I don't know about other markets, as I don't sell on them, but on appBrain, my app is #1, while it's #7 on the Android Market, down from #3.
On Dec 20, 1:51 pm, keyeslabs <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
