1. What I pay for appengine is not a function of my revenue. Whether or not I will put adsense in my app is beyond the scope of this thread.
2. Exceeding free quota doesn't happen in as big step as $0 -> $9. Mine is an app that deals with images. I would cross free quota only in terms of space consumed. I don't have an option to keep going within the free quota(it's not just about serving requests). And if I were to pay for this extra space consumed, $9 is steep, much steeper than the price if free quota was absent. 3. Frankly, there is a whole spectrum of applications, with different resource requirements and revenue making potentials. Discussing $9 in these terms is not productive. I could say that since you easily make $2500 from adsense alone, you should also be able to charge your customers $0.50 per month and be able to pay google $500 per month. That kind of talk would of course be rubbish. Thanks, Vinuth. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote: > Pay pal will do $5 a year annual subscriptions. > > It has a front end... if there is a front end you can stick ads there... > Yeah iphone sucks for ad revenue....Have you considered that "Other" mobile > OS, the one from Google? > ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Schnitzer > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [google-appengine] Re: FAQ for out of preview pricing changes > > You presume that my app has a web front end. Most of the users of this > particular app are iPhone clients, and the developer responsible for that > code has moved on to other projects. > > ...and actually, there does seem to be a vast chasm between successful apps > and unsuccessful ones. I'm not entirely certain why. It may partly be due > to the fact that no payment system in the world lets you charge $0.50/mo. > > Jeff > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Anything getting enough traffic to cross the free barrier should be > > able to have a revenue stream. Especially if you thought it was going > > to be a commercial venture. And this is cold hearted but if you have > > loyal users who are using the app that much and none of them will pony > > up $.50 a month... That's rough. > > > > The Reason I don't think anyone should complain about the $9 number is > > that anyone should be able to put Adsense on their app and make $9. > > > > I may be biased, but I have an App that averages a penny a day right > > now, and generates $2500 a month in Adsense. There has to be some > > economic model that works between my extreme and yours. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Schnitzer > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [google-appengine] Re: FAQ for out of preview pricing > > changes > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Put some ads on it and it should get to the $9 a month. Put a donate > >> button on it. > > > > It's never that simple, and certainly isn't in this case. > > > > That said, Google certainly doesn't owe anyone a free service layer, > > nor a linear ramp-up to paid service. And apps around the limit of > > the free service tier are probably something to discourage since they > > actually consume resources. Still, I'm more likely to contribute > > *some* money for my forlorn projects if the cost was not a > > discontiguous function. > > > > Jeff > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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