I think you've missed a key factor in what may affect sales; - There is a huge momentum for free-applications and pay-for applications are a new concept.
I see things at the moment as being similar to the Unix/Linux market place. I know many good Unix sysadmins who would rather spend hours or days seaching out a piece of free software (or writing it themselves) as opposed to paying even $20 for a commercial offering, and Android seems to be in the same boat. I'm sure there are many people who will try every single free twitter client before they'd even consider paying 99 cents for one. I don't know how this will play out over time, we may end up with an iPhone like market where paid-apps are common, we may end up with a Linux environment where people will still hack their code or "make-do" with a free piece of software. Only time will tell. Al. Ed Burnette wrote: > What do you do when you put an application on the Android Market and > nobody buys it? That’s the subject of today’s installation of Market > Moves (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=816). At the end there is a > poll asking for your input on what to try next. Should I get rid of > the free version? Reduce the price on the paid one? Add some more > features? These are questions that every Android developer will face. > Please have a look, add your vote for the best approach, and share > your experiences in marketing your own apps in the talkback section. > > Thanks, > -- Ed Burnette > Author, "Hello, Android", http://www.pragprog.com/titles/eband > Webmaster, Planet Android blog aggregator, http://www.planetandroid.com > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
