Bryan, There are a few alternatives out there including my companies offering, AndAppStore (http://andappstore.com).
I can't speak for Zapp Market, but for AndAppStore the answers to your questions are; - 0% commission (we make our money from ads and customisation deals for our site & client, not from taking money from your sales). - We have an on-device client the user can download the app via. - The on-device client notifies users of updates. - We allow developers to check our purchasing records to verify the user has purchased a copy of the app (see http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/purchase_checking.jsp) Hope this is useful. Al. On Jul 2, 10:37 am, skooter500 <skooter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shane > > I took a look at ZappMarket. A couple of suggestions. > > The URLhttp://zappmarket.com/just shows the zapp market logo and > nothing else after that. > When I went to upload application I got the message "We have detected > that you are using Internet Explorer" even though I am using Firefox > What are your commissions? > How does a user get the APK onto their machine? > How does a user get updates to their app? > Have you any features to prevent app piracy? > > Thanks for the information and best of luck with ZappMarket! > > Bryan > > On Jul 1, 4:35 pm, Shane Isbell <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for taking a look, Steve. Just to throw some stats your way: Facebook > > has 400 million active users and 70% of the users are outside of the US. > > There are also 100 million users that access FaceBook through their mobile > > device, so it's a great community to sell Android applications into. > > > It's also a great way to interact with your user base. When you click on an > > app, you see a picture of the dev (with a link to their facebook page), > > giving it far more of a personal feel. Users can see these are real people. > > A face to the apps. And my feeling is that the feedback will be far more > > constructive when they see it's not some faceless entity. > > > One complaint I've heard from devs is they can't communicate with their user > > base if they find a bug and need to head off the stem of bad reviews or if > > they get a bad review because the user doesn't understand the product. With > > Zapp you can go in and see who left a comment or who bought your apps (with > > a link to their page) and address things quickly. > > > And then you have the whole viral nature of the app, where friends recommend > > to friends and so on. This provides exposure to apps that traditionally get > > buried in the Android Market. > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:51 AM, gosh <steve...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > > > >sell Android apps into the facebook community, take a look at ZappMarket > > > > Thats a very cool idea - its given me a whole new perspective on > > > Facebook... > > > I've stayed away from facebook for years, for philosophical reasons: > > > I've always considered it to be an attempt to fence-off the Internet > > > into a private space, one not much different from Microsoft's attempt > > > years ago with MSN. Hated the 'login in' screen before you could see > > > anything at all - at least they've moved away from that. > > > > BUT, now that Google has shown itself far less International than I > > > would have ever suspected prior to Android app development (re: the > > > hard limit to 9 seller countries), it puts facebook in a whole new > > > light to me. It is effectively a very large social space that crossed > > > those national boundaries that Google has stopped at the border of. So > > > from a commercial point of view, it may well turn out to be the most > > > International player at the top end of the service providers > > > > Good luck to you with it. > > > Steve > > > > On Jun 29, 2:26 pm, Shane Isbell <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > If you want to sell Android apps into the facebook community, take a > > > > look > > > at > > > > ZappMarket. It has a dozen payment methods including paypal, google > > > > checkout, as well as an offer wall. Pretty much anyone, anywhere will be > > > > able to buy your app. You don't get the instant audience of Android > > > Market > > > > but Zapp is a great way to build a community of users around your app. > > > When > > > > Android Market finally comes to Ireland, you could already have a good > > > user > > > > base built up. > > > > > Keep in mind, to upload, you will need a facebook account: > > > > >http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/uploads > > > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Mathias Lin <m...@mathiaslin.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > Don't expect an answer from Google, cause they won't. Just move to > > > > > another market platform. Google has no interest to offer paid apps > > > > > model in too many countries, as they heavily rely on advertisement > > > > > income. > > > > > > On Jun 28, 3:15 pm, skooter500 <skooter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > This is a disgrace! And I cant get an answer from anyone in Google > > > > > > as > > > > > > to when this will be available. > > > > > > > Oh well. It looks like SlideMe it is > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 7:43 pm, Tomá¹ Hubálek <tom.huba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 21 èvn, 10:37, skooter500 <skooter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > (though I have users in 22 countries). I am not going to release > > > it > > > > > > > > for free. It seems I cant sign up for a google checkout merchant > > > > > > > > account, because I live inIrelandand there are no paid apps > > > allowed > > > > > > > > on the Irish Android Marketplace!!! > > > > > > > > Welcome to Android World where highest percentage of the apps on > > > the > > > > > > >marketis free... We are going to communism where everything is for > > > > > > > free and everybody is working for pleasure ;-) And all pigs are > > > equal > > > > > > > and some of the are more equal ;-) > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket)http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket)http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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