socistep;661229 Wrote:
> on Android marketplace it is showing that it has between 10,000 and
> 50,000 downloads and believe it cost £3. On that basis then the income
> could potentially be between £30,000 and £150,000 - obviously I don't
> know whether the developer gets 100% of the app fee and what costs
> there are to develop/maintain
Just to do the math correctly for the Google World:
He had 5000 in April 2010 and 10.000 in Feb. 2011 (can be seen on other
sites). So expect him to be at 14.000 right now. (Also expect that his
daily sales will have drastically dropped since there is the free
Logitech App).
In Okt. 2009 he released the first version, so he is involved for 2 1/2
year with this project. Google takes 30% share, German income tax again
around 30%. Social insurance contributions 20%.
VAT shouldn't apply for him as I think he configured Google to add it
to each purchase where applicable.
Even if we don't substract german taxes and social contributions and
calculate it from his companies point of view:
14.000*3/2,5y*0,7=16.800 / year = 1400 / month.
Economically at common rates 1400 justify 14h of development or
support per month, now much less due to the Logitech App.
If he just paid it out to himself, he'd get around 700 / month. That's
what people get in Germany that don't work at all ("Hartz 4 +
Wohngeld").
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(or start) with Squeezebox App development as a hobby.
At least one shouldn't try to found a company based on those numbers ;)
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