> It's for a paid app (with a trial version). > > Are you really sure that it's pointless to try and sell in China?
Yes, if you go look at the chinese app stores. You are likely to find many paid app being made available for free. > > Actually, I have an alternative version which can be unlocked through PayPal, > and so now I already have... 1 Chinese customer :) You can't make money selling app to consumers in China. You may have better luck if you are targeting China companies. You need to use alternative methods like advertisement, in-app purchase unlocking, etc.. > > Thanks for your proposal, I will consider it. > > But if you think that nobody (or very few) will buy, I'm not sure I should > spend > some time on this. If you think China is your market, try to come up with a better business model than paying for the app. You need to offer free app in China if you want anyone to use it. > > What you think? If you want my help, we could discuss in private and see what we should do. > > Olivier > > On 04/14/2011 01:51 AM, Eric Wong (hdmp4.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Free or paid apps? > > China's store are mostly free app. No one buys app there ;) > > > You would need to read chinese if you want to put anything up in their > > store, they don't have an english site. > > > I could help if we can negotiate a deal. > > > On Apr 13, 8:25 pm, Olivier Guilyardi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > > >> Do you have any idea about how to distribute apps in China? > > >> Any store recommendation? > > >> TIA > > >> -- > >> Olivier -- 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.
