[android-developers] Re: can we upgrade paid version to free version with add.

2011-02-10 Thread Brill Pappin
Try putting out a version with limited features, but use it to push users to your paid version. I do this with one of my keyboards, and it seems to work to some degree. - Brill Pappin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To

Re: [android-developers] Re: can we upgrade paid version to free version with add.

2011-02-10 Thread Kevin Duffey
From my understanding of ads, you need a huge number of users running it to earn any sort of money. Probably in the millions running it every day to earn a decent amount. Not many apps out there that do that. Android is still too young and too many expect most things free. Have you looked at

[android-developers] Re: can we upgrade paid version to free version with add.

2011-02-10 Thread Russell DuRoss
I have seen ad click rates anywhere from .1% to 1% of ad impressions. So for 1,000 app executions (assuming only one ad impression per execution), you could expact maybe about 1 - 10 ad clicks. At 10 cents per click (could be higher or lower) that would be 10 cents to $1.00. That probably sounds

Re: [android-developers] Re: can we upgrade paid version to free version with add.

2011-02-10 Thread Kevin Duffey
Assuming you can use the new in-app SDK for any version of android (1.6 later I hope), you could give away free and provide some in-app buys if that is possible. Really depends on the app I guess. This feature is probably best applied to games, but I am sure other apps can do things, like provide