sent from a mobile device On Oct 18, 2011 7:13 PM, "Nathan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got an offer to be in the Free App a Day at Amazon again. They > are even scheduling a phone call to discuss it with me personally. > > I wanted to mention that there are several ways in which they are more > reasonable than last time. > > They give an idea of what volume to expect: up to 75,000. > They warn you to expect a large increase in users on the day you are > feature > > > d, so keep this in mind with your backend services. > Instead of telling you how lucky you are that they aren't charging > you, they are actually paying 20% royalties, but only on the first > 3750 of sales on the free day. > > Asuming you did get 75,000 users, you are getting paid 1% of your list > price for each sale. > > This is probably a good deal for someone, but it is still not for me > because of the following: > 1. I do rely on backend servers, but I don't control all of them and > can't exactly beef them up. Some are government servers, and already > have reliability issues. A similar app took the deal in May, and was > eaten alive in the comments when the servers were overloaded on the > big day. > 2. I don't think I can make a profit at .10 instead of $10 per user. > They are a net cost. > 3. Uncommitted users, those who buy an app just because its free, are > likely to be negative. They may not even participate in the hobbies > enjoyed by my real target market.They won't understand why anyone > would ever pay for the app and they will say as muchint he comments. > 4. I don't have a lot of vested interest in selling more on Amazon. > The deal requires staying on Amazon for three months more. So far, I > believe that Amazon sales are simply cannibalizing Market sales. > Amazon's tablet doesn't have a GPS, and I doubt I will sell many > there. > 5. I don't have a healthy downstream revenue to make money off those > users. Despite the Market's crappy support for inapp purchases, I am > making some progress at providing some addons. But I am a long way > from making as much from inapp purchase as on the sale itself, and > even farther from being able to give my app away free and make enough > on the addons. > My inapp purchase links, incidentally, have been flagged twice in > Amazon's approval process, but they've let them slide on appeal. > > Just my notes in case others are faced with these messages or calls. >
I think this offer is currently more attractive than ever if only because a flood of users might be expected when the kindle touch goes live, and any positive reviews gotten now would be a bonus, I would think. Still not a chance in heck if there are any servers involved other than amazons... Thanks for sharing! > > > > > > -- > 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.
