Assuming you can use the new in-app SDK for any version of android (1.6 later I hope), you could give away free and provide some in-app buys if that is possible. Really depends on the app I guess. This feature is probably best applied to games, but I am sure other apps can do things, like provide a "support my kids by donating a buck" button or something.
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Russell DuRoss <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen ad click rates anywhere from .1% to 1% of ad impressions. > So for 1,000 app executions (assuming only one ad impression per > execution), you could expact maybe about 1 - 10 ad clicks. At 10 > cents per click (could be higher or lower) that would be 10 cents to > $1.00. > > That probably sounds pretty depressing, but you may get as much as 100 > times more downloads of your Free version than of you Paid version. > > On Feb 10, 11:23 am, Kevin Duffey <[email protected]> wrote: > > From my understanding of ads, you need a huge number of users running it > to > > earn any sort of money. Probably in the millions running it every day to > > earn a decent amount. Not many apps out there that do that. Android is > still > > too young and too many expect most things free. > > > > Have you looked at in-app purchases? Not sure what version of android > that > > you must support for that to work with or if it's just an SDK download > that > > works with any version, but you could entice users to buy virtual goods > or > > something in the app to make some money. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Try putting out a version with limited features, but use it to push > users > > > to your paid version. > > > > > I do this with one of my keyboards, and it seems to work to some > degree. > > > > > - Brill Pappin > > > > > -- > > > 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- 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 > -- 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
