That's why i would love it if there was a billing system, as i remember when i was still in Europe, where downloaded ringtones were billed to your phone bill. I hope Android Apps could have similar billing options. Just bill it to the customer's phone-bill. Low threshold, easy billing, seamless integration.
On Mar 20, 3:30 pm, BikingBill <[email protected]> wrote: > The Good News: > > Our Blackjack Game appears to be the best selling G1 PAID Blackjack > game, is in the top 40 of paid games, has a 4 and 1/2 Star Rating, and > less than 1/3 of the downloaders return it. > > The Bad News: > > One would think, with the far far smaller number of apps in the > Marketplace as opposed to the Apple App Store that this would mean > great sales. Yes, there may only be 1/30th the number of Android > devices, but there are only around 500 paid and free games (there are > 1000's on the iPhone). > > The problem is, and I could be wrong, that most users have not opted > into Google Checkout and the store is filled with Free Apps that were > published before paid apps were available. My understanding is that > some free apps have reached 1/4 of a million downloads, but the best > selling paid app may have had only a few 1000 units sold. Not a great > business model. > > I don't see a solution in the near term, other than going to a ad- > supported model. > > On Mar 20, 9:39 am, "[email protected]" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > sample feedback on android market : > > - good app but needs to do {x} > > - refunding until app does {y} > > - good start but why doesn't it do {z} > > > sample feedback on appstore: > > - this is da bomb > > - thank you dev > > - my life is now complete > > > ok last example slightly exaggarated but you get the idea - surely > > customers should be grateful that they are getting a lifetime of free > > updates ...- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
