Well AndFreeApps.com got registered and is now pointing at AndAppStore.com :).
Al. Al Sutton wrote: > $1 says someone's registered that domain by tomorrow morning :). > > The reason why it's AndAppStore is that I'm not ruling out a payment > system in the future, but if we do go down that route there will have > to be a free demo available for any app sold. > > I've learnt from the company I set up a few years that if you give > customers a free demo they are unlikely to buy it and then turn around > and say "It's not what I wanted, I want my money back!!!". I can > understand people want paying for their development work (my dev work > pays for my lifestyle), but for those who want to live off their work > I'd like to see is more demos and less of an attitude of "Well, if you > pay me $1 I'll show you the app, and if you don't like it, well, it > was only $1 wasn't it, it's not like it's a lot of money". > > Al. > > Peli wrote: >> Indeed, "store" implies a place where one can buy something. >> Otherwise, it should probably have been called "AndFreeApps" :-) >> >> Peli >> >> On Oct 24, 1:18 pm, "Randy S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> hi Al. While I appreciate the gesture for those who give away their >>> work, my opinion as a user is I'd rather the existing mechanisms >>> (ranking system, search, latest) be the tools to float the apps to the >>> top. Otherwise; the site will likely be considered the site for free >>> apps. The problem is that by showing only free, you're hiding >>> non-free, which may not be what you (or those developers) had in mind. >>> It depends on what you want your site to specialize in, and how to >>> differentiate it from others stores. >>> >>> Just one opinion, of course. A good search will allow a user to >>> specify Free if desired. >>> >>> On 10/24/08, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Guys, >>>> I've been thinking hard about the best way to show support for >>>> free/shareware applications which may suffer under Marketplaces $25 >>>> sign >>>> up fee and I received some user feedback which gave me a an idea of >>>> how >>>> to help, so I'd appreciate peoples views on the following; >>>> -- >>>> As of now AndAppStore.com will only show users visiting the main areas >>>> (Latest releases, All apps, and Categories) applications which >>>> provide a >>>> link to an apk users can download at no cost. >>>> This does not mean that developers can't submit pay-for apps, >>>> and if >>>> they submit an app with out a free download it will still appear on >>>> their profile page, but the main sections will, for now, only show >>>> freely available downloads. >>>> Users will still be able to click on developers "Listed by" >>>> links to see >>>> all of their apps, so if you submit 50 apps and submit a free download >>>> for only 1 of them, AndAppStore.com, will show users all 50 apps in >>>> your >>>> profile page, but you will need to list at least one freely available >>>> app to become visible to passing users. >>>> -- >>>> What do people think of this? >>>> Al. >>>> >> >> >> > > -- Al Sutton W: www.alsutton.com B: alsutton.wordpress.com T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
