If they'd actually email me with this offer, I'd accept it. :) -- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com
Fantasy Football<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/>- Android app for MFL fantasy football owners On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Michael A. <michael.aki...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I could care less about the number of downloads from a place > such as the Amazon store - it would take really amazing download rates > for a free app to make back the $99 fee in any reasonable amount of > time, and I just don't see where this is possible, unless Amazon has > made some exclusive agreements with major carriers to place their > market on millions of phones. > > It may make sense for paid apps (without a doubt, purchasing through > Amazon would be more acceptable to many users than purchasing through > Google Checkout + you have almost worldwide sales coverage). > Certainly, if any independent market can compete with the Android > market it would be Amazon, but I think they've shot themselves in the > foot with the initial entry fee. That is going to keep a lot of the > small developers from making the jump across -> fewer apps -> less > chance that customers will take them seriously. > > Quality control is a good thing, but the registration fee just feels > like a way of turning a profit on developers irrespective of sales. > They should have made their initial offer of registration be free to > the best/most popular apps to build up a good stable of apps for the > launch - and then considered a registration fee afterward (as you say > - if the sales are there, the developers will follow). If the > registration was free, I don't think I would think twice about putting > my free apps on there. As is, I'm still looking for additional > information, like the OP. > > Regards, > > Michael A. > > On Oct 4, 6:53 pm, Shane Isbell <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Niko, I didn't sign any NDA with Amazon, but there is a lot of public > > information out there about the Amazon Android Store, coming from people > > leaking information out to various sites. Once the information becomes > > public, the NDA in regards to you talking about public information is not > > enforceable. > > > > My guess is that they are (or will) try to enforce that developers always > > keep their application up-to-date with Android Market versions. To keep > > users, they would need such a provision, as who wants to buy an app from > a > > store that doesn't get updates? > > > > From my experience, most developers care about two things above all else: > 1) > > downloads; 2) money from sales. If you look at all the other complaints, > > they are related to (1) and (2). Bad comments - hurts (1) or (2). My app > > doesn't show up, I can't sell it. Lots of spam apps means users can't > find > > my app to buy. And so on. > > > > If Amazon can demonstrate that it can generate for the developer much > more > > than the $99 dollar registration fee, then developers will flock to them, > > even putting up with unnecessary restrictions from Amazon. > > > > So the problem is: can Amazon demonstrate these sales? Introducing a high > > entrance fee means that 90%+ would never even consider them, as they > either > > have free apps or their sales on Android Market are so low, they could > never > > justify it. With a low number of apps in the store, users won't take it > > seriously. You end up with low downloads and sales so developers don't > take > > it seriously. > > > > Shane > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:55 AM, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I don't think it's a breach of NDA terms to ask - has anyone here > > > decided to yes, take the offer to join the Amazon store? > > > > > Personally I'm still unsure if I want to do so. The problem I have > > > isn't that they want to have more control over the apps, it's their > > > store, but that it seems like that control may extend beyond their > > > store. > > > > > What's everyone else been thinking? > > > > > -niko > > > > > -- > > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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