Thanks for the comments. I'm following the release early model to get exactly this feedback. The portal is pretty bare-bones now and paid app support has not yet been released.
I do want to point out a big emphasis is on the actual mobile client which looks much, much more professional (than SlideME's SAM) to the end-user, which is the primary interaction. We also have registration through the mobile client, allowing the user a much easier path to purchasing the app. Thanks for checking it out, Shane On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:51 PM, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > Just wanted to pitch in my two cents: if you really are targeting > paying users (and therefore financed developers and users that like > style and substance) you may want to make your website a little more > professional looking. Right now it seems to be huge grey text, a > centered logo and some buttons. Not something I`d risk my app on (at > least now). > > First impressions matter. I think ZappMarket should clean it up a > little. > > On Mar 21, 1:13 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > > > Initially, was intending to just focus on the narrow high-end market for > > apps. SlideME and AndAppstore, seemed to take care of the alternative > market > > scene; so I didn't see much point targeting this segment. > > > > Recently, I've been following the flubbed release of SlideME's > compatibility > > support. It looks as though support for Android 1.5 devices is completely > > broken. This would affect most of the HTC distributions. One user doesn't > > see any apps after 2009. I've also seen reports of Android 2.x devices > also > > being broken, where the applications won't install. This makes the > developer > > of the app look pretty bad as well. For four days, this has been going > on. > > To me, this is amateurish, particularly for on-device distributions. It > > reflect badly all around. > > > > I do keep a frequent eye on what's going on at SlideME and one disturbing > > thing I've noticed is that negative comments about SlideME are often > deleted > > from the forums and comments. If a developer hasn't been paid and > complains, > > the comment is deleted. Or in another case, a reported bug is removed. > And > > these are just the ones I've seen. I believe in openness and this just > > doesn't cut it. This is not the company I started. It looks to be an > attempt > > to cover up whatever is going on. > > > > Even though I left SlideME four months ago, I do feel somewhat personally > > responsible, as I was pitching the cause and need of SlideME for two > years > > prior. I definitely put my money where my mouth is and don't complain > about > > something unless I'm willing to back it up. > > > > So I'm going to open up free app invitations for the general community. > Just > > use 'ZappMarket Wiggle' for the invite code. Paid app features are still > > closed beta, so e-mail me for the code to enable those features. > > > > I know it takes time and effort to build up a community of developers > (for > > everyone involved) but it doesn't do anyone any good to have their apps > > hosted on a half-broken site. If you are interested in continuing beyond > > where SlideME has stopped, please join me at ZappMarket and let's rebuild > a > > healthy, interactive community. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) > http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/zappstorehttp://zappmarket.com > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
