I am not a tax consultant so be warned! I was thinking marketing expenses like mass mailings that drive business to your business sounds about the same as an app that was paid for/developed to do the same thing??? maybe not…
Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com [email protected] On Apr 4, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Randy Hengst <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just catching up on this strand… a related question. > > Given that it's tax season in the US, for folks who sell and give away apps… > do the free apps count somewhere as a business expense? > > be well, > randy > ------ > On Apr 3, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > >> Hi Ender: >> >> One popular approach at the moment is "freemium" -- make the app free but >> include additional content that can be purchased/downloaded in-app. Maybe >> this is a possibility for you. >> >> Depending on how much content you have, you might be able to produce >> "light" and "full" versions of a book app, so potential customers can >> preview before they buy. >> >> I also think your "scenario 1" is reasonable. It's useful to have >> different paid and free apps -- you can use a free app to drive downloads >> of a paid app. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 4/3/13 10:05 AM, "Ender Nafi Elekçioğlu" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I marked the question as [OT] since it's not a technical one. >>> Recently, we've finished an app, it's ready to be published >>> but we're uncertain to sell or give it for free. >>> Up to now, we were building business apps for corporates, >>> so it wasn't an issue for us to sell or give free. >>> >>> So, this ground is new to us. >>> >>> A little detail: >>> Two months ago we published an app for pre-school children much like an >>> audiobook, >>> pages with static pictures were flipping while a voice-over's speaking >>> the story. >>> And it was free. >>> >>> It's downloaded ~2000 copies in 7 weeks. >>> {I know that this is low but our market is very small for now, as our app >>> is in Turkish. >>> Soon, we'll publish it in English, too.} >>> >>> Now, we finished the second one in this genre. >>> This one has two significant enhancements compared to first one. >>> * The eyes and mouths of the shapes {it's a birthday party for the >>> geometrical shapes like circle, square, etc.} >>> are blinking and opening / closing while they're talking. >>> At the party, there are flying notes by the music and swinging stars on >>> the branches of trees. >>> So, it's more live, kinda like a cartoon. >>> * It has a color book for the children to color the shapes which they've >>> met in the story. >>> You can find the base and not-fancy version of this drawing page here >>> (http://cloud.keehuna.com/2J1a1n0B4035), if you want. >>> >>> >>> ~ >>> Scenario 1 as an answer: >>> Don't sell it, give this one and succeeding 3 ~ 4 apps for free. >>> Build a trust-relationship between you and your customers. >>> Get experience with animations and stories and sounds etc. >>> Maybe after a year or so and a couple of apps, you can start to sell the >>> new ones. >>> >>> ~ >>> >>> Scenario 2 as an answer: >>> Time is money, sell this one; it's a cool app and worth a buck. >>> Otherwise, people will get used to obtain them free; >>> then they won't want to pay for new ones. >>> Besides, there's a saying as *I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things*. >>> People value expensive things. >>> Giving it free will depreciate this app. >>> Sell this one, then give another one or two free, then sell another one, >>> keep going like that... >>> ~ >>> >>> >>> >>> Which way seems right to you, could you give any advice? >>> Any insights much appreciated… >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> ~ Ender Nafi >>> >>> ~… together, we're smarter …~ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
