did you mean republish a *free* app? I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure that if you unpublished your app and then republished it that you would indeed retain the ratings.
On Feb 20, 5:28 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > Question: > Do you think if you re-Publish a previously unPublished app (same > package name), it will pick up from where it left off, in terms of > download counts, ratings, comments etc? I dont have time right now to > add and test the Free Trial logic, so like you 3D, I want to just > unpublish my free app and publish my paid-for one. But in a few days I > want to come back and republish the free app as a trial product. > > Another question: > I am interpreting 3.3 "You may not collect future charges from users > for copies of the Products that those users were initially allowed to > download for free" to mean that you cannot start charging (by way of > content or subscription fees) for the exact copy/version that they > downloaded earlier for free. I believe it is permissible for a new > version of a previously free unlimited product to now be a free > limited-time trial product. Anyone disagree? Google? > > On Feb 20, 7:34 pm, 3D <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In hindsight, I think what Google should have done would be to > > restrict the transition of free to paid apps AFTER paid apps went > > live. If you were one of the folks to get your app up early for free > > than yeah, you could rack up some ratings. > > > On Feb 20, 4:28 pm, 3D <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > @Jay-andro > > > > I've had the same dilemma. The problem with this strategy is that I > > > don't think there's a reasonable way to notify those who currently > > > have your free app NOT to upgrade. When I've upgraded in the past I > > > remember seeing a list of my installed apps and next to one of them I > > > would see something like "upgrade now". > > > > It occurred to me that I could "update" my free app and remove some > > > vital features while allowing the look and feel of the app to remain. > > > It could also point to the new paid-for app. While this works fine > > > for NEW users it screws over those who got your app free, fair-and- > > > square. If we did this, not only would it be super lame on our part, > > > but I imagine that these folks would rate us down and ruin the > > > reputation that we wanted to preserve in the first place. > > > > So... for now I just said screw it, pulled my free app and released > > > my paid-for app. I guess those 2000 downloads and 4+ star rating mean > > > nothing now. > > > > On Feb 20, 1:28 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, the problem though is that the free app is very feature rich and > > > > was always intended to convert to paid. I just didnt realize that > > > > Google wont allow me to flip the price from free to paid when the paid > > > > market launches. I had always intended for the free users to keep the > > > > full free product if they want no upgrades, and new users and upgrade > > > > users would pay the fee. > > > > > I think the ambiguities of the distribution agreement and Google's > > > > silence on these topics are causing much unnecessary FUD for > > > > developers.... > > > > > On Feb 20, 4:16 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > My thoughts would be that you leave the free version in the market > > > > > indefinitely and add your trial/paid app under a different name (in > > > > > order to take away the direct upgrade path). For example, you'll have > > > > > "lite", "trial", and "paid", where theoretically, the trial and paid > > > > > versions will be more feature rich than the free version. You can add > > > > > an update to the free version with information pointing users to the > > > > > paid version for more features. > > > > > > On Feb 20, 3:35 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have a free app that I want to monetize now that the Market > > > > > > supports > > > > > > paid apps. Is the following an ok strategy: > > > > > > > 1. Launch new version of Free app that has additional features but > > > > > > is > > > > > > a time-limited trial > > > > > > 2. Launch the same app as a time-unlimited Paid app > > > > > > 3. When the trial expires, the trial app points the user to the Paid > > > > > > app on the Market for purchase > > > > > > > In particular I'm wondering if there is anything wrong with Step 1 > > > > > > above. I would announce loud & clear in the description that if you > > > > > > are an existing user and want to keep the free app forever with no > > > > > > upgrades, DONT UPGRADE because you then have to lose it or pay after > > > > > > the trial period. Of course users doing a blanket upgrade using the > > > > > > new RC33 feature will not see that message. > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > Jay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
