It just feels like amazon is using us. If they win and become more popular than google's market place I get the feeling that they will be worse than apple. Dictating whatever they want just because they can. At least in Apple you can still set your own price.
The Google market place is not perfect but being able to make instant updates is priceless IMO. On May 9, 2011, at 3:14 AM, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your input folks. > > It doesn't sound like something I want to go through until their sales > increase dramatically! > > Pent > > On May 9, 12:22 am, adamxcl <[email protected]> wrote: >> Although I had high hopes, my experience has been pretty sad. I'd have >> to say it isn't worth the process until they get their act together. >> >> I submitted two apps and followed their screens pretty well. About a >> week later, both apps are approved. But then they need to go through a >> second mysterious process after approval before going live. I think >> it's where they set it up to work live on the web for users to test. 5 >> days after being approved, App A is rejected because I didn't set up >> the Google API for Maps properly. Their initial screens really don't >> make it very clear until you have gone back with a point of reference. >> >> I correct that and resubmit it. I know the second app, App B should be >> rejected with the same API problem. There is no way online to pull a >> app yourself. You have to email support or wait until they do >> something about it. They make App B, with the API problem live in the >> store for users even though it doesn't work. >> >> I resubmit App B with the new API key and it is approved in a few days >> and goes live a few days later. >> 3 Amazon sales during the same time of 601 sales on the regular >> market. >> >> App A is "approved" and waiting to go live in the store 27 days later. >> During that time, I have updated the normal market version a couple of >> times so the Amazon app is already behind and I'd have to go through >> this all this again. >> >> Pretty ridiculous right now. >> >> On May 8, 3:07 pm, blindfold <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Would anyone be so good as to give a current sales ratio for their >>>> app(s) on Amazon and Android markets ? > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
