That's my suspicion. No one wants to laboriously sign up for yet another online payment service.
One gets the feeling this whole thing was planned over lunch one day. On Mar 9, 3:32 pm, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: > There have been some requests from users willing to get apps that are > displayed on AM (maybe seen via cyrket) that are not on SlideME.org, so > maybe its due to the more payment options available from SlideME that users > prefer to use or not able to access AM to buy? > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Streets Of Boston > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > You may have a point there. > > > What i'd like to see that could drive more sales; ease-of-use: > > - Billing through your cellphone provider. It justs gets tacked on to > > your phone-bill. > > - Billing through PayPal. I've gotten a few e-mails from people who > > were interested but were not able to buy my app because they did not > > have a credit-card. > > - Access to Android Market on your PC: Browse apps on your PC and have > > them sent to your phone automatically after you purchase one. Much > > like iTunes, but instead of installing them through hooking your phone > > up to your computer, have it installed OTA. > > > Sundog, the same here: I'm selling about just over 10 a day on average > > as well. Luckily, for me it's just a hobby. I don't need to make a > > living out of it. > > > On Mar 9, 4:50 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am somewhat surprised. I have paid for 7 applications and games on > > > the Market for less than $20 total, and I am an extremely happy > > > customer. How can anyone complain about a $1 or $2 download? Is the > > > economy really that bad? > > > > I wonder if the problem is partly related to the payment method (just > > > a wild guess). I had never used Google checkout before, and most > > > people are comfortable with PayPal. > > > > On Mar 9, 3:40 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My demo was at one time averaging a thousand downloads a day. My paid > > > > app is averaging 10 to 15. > > > > > I think this is a watershed moment of sorts for the platform. Either > > > > Google figures out - rather quickly - what's causing the abysmal sales > > > > figures, or bye-bye serious developers, bye-bye any hope for decent > > > > apps, bye-bye customers, interest, etc. > > > > > My suspicion is that no one cares, nothing will be done, the market > > > > will fail, and everyone will point fingers at each other. I apologize > > > > for my bleak outlook today, but I'm feeling a little silly for working > > > > in Android at all at this point. > > > > > On Mar 9, 1:56 pm, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The iPhone continues to do great though. Sales are in the thousands > > per day for a successful game. > > > > > > On Mar 9, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah... I'm trying to be patient... but I have a game in the top 20, > > > > > rated OVER 4.5, with a 90% install rate... and a couple of hundred > > > > > sales in two weeks. About ten sales over the weekend. For a game > > whose > > > > > demo was downloaded almost a hundred thousand times. > > > > > > I've pretty much already frozen development of the other things in > > the > > > > > pipeline until I see if it's going to be worth it at all. So far the > > > > > sales are downright laughable. > > > > > > On Mar 9, 4:49 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That really sucks. Cheap bastards... > > > > > > On Mar 8, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> > > 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 <[email protected]> > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 -- 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
