I think there needs to exist 2 separate markets: 1. Android Free Market 2. Android Paid Market
This would make the interface clearer and also encourage users who are looking for paid apps to find stuff easier than it exists now. take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know. I got nearly a hundred thousand downloads of my demo, > but the sales of the (very highly rated) priced version have been > appalling. And I'm ABOVE Guitar Hero in the rankings, for Heaven's > sake! I am doing this as a one-man side business and STILL wondering > if it's worth my time... I can't imagine a business devoting much > development time to the platform with such dismal sales. > > > Trying to remain positive but it's hard. > > On Mar 8, 5:57 pm, Stoyan Damov <stoyan.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ahahahahaha, I did look at the downloads of the top 10 apps - they are > > PATHETIC, the max number of downloads I saw was 1000-5000. How many G1 > > owners are out there, I'd bet on < 100K. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM, friedger <fried...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Android stats say here are 10 paid applications. > > >http://androidstats.com/ranking/applications?filter=paid > > > > > However, I don't know what this stats are based on, better check the > > > market yourself... > > > > > Friedger > > > > > On 7 Mrz., 00:16, JP <joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> You can find out for yourself. Browse the market with a G1 and check > > >> the number of downloads of some of the at-price apps that compare to > > >> your friend's vision apps and that have been made available for > > >> download for a few weeks now. This would be a 15 to 30 minute exercise > > >> that will give you the business intel you are looking for. Then assume > > >> a return rate, deduct Google's 30% cut from the revenue. You're friend > > >> will now the applicable taxes, ODC etc. > > >> This will be an order of magnitude estimate only, but should be > > >> accurate enough to arrive at a conclusion. > > > > >> On Mar 6, 2:20 pm, Anil <anil.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > An acquaintance who runs a small business (not in the mobile area) > and > > >> > employs one programmer, is wondering whether to develop apps for > > >> > Android Marketplace. He wondered whether it is financial sense to > do > > >> > so and I recommended the Android marketplace, but do not want to > > >> > mislead him. While the commercial success of the iPhone marketplace > is > > >> > well known, what has been the commercial story of apps sold in the > > >> > Android marketplace? > > >> > How many downloads per month, how much sales volume in $, average > > >> > price of an app, how many are free downloads vs paid, how many apps, > > >> > how many G1 phones are around etc. Are there any reliable statistics > > >> > from Google on this?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
