You can find out for yourself. Browse the market with a G1 and check the number of downloads of some of the at-price apps that compare to your friend's vision apps and that have been made available for download for a few weeks now. This would be a 15 to 30 minute exercise that will give you the business intel you are looking for. Then assume a return rate, deduct Google's 30% cut from the revenue. You're friend will now the applicable taxes, ODC etc. This will be an order of magnitude estimate only, but should be accurate enough to arrive at a conclusion.
On Mar 6, 2:20 pm, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > An acquaintance who runs a small business (not in the mobile area) and > employs one programmer, is wondering whether to develop apps for > Android Marketplace. He wondered whether it is financial sense to do > so and I recommended the Android marketplace, but do not want to > mislead him. While the commercial success of the iPhone marketplace is > well known, what has been the commercial story of apps sold in the > Android marketplace? > How many downloads per month, how much sales volume in $, average > price of an app, how many are free downloads vs paid, how many apps, > how many G1 phones are around etc. Are there any reliable statistics > from Google on this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
