On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Armond Avanes <armond...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But just look at paid applications download rate at SAM. No so many > downloads… And consider the prices like $2-$3 per app. It’s not a big market > for developers. > It's the same as the situation in the Android Market, some do well, some don't. TetherWifi is a $9 app and has sold over 400 copies . Bloo a $2 app has sold 500. A critical point is that at least developers can market their app with screenshots and video. Marketing of apps takes time and building a user base. > > > Armond > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto: > android-develop...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Abdul Mateen > *Sent:* Monday, September 14, 2009 10:20 AM > *To:* android-developers@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [android-developers] Re: Countries for selling priced > applications in Android Market > > > > This is amazingly politics by Google, they should have used the default > system App Store is using for buying and selling apps instead of having a > new system for like Google checkout. I think yes SAM is a good alternative > to Android Market. so much users are using SAM. > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:19 AM, CraigsRace <craig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Following this discussion, I'm curious to know the reason why Google > pulled > > Australia out of merchant location list? It was in the list for a few > days! > > Australian Vodaphone users (HTC Magic) have access to paid apps, while > Australian Optus users (HTC G1) do not. > > > > > > > > > -- Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME - The Original Market for Android) http://twitter.com/sisbell http://twitter.com/slideme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---