How about this idea: Call your program "Beta" for now and then in February (or whenever) retire the Beta version and come out with a new non-Beta version that has a charge. The only trick would be to prevent people from auto-updating from Beta to the commercial version without annoying them.
IMHO Google did the developer community a disservice by not allowing for paid apps from day one. A lot of the developer energy on iPhone comes from dreams of "riches" made in the App Store. If at all possible, please get paid apps in place by this December at the latest. --Ed "Hello, Android" - now in 7th beta http://www.pragprog.com/titles/eband/hello-android On Oct 22, 4:25 pm, atrus123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing I was wondering if it would be possible to simply start > charging for the app once that becomes an option. So we'd post our > stuff now... free... and then go in and edit the price later on. It > might be a good option; by then we'd have feedback, and any popularity > might drive future revenue. > > I'd love to hear from a Google employee about how they expect this to > work. > > On Oct 22, 4:07 pm, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Al, > > > Great stuuf, to be honest I'm not as adept at licensing as I should > > be, given my job description and all! But there is def. a need for > > licensing of some sort. I'm really surprised we have to wait until Q1 > > (which, as we all know could mean as late as March 31!). It just > > really puts a damper on the whole thing and is going to create > > headaches for most of us. > > > Time-to-Market is huge in this industry, and those of us who worked > > very long days for too long toiling in the dark will not be able to > > benefit (read "$") from the vacuum created when the new store goes > > live on Monday. Just a shame, that's all... But then again, I guess we > > could use the opportunity to perfect our products, or create more > > apps. > > > Keep on coding, and def. let me know about the licensing idea, very > > interested. > > > Kevin > > > On Oct 22, 3:57 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > I think you'll end up with two apps initially. I'm looking at working on > > > a licensing solution because there seems to be a need. Do you have any > > > tips as to what you'd like to see? > > > > Al. > > > > cyntacks wrote: > > > > Hi Al, > > > > > I guess that is the question. Does Android support this type of > > > > transaction (i.e. "lite" version)? I don't recall seeing anything in > > > > the API about this. Of course I can just disable parts of the app, but > > > > how would the user "upgrade" to the full version? > > > > > Am I making to much out of this, will it all make sense come Monday > > > > morning? > > > > > Kevin > > > > > On Oct 22, 3:44 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> Can you not ship a cut down "lite" version with an option to pay for a > > > >> fuller version? > > > > >> Al. > > > > >> atrus123 wrote: > > > > >>> I'm disappointed that we won't be able to charge until next quarter, > > > >>> and it does put a slight dent in my plans. I guess I'll just sigh and > > > >>> deploy. > > > > >>> On Oct 22, 1:56 pm, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>>> Ok, so the Market Place will be live on Monday, AWESOME! AWESOME! > > > >>>> AWESOME! > > > > >>>> But here is a question for all you developers like us who are hoping > > > >>>> to make some revenue off months of hard work. > > > > >>>> Does the API currently support a way to make our applications "trial > > > >>>> software"? That is, making them free until "March 1st" or some other > > > >>>> date, at which time the user will have to pay? > > > > >>>> Obviously getting on the phone and receiving user reviews is > > > >>>> extremely > > > >>>> important, but giving away all of our hard work "just seems wrong". I > > > >>>> have read that over 1 million people have pre-ordered the phone, that > > > >>>> is a lot of free software giveaways.. > > > > >>>> What is everyone else doing? Waiting? Sayhing the heck with it and > > > >>>> deploying? Just looking for some advice. > > > > >>>> Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
