I don't know. I got nearly a hundred thousand downloads of my demo, but the sales of the (very highly rated) priced version have been appalling. And I'm ABOVE Guitar Hero in the rankings, for Heaven's sake! I am doing this as a one-man side business and STILL wondering if it's worth my time... I can't imagine a business devoting much development time to the platform with such dismal sales.
Trying to remain positive but it's hard. On Mar 8, 5:57 pm, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahahahahaha, I did look at the downloads of the top 10 apps - they are > PATHETIC, the max number of downloads I saw was 1000-5000. How many G1 > owners are out there, I'd bet on < 100K. > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM, friedger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Android stats say here are 10 paid applications. > >http://androidstats.com/ranking/applications?filter=paid > > > However, I don't know what this stats are based on, better check the > > market yourself... > > > Friedger > > > On 7 Mrz., 00:16, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
