On 04/15/11 12:24, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
On 04/15/2011 08:45 PM, Brian Conrad wrote:
India and China are becoming increasingly westernized. I was in India
15 years ago and it was already going that direction. Of course my apps
cater to their culture and are popular there. Smart phones are a bit
pricey but the apps aren't. They have to buy the phone and then they
swap out SIM cards according to what feature set they want. When I was
there land lines were rare and only the well heeled had them. Bill
Gates had the audacity to visit there in the late 90's and offer to
build land line support for broadband. But he was run out by a
consortium of telecom operators who were more visionary and instead of
wires wanted to set up the country for wireless. India got paid apps
on the Android Market last year. Hong Kong has paid app on the Android
Market but I don't know if that extends to the rest of China.
Okay, so my app is priced $4.99, and most users agree it's worth the price.
What would be the corresponding price in India given the standard of living?
What about China?
There may be some international cost of living stats out there, but I think that
someone who knows the country for real may understand and feel certain things
better.
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Olivier
I don't bother with repricing for different countries and standards of
living. It's never been an issue with my customers (and I've been
selling to India since 1998). Only occasionally did they want the price
in rupees and they see that now and even with my e-sellers the price in
rupees was available if they selected it in the order form.
$4.95 is the price of a fast food lunch here in the US. When I was
there you could get a good meal for less than $1 but it may be more now.
KFC chain website in India:
http://www.kfc.co.in/
$1 is 44 rupees.
I think it all depends on what kind of software you are selling. And
for those who can't afford anything other than their phone (or computer)
I do have free software which are stripped down versions.
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