I'm responding to the merits of using Amazon, not whether it makes sense for each individual developer.
But, that leads to an interesting phenomenon: Developers that don't have $99 will not put their apps on Amazon. That will keep "hobbyist" apps off the market and will make Amazon the place for developers who already have some success or who see appmaking as a business. The $99 is the first step in filtering out "hello world" apps. The Amazon approval process should also improve quality. Most importantly - why don't you check into this. I'm pretty sure I read that the $99 was not being charged year 1. Carmen On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Matt Pellerin <[email protected]> wrote: > That's great for you, it isn't for Devs with no extra money. > On Jan 7, 2011 6:41 AM, "Carmen Delessio" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The Amazon Android Market has3 things going for it: > > - Purchasing from the web rather than a device > > - Amazon's incredible ability as a merchandise/marketer > > - they sell a lot of Android phones > > > > I use Amazon for shopping the same way I use Facebook for social > > networking. It is where I go first. > > Their user interface, recommendations, and relevance always give me > > something to check or look at. > > If the people who purchased phones on Amazon are a bit like me, then this > is > > a good market. > > > > Amazon may become my Android browsing experience - wherever I end up > buying. > > > > Carmen > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:29 AM, aman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Ignore it. +1 > >> > >> I don't think it's a good way to help out developers. It's more > >> like Amazon's way of taking a cut from developers. Really, Market is > >> now covering the majorities of the world from what it seems. There > >> is no point of paying extra $99 a year and spending lots of time > >> updating your apps elsewhere everytime you make a small software > >> change. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jan 7, 1:29 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > My view is that it's not a great place for developers. I've written a > >> longer explanation athttp://blog.alsutton.com/2011/01/05/926/but in a > >> nutshell the yearly $99 fee seems to be not worthwhile, the ability for > them > >> to control pricing could be bad news for individual developers, I have > >> concerns over listing as a non-US developer, and I'm a little suspicious > as > >> to why you need to sign up to the portal just to view the T&Cs for > >> distribution. > >> > > >> > Al. > >> > > >> > On 6 Jan 2011, at 20:47, Rich wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > What is everyone's take on the Amazon Android market? Are you > waiting > >> to see how it goes before adding your apps, ignoring it entirely, or > already > >> adding your apps? > >> > > >> > > -- > >> > > 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]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > >> . > >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > >> 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]> > <android-discuss%[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]<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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- Carmen http://www.twitter.com/CarmenDelessio http://www.talkingandroid.com http://www.facebook.com/BFFPhoto http://www.twitter.com/DroidDrop -- 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.
