Hi String, For what it might help, we use a licensing service that allows us to eliminate all such branching in our code. Checkout licmax.com. You can use just one method (online or offline) of verifying your license regardless of the store your at, and it protects against piracy using hashed keys based on IMEI - good enough for our purpose. We list at the stores (Mobihand, Handango) both free and full versions, but use the same binary, just different license types.
HTH, Posri On Mar 22, 1:05 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like the idea of the alternative markets, mostly because I do > feel quite strongly about the shortcomings of the official Market. > However, to date I have not listed any of my apps on any. Why not? > > On Mar 22, 6:55 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It takes about 5 minutes to register and list your app [on] AndAppStore, so > > it's your call. > > Technically, it's probably true that takes 5 minutes to register and > list an app. However, if you're hoping to get paid for your app, > there's significantly more effort involved... The forward locking > mechanism has to be integrated into your Java code, and while this > again isn't greatly difficult in itself, it means that you have a > different version of your app for each market. > > The situation also gets more complicated if you have a "bundle" of > several related apps. Right now, I have 2 paid apps released, one > under a "freemium" model and one under a trial/license model. Both of > these are actually 2 apps in one: the free part is one app, with > internal market:// links to the paid part. This is a crucial component > of either of these models, and it only works with the official Market > - meaning that, to sell either sort of app elsewhere, I'd need to > branch my code still further. > > Al and Shane, if you could register a receiver for the market:// URL > intent, that'd go a LONG way towards alleviating this objection. > > > It's not really about the size of the market it's about whether you want > > access to more users. > > If you have an app that's supported by external means - ads, > donations, memberships, whatever - then it probably really is 5 > minutes to list it on an alternative market, and it's worthwhile to > spend that time. Otherwise, from a ROI perspective, a small market > just isn't worth the effort if it can't deliver some sales. > Unfortunate, but true. :^( > > String -- 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.
