[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Not all Androids cost $400+/€400+. On 15 янв, 08:22, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: Someone who owns an Android or iPhone, that's definitely cheap. Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.comhttp://www.kbeanie.com On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 13, 6:04 pm, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: No offense, but you must be living in an extremely poor country if you think $0.99 is not a impulse purchase. What else can you buy for a $1 these days? Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. How about the entire Wendy's 99 cent menu, if you live in America? Or anything in dollar stores around the US? Maybe it's an American thing, not that I'm particularly proud of that! Or maybe a can of Coke, or a Vitamin Water, if you're attempting to be healthy... In Vegas there are penny slot machines... But anyway, 99 cents is a pretty decent low bar for an app. You just can't go rampaging in public about a lousy Double Bacon Cheeseburger, but you can certainly do so about an app. Doug -- 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.comandroid-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
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Yes, I was trying to lower it from 99 cents to 50 cents. On Jan 13, 8:38 pm, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.com wrote: Were you trying to lower it below $0.99? That seems to be the lowest price allowed. (Which is kind of annoying. It's slightly above the whim level for purchases.) On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Russell DuRoss r2s...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried lowering the price of an app and it wouldn't let me. I have not tried raising the price.- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
On Jan 13, 6:04 pm, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: No offense, but you must be living in an extremely poor country if you think $0.99 is not a impulse purchase. What else can you buy for a $1 these days? Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. How about the entire Wendy's 99 cent menu, if you live in America? Or anything in dollar stores around the US? Maybe it's an American thing, not that I'm particularly proud of that! Or maybe a can of Coke, or a Vitamin Water, if you're attempting to be healthy... In Vegas there are penny slot machines... But anyway, 99 cents is a pretty decent low bar for an app. You just can't go rampaging in public about a lousy Double Bacon Cheeseburger, but you can certainly do so about an app. Doug -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Someone who owns an Android or iPhone, that's definitely cheap. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 13, 6:04 pm, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: No offense, but you must be living in an extremely poor country if you think $0.99 is not a impulse purchase. What else can you buy for a $1 these days? Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. How about the entire Wendy's 99 cent menu, if you live in America? Or anything in dollar stores around the US? Maybe it's an American thing, not that I'm particularly proud of that! Or maybe a can of Coke, or a Vitamin Water, if you're attempting to be healthy... In Vegas there are penny slot machines... But anyway, 99 cents is a pretty decent low bar for an app. You just can't go rampaging in public about a lousy Double Bacon Cheeseburger, but you can certainly do so about an app. Doug -- 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.comandroid-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
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Just not set the price to 0. On 13 Gen, 15:27, Brill Pappin br...@pappin.ca wrote: I'm thinking of releasing an app with an intro price and then increasing it later. This is to promote early adoption which builds up a user base that will help find any problems in the code. However I will want to bump the price up after a while. Based on the issues of people making an app free and not being able to make it a paid app again, are there any problem changing a price up or down in the market once deployed? I haven't tried this before, so I wanted to see if there are any issues I need to be aware of before I try it. - Brill Pappin -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
I haven't tried this before, so I wanted to see if there are any issues I need to be aware of before I try it. I do this and haven't run into any problems. For the paid versions of my apps I'll start out at $0.99 to get as much feedback from users as I can. By the time it hits 500 downloads, it's a much more stable, well-rounded, polished app by then, so I bump it up to $1.99. After 1,000 downloads, I'll raise it to $2.99. I've never tried lowering the price (for things like weekly/holiday sales) though, but I don't see why that would be a problem (unless a user paid a higher price then is upset when it's cheaper the following day). As others have mentioned, just be careful not to set it to free. This is pretty different than what I do on the iPhone side. Over there, I'll start out with a free version w/o ads to get initial feedback and downloads. If it gets traction, I'll try ads to see what kind of eCPMs this app will get. If the numbers aren't acceptable, I'll try switching the app to paid. -- Seni Sangrujee http://fieldteams.com http://metosphere.com -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Thanks, thats some helpful info. and yes, I know about the setting to free problem :) - Brill Pappin On 2011-01-13, at 1:02 PM, Seni Sangrujee wrote: I haven't tried this before, so I wanted to see if there are any issues I need to be aware of before I try it. I do this and haven't run into any problems. For the paid versions of my apps I'll start out at $0.99 to get as much feedback from users as I can. By the time it hits 500 downloads, it's a much more stable, well-rounded, polished app by then, so I bump it up to $1.99. After 1,000 downloads, I'll raise it to $2.99. I've never tried lowering the price (for things like weekly/holiday sales) though, but I don't see why that would be a problem (unless a user paid a higher price then is upset when it's cheaper the following day). As others have mentioned, just be careful not to set it to free. This is pretty different than what I do on the iPhone side. Over there, I'll start out with a free version w/o ads to get initial feedback and downloads. If it gets traction, I'll try ads to see what kind of eCPMs this app will get. If the numbers aren't acceptable, I'll try switching the app to paid. -- Seni Sangrujee http://fieldteams.com http://metosphere.com -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Brill Pappin br...@pappin.ca wrote: Thanks, thats some helpful info. and yes, I know about the setting to free problem :) Not to mention the unable to delete problem that often appears due to the setting to free problem. -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
I have tried lowering the price of an app and it wouldn't let me. I have not tried raising the price. On Jan 13, 9:27 am, Brill Pappin br...@pappin.ca wrote: I'm thinking of releasing an app with an intro price and then increasing it later. This is to promote early adoption which builds up a user base that will help find any problems in the code. However I will want to bump the price up after a while. Based on the issues of people making an app free and not being able to make it a paid app again, are there any problem changing a price up or down in the market once deployed? I haven't tried this before, so I wanted to see if there are any issues I need to be aware of before I try it. - Brill Pappin -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
Were you trying to lower it below $0.99? That seems to be the lowest price allowed. (Which is kind of annoying. It's slightly above the whim level for purchases.) On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Russell DuRoss r2s...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried lowering the price of an app and it wouldn't let me. I have not tried raising the price. -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
No offense, but you must be living in an extremely poor country if you think $0.99 is not a impulse purchase. What else can you buy for a $1 these days? Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. Perhaps if you are a kid on a $10/week budget, that might be true, but otherwise... On Jan 14, 9:38 am, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.com wrote: Were you trying to lower it below $0.99? That seems to be the lowest price allowed. (Which is kind of annoying. It's slightly above the whim level for purchases.) On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Russell DuRoss r2s...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried lowering the price of an app and it wouldn't let me. I have not tried raising the price.- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Changing price in the Market
On 1/13/2011 6:04 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: No offense, but you must be living in an extremely poor country if you think $0.99 is not a impulse purchase. What else can you buy for a $1 these days? Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. Perhaps if you are a kid on a $10/week budget, that might be true, but otherwise... I make ok money as a programmer. I take home over three times my rent. Still, I agree with John. Whether it be irrational or not, I'd be far more likely to blow a quarter on a questionable app then $1.00 (ok, $.99). It has more to do with emotion than logical money sense. I will say that now that I'm developing myself, I am way more liberal with a couple of bucks for an app now that I know how vast the expenditure of effort to create a useful and enjoyable app is. Tobiah On Jan 14, 9:38 am, John Lussmyerjohnlussm...@gmail.com wrote: Were you trying to lower it below $0.99? That seems to be the lowest price allowed. (Which is kind of annoying. It's slightly above the whim level for purchases.) On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Russell DuRossr2s...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried lowering the price of an app and it wouldn't let me. I have not tried raising the price.- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
