How about new Google's In App payment system? Looks promising.
Thing is, people want too much for free. $9 is less than you pay for internet at home, hosting anything at Google is cheaper than putting old PC in the basement :) I hope that going out of preview will mean even more tools and toys for us. Better documentation, better plugins [how about working on DataNucleus? current plugin is really really outdated]... On May 19, 9:47 am, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://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.
