Hi, I'm the developer of Abduction, so I just thought I'd throw in my numbers for the discussion.
The actualy downloads are at the upper end of the bracket, I expect it'll jump to the next bracket within a week or so. I'm surprised to report that I get very few refunds. Maybe 1%? I put that down to having a good sized demo available, so it's only people who already really like the game buying it. The main problem I have is with people having incorrect credit card details causing the download to fail, and getting bad feedback because this isn't clear enough in the market itself. I would guess I lose 5-10% of sales because of people who try and fail to purchase and gave up. My conversion rate is just under 3%. I don't know if that's a good figure, but I'm happy with it. Judging by the emails I get, this figure will be slightly higher when other countries get paid apps. Undoubtedly having the demo featured has helped a lot, but as to "what qualifies the app for that favourable placement?", I have no idea - I just was asked by google one day. I'd guess they just go through the market every now and then and select games they like, I don't imagine there is any mystical algorithm being used. I agree with schwiz below - there are games where I've enjoyed playing the demo, but a game has to be something really special to pay $5 for. I can go and get a console game in a throwout bin for that price. On the other hand, I'd buy an app for $1-2 purely on impulse. Psym On May 8, 4:57 am, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > How would you know? These are downloads with an unknown number > returned within the 24h period @ 0 zero earning for the developer. > Plus, the free version is placed prominently on the top bar. What > qualifies the app for that favourable placement? What are the > criteria? And so on and so on. > These are all unanswered questions that hold the Market back. > > On May 7, 8:40 am, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 5 bucks is a lot to ask for a cell phone game, take a look at > > abduction, charging 2 bucks and the guy has sold 1000-5000 copies in > > just 2 weeks. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
