I wouldn't be surprised if the base price of the android market app starts
at $10.99 instead of $0.99 due the charge back limitations.

take care,
Muthu Ramadoss.

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Zero <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> so, how is your experience with download /chargeback rate until now?
> can anyone really make money with apps < 10 $ ? or is it better to
> charge at least 10,50$$ to avoid automatic chargeback ?
> also i wonder how free trial for x days, upgrade to paid is handled by
> the market,
> as the tos states that this has to go thru the market, there should be
> a way of doing that ?
>
> On Feb 20, 4:29 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Some googs answer, some don't. (And sometimes they spout ridiculous
> company
> > lines and FUD that screws up their credibility.)
> >
> > The bigger problem is that google didn't bother to assign any support
> > resources. So the people answering questions/comments here are the same
> ones
> > who are writing code, testing hardware, etc. (Thats fine when the
> question
> > is an esoteric API problem. Less helpful when it is "I can't get market
> to
> > download anything" or "how do I turn off the ADP1"..)
> >
> > Personally, I'm less worried about questions that should be going to
> tmobile
> > and more concerned with the fact that the AOSP is at best an
> afterthought,
> > taking a back seat to all the closed source vendor trees. (But I'm weird
> > like that :) ..)
> >
> > Seriously though, if you are a tmobile customer (or, soon, vodafone) you
> > need to call 611 with your problems. The carriers set the priorities for
> > this platform and they set them based on what their customers are calling
> > about..
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> > > It's a good question but why do people on this list keep asking Google
> > > questions? We know they won't answer.
> >
> > > Shane
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Michael Martin - MM Agency <
> > > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >>  *** Can anyone at Google explain why some G1s can see paid apps while
> > >> others can't? ****
> >
> > >> I don't believe this is a matter of an OTA updates but rather
> datacenter
> > >> propagation thus it would depend on which Android Market datacenter
> the G1
> > >> is pinging.
> >
> > >> In my case I have 2 G1s and 1 can see the paid apps while the other
> > >> doesn't….could only assume they are both pinging the same DC.
> >
> > >> (I have already tried the reboot theory to no avail)
> >
> > >> Any formal explanation for this???
> >
> > >> Thank You,
> >
> > >> Michael Martin
> >
> > >>http://www.googleandblog.com/
> >
> > >>  ------------------------------
> >
> > >> *From:* Disconnect [mailto:[email protected]]
> > >> *Sent:* Friday, February 20, 2009 6:58 AM
> > >> *To:* [email protected]
> > >> *Subject:* [android-discuss] Re: the market for profit is open!!
> >
> > >> It could also be the beta testers...
> >
> > >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:25 AM, snctln <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > >> Thanks for sharing the link Al,
> > >> It is now 14 hours ofter my first sale (not counting earlier beta
> > >> customer sales) and the overall return rate has fallen from 50% to
> > >> just above 20%.  So maybe there are just a handful of people treating
> > >> the return policy as a "try before you buy" service.
> >
> > >> I am just hoping that I find a way to read reviews and access the paid
> > >> apps market from my ADP1 soon.
> >
> > >> ---snctln
> > >>www.snctln.com
> >
> > >> On Feb 20, 1:04 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > There are some useful stats at;
> >
> > >> >
> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/pinch-media-data-shows-the-avera.
> > >> ..
> >
> > >> > Which cover application usage over time for an iPhone app. I would
> > >> > expect the model to be similar for Android apps, although I think
> the 24
> > >> > hour return period may skew the usage pattern to cause a bigger
> drop-off
> > >> > in the first 24 hours.
> >
> > >> > To me 50% is very high, it shows people are treating it as a
> > >> > try-before-you-really-buy method.
> >
> > >> > Al.
> >
> > >> > snctln wrote:
> > >> > > I can't see them from my APD1 but I have had a handful of sales...
> of
> > >> > > course half of them were canceled (ie user requested a refund)
> >
> > >> > > I wonder if that is what I should expect, half of all sale will
> end in
> > >> > > a refund, and I don't have access to my own paid apps on my
> > >> > > "developer" phone to be able to see what people are leaving in the
> > >> > > comments.
> >
> > >> > > Hopefully this will not be the norm.  Time will tell I guess.
> >
> > >> > > Good luck to all of the other independent devs that have apps for
> > >> > > sale.
> >
> > >> > > ---snctln
> > >> > >www.snctln.com
> >
> > >> > > On Feb 19, 9:22 pm, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >> > >> On Feb 20, 3:17 am, stonedonkey <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >> > >>> So not looking good for today I guess... curious that they said
> mid
> > >> > >>> week, but then no notice of a delay and pushing to Friday..
> >
> > >> > >> It looks like they're live!
> >
> > >> > >>http://forums.tmonews.com/index.php?topic=7943.0
> >
> > >> > >> --
> > >> > >> Jon
> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > ======
> > >> > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the
> > >> > company number  6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House,
> > >> > 152-160 City Road, London,  EC1V 2NX, UK.
> >
> > >> > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not
> > >> > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's
> > >> > subsidiaries.
> >
>

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