You can't charge lower than $0.99 The reason behind not being able to convert from free to paid app is to prevent gaming the ratings.
E.g. suppose you upload an app for free. You'll get tons of downloads and relatively good comments, since your app is free (people tend to be more forgiving for free stuff). Then, after a while, you make you app a paid app. You will be on top of every other paid app, because your ratings and number of downloads are waaay higher than the other paid apps. This is not fair... Of course, everyone else then could do the same; flip from a free app to a paid app. But this just starts a 'rating gaming' race. So, i think it's a good idea you cannot convert from free to paid while retaining your ratings and number of downloads. However, it would be great if developers could offer a free version that only allows comments: No ratings, no number of downloads. Something like a jumping ground for beta-versions and allowing devs to easily share their apps to be tested in the field. On May 12, 9:19 pm, Edward Falk <[email protected]> wrote: > I created a paid app, which I flipped to free for beta testing. Now I > discover that I can't flip it back. > > This is really annoying. I'd be perfectly happy to have the first > hundred people who downloaded my app keep it forever, even with > upgrades. Now I find that my only choice is to delete the app > completely, and re-release it under a new name, losing the feedback > and comments I accumulated during the beta. > > Plus, now that I have to unpublish the beta version, how am I to > support my beta users? > > This is stupid. There's no reason not to switch a free app to paid as > long as the people who got it for free aren't being screwed. Would I > be prevented from changing the price to $.01 and back? > > Google, if you're listening, please fix this. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
