On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > So how do we know you won't abandon this market too? I uploaded my apps in > slideme but what is the point if the main guy abandons it. > I can't make guarantees about anything but when one's original vision, where one's passion is, goes so far off track, it's time to snap it back into place. Not all members of a company have the same passion and vision, which is perfectly healthy and normal. It's great you uploaded your application. SlideME fulfills a need of selling applications to an international user base, which is awesome but not why I started it. Do you feel that SlideME met it's original promise of connecting users and developers? I'm still following my original vision, not abandoning it. I think the need of connecting users and developers is even more important now than ever, with the explosion of applications and users. It's actually a great time to be going back to the drawing board with this concept because two years ago nobody had any idea of how to do it or even what the pain points were going to be (there wasn't even an Android Market). I'm just looking for developers to participate in this closed beta and to help solve existing pain points and hopefully create some value to the ecosystem. And keep in mind, this is not a general market or even competitor to Android Market or SlideME; this new market concept is addressing very specific needs for developers with paid applications who want to manage their users, increase sales and understand the market. By the way, if you do have a paid application, we will also have a coupon system, so migrating paid users from Android Market or SlideME will be fairly easy. > > On Mar 16, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:13 PM, sssdeecee < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Shane, >> >> I applaud you and your team for your efforts! >> > Thanks! > >> >> What does this mean for SlideME? >> > This doesn't directly impact SlideME, which looks like it is still chugging > along. Frankly, I haven't seen anything going on at SlideME in terms of > releases or new features since I left. Not even e-mails on this list or > active community participation. I hate to say this but this throws up > warning flags for me. > > To survive, there are critical issues that any marketplace has to address, > like fragmentation of the android platform and versions, device detection, > increasing competition from many major players. > > That said, this new market is addressing a different need and that is > management, communication and understanding of your customer and market. In > short, how do you increase sales and user retention for your application. > > >> Quite frankly, I never understood why SlideME could not attract all >> the Google Market business; it is vastly superior to Google's >> lackluster product. Perhaps many developers simply did not know about >> SlideME? >> >> If my company was still doing Android development, I would certainly >> sign-up... but due to the many issues/problems with the Android OS and >> infrastructure, we have discontinued all Android development in order >> to focus on other more lucrative markets. >> >> I wish you great success on your new endeavor! >> >> P.S. If you are interested in my perspective (as a developer) and/or >> as an end-user, I'd be happy to test/critique your new product. >> > I'll contact you off-list. Thanks. > >> >> Best regards, >> Shawn >> >> -- >> 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]> >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> <android-discuss%[email protected]> >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> <http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en> >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> > Shane Isbell > <http://twitter.com/sisbell>http://twitter.com/sisbell > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- Shane Isbell http://twitter.com/sisbell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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