You're not wasting your time, but if you want to make any monry it's going to take a combination of events:
A hell of a lot of luck. An idea that is great No-one else having the same idea. The skill to actually pull it off without making a complete mess of it. The marketing genius to get anyone to actually notice it. The marketing genius again to keep people interested after they've noticed it. Do it because you enjoy it. If you make any money from it then that's a bonus. On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > So in your opinion, anyone who is developing for Android with the > motive of making a profit is misguided and wasting their time? Is that > really what you're asserting here, that businesses and bums alike > should be happy with whatever crumbs we get? > > Good luck selling that business plan. I sold my Volkswagen Bus long > ago. > > > On Mar 10, 11:33 am, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > People, you got to be realistic. If you're working part time, how much > code > > can you write? Even if you come out with a hit (like iFart), it will soon > be > > copied by cheaper apps (or free apps). > > > > Unless you have unique content that cannot be easily copied (e.g., large > > real-estate database, amazon e-books, etc), you should think of yourself > as > > a street artist doing portraits for the tourists. Yes, you have some > skills, > > but so do a lot others who are willing to work for much less. > > > > If making money was so easy, you would have already made millions on your > > home page during the internet bubble .... > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not referring to my app, but to the general numbers. I doubt if > > > anyone is happy with their numbers, whatever outside promotion they've > > > done. > > > > > Please remember that I had nearly 60,000 installed, over a 60% install > > > rate and a 4+ rating for the demo, and nearly a thousand downloads a > > > day for quite a while. Promotion is not the problem, it's turning demo > > > downloads into sales. > > > > > On Mar 10, 11:11 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sundog wrote: > > > > > The sales aren't disappointing; they are jaw-droppingly terrible. > > > > > > What marketing have you done, besides putting the app in the Android > > > Market? > > > > > > -- > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 > Available!- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
