We shouldn't even be calling a 24h trial. Google doesn't call it that, and it's NOT that. It's a 24h refund policy. It's a buyer security policy, and NOT A TRIAL POLICY.
We have to nip that meme in the bud. It's a bad way to think of it for both developers AND for users. If you want a 24-hour demo app CREATE A 24H DEMO APP. Yup, that means you have two apps, and yup, there are drawbacks. But it does put you in control of when to release updates, and how often people get to try. Generally, they get 24-hours (or whatever time you choose) recorded for a particular version. New version, new clock. For a game, I'd suggest making the timer based on play time, rather than clock or calendar time. This 24-hour refund thing is just a (welcome) security blanket for users, and not a marketing tool for we developers. On Feb 19, 11:15 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Carlo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought the 24H trial was installed, in the first > > place, for that exact reason :) > > Yeah, but the problem with this is that the 24 trial is one-time thing per > app for the lifetime of the app. Most apps are under development and would > theoretically see continued improvements / new features over its lifetime so > the one-time trial would not give you any idea about the potential of the > app in the future. If Market allowed a 24-trial per app PER VERSION then > this would be another story so people could try out each version of your app > as it gets released to see if they're ready to purchase, but it does not. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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
