My app is #1 in its category (Highest rated paid apps) in AppBrain and #76 in the equivalent category on the Android Market website. Right now, I'm unable to check its ranking on the Android Market app thanks to being in a non-paid app country :(
On 20 December 2010 14:07, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know about other markets, as I don't sell on them, but on > appBrain, my app is #1, while it's #7 on the Android Market, down from > #3. > > On Dec 20, 1:51 pm, keyeslabs <keyes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Has anyone seen resolution of this? > > > > My sales have decreased, most likely due to a dramatic drop in > > rankings (by about 25 slots). Sudden and dramatic would be how I > > would characterize the change. Seems closely correlated with the new > > market app. > > > > Interestingly, my active installs has been climbing during the same > > period. > > > > I'll be very interested to see how transparent the ranking algorithms > > are in some of the other markets. VCast is already rolling, and > > others are soon-to-be kicked off. Android Market rankings have been a > > roller coaster over the last year, and it's been a frustrating ride as > > dev. I can say one thing about these other markets for sure, they > > have forced Google to make changes to the market at a rate that > > developers and consumers never could. Whether those changes are > > improvements or not remains to be seen. I just LOVE competition! > > > > BTW, how many of us that saw drops in rankings are registered on the > > other markets? :) > > > > On Dec 17, 9:34 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My sales have started to decline about 10 days ago and now they are at > > > about 50% compared to then. > > > > > Has anybody seen anything like this with their own apps? I am at a > > > loss as I cannot see a reason for this -- my ratings are as high as > > > ever, no 1-stars to scare people off, no "hot" competitor app. I did > > > increase the price by $1 about 14 days ago, but that actually lead to > > > more sales for a few days after, so I don't know. The $1 increase is > > > from $7.99 to $8.99, so percentage-wise it's not that much. > > > > > As I am typing, I'm going on a 5 hour without a sale lull, with only a > > > couple of "Declined authorizations." I've evem seen an 11-hour lull > > > also which has never happened since day one. > > > > > I mean it's possible that my app has run its course and most people > > > who wanted it had bought it or a competitor's, but that's pretty hard > > > to believe. > > > > > Anybody with any insights?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
