On 04/15/2011 12:02 PM, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: > On 04/15/2011 08:07 AM, Tim Mensch wrote: >> On 4/14/2011 11:27 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) wrote: >>>> 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. >>> Why do you say that? Doesn't the iPhone App store sell in China? If >>> iPhone can do it, why not Android? I'm just curious. >> I've been trying to figure out how to approach China myself. By all >> accounts, I have a game (not yet released) that will likely be popular >> in China. So trying to crack China monetization has been high on my >> priority list. >> >> Are there good ad networks available in China, for instance? I think I >> have some good in-app payment alternatives, but if the problem is people >> don't want pay for apps, then that doesn't seem like it will help. > > I don't know if this compares very well, but for instance the Android Market > is > available in India. There's a lot of people there, but it only makes 0.29% of > my > sales.. Also my app is only localized in English and French. For China, I > think > that it would need to be localized to Chinese. In India though, given its > history, people tend to speak English, and as I said the sales are very low. > > So I'm not sure about all this. Thing is, these are really different cultures, > you certainly can't apply the same principles as in western countries. It > maybe > needs a radically different approach. > > Or it's more simple, and people just can't afford spending money on apps. They > really need the phone for their every day life, but it ends here. Not sure, > just > wondering.
Oh, or maybe that the pricing needs to divided by 10? That could make sense. If that convinces a couple billions of people.. ;) -- 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.
