I agree this is a shady practice by Amazon which is why, after I received an email with the offer, I dumped it into the recycle bin. No way am I giving my app away for free, period.
-niko On Aug 2, 8:44 pm, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 2, 4:03 pm, Joel Witherspoon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I can't side with Shifty Jelly on this one. > > Anyone that's been to any kind > > of business school knows that the more you increase demand, the more your > > product will cost. In SJ's case they are going to have to spend more - > > quickly - to support their product. They should have expected more downloads > > with the free application and been ready to compensate for load. > > I don't - I think they should have not done the deal. > > After all, what good is 101,491 customers if you are not going to make > any revenue from them and only get recurring expenses. > > But I don't think they knew that the number of free copies would be > 101,491 without trying it. Maybe they could accommodate 1000. So we > can at least benefit from their publishing their mistake, and if you > want to do the free app thing at Amazon, plan on something like > 101,491. > > And for those considering Amazon, this free app a day stuff is a > special deal with a separate agreement. Without that, they still owe > you a minimum of 25% list price if they decide to discount. > > Nathan -- 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.
