on a 5 hour without a sale lull, with only a > couple of "Declined authorizations." I've evem seen an 11-hour lull > also which has never happened since day one. > > I mean it's possible that my app has run its course and most people > who wanted it had bought it or a competitor's, but that's pretty hard > to believe. > > Anybody with any insights? -- 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
