Thanks for the tip, I will definitely write up a contract if this goes through!
On Mar 30, 11:45 am, droozen <droozenr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I take it, then, that you are not an iPhone developer. > > Not sure which way I would go on this one. If your friend already has > some iPhone experience, I assume he already has an iPhone developer > account which you'll want to use. In which case it might be better to > set up a contract where he uses his iPhone account and pays you a > percentage of the sales he makes, in exchange for you handing him your > code/images for him to start from. Because in that case it would > really be him doing all the work and you're collecting royalties > because you came up with the idea/original code. Assuming it's > significant work because he'll need to recode everything from java to > ObjectC for the iPhone, he's really duplicating all your work, minus > the original idea and your images. > > So I'd probably ask for him to pay YOU 30% or less. (I definitely > wouldn't go below 10%.) Though, if you think your app is original > enough or that your friend will settle for less, I'd ask maybe 50%, > though keep in mind, he gets 30% deducted from the price of his app on > the App Store, as well, to go to Apple. So you'd have to be clear on > whether the payments (whether you to him or him to you) is a > percentage of total profits or a percentage of the price of the app on > the app store. > > And, although he is your friend, I'd write up a contract between the > two of you. You never know in the future when there might be a scuffle > because either one of you doesn't remember what was agreed, or one of > you claims he never agreed to something. A contract preserves > businesses and friendships. > > On Mar 30, 10:09 am, Hayden <hayden.stew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am looking for advice on paying someone to port my app to the > > iPhone. I have a friend with some iPhone experience, so I am > > considering paying him with a percentage of sales for the port he > > makes. Has anyone had experience with a similar situation? What would > > be a decent % of sales to offer him, 30%? More? Less? > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
