Just Landed Is Shutting Down

Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by tomphoolery on Thursday February 25, 2016 @03:44PM (#11177642)

The #1 reason why this app failed is because people like me, and especially my mother, who would have been a power user...did not know it existed until this Medium post. Your problem has less to do with the app itself and more to do with how it was promoted and marketed.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by zzleeper on Thursday February 25, 2016 @03:48PM (#11177672)

He addressed that. Discovery is broken on most app stores

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by rm_-rf_slash on Thursday February 25, 2016 @03:58PM (#11177728)

Maybe the Medium "we're-shutting-down" post will become the occasional "hey world we exist" strategy.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by 2chen on Thursday February 25, 2016 @11:05PM (#11179732)

Ah the good old Closeout Sale con.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by Agustus on Thursday February 25, 2016 @04:28PM (#11177955)

Or the: Hey Reddit we are struggling post.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by ex3ndr on Thursday February 25, 2016 @06:56PM (#11178854)

Such posts on HN usually get much less upvotes.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by vinceguidry on Thursday February 25, 2016 @05:30PM (#11178358)

In case you didn't know this, mass marketing is expensive.

You don't use the marketing channels you wish you have, you use the ones you can make a profit off of. If you have to ask, they probably won't reach you.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by nathancahill on Thursday February 25, 2016 @03:58PM (#11177731)

I think that's his main point about the discovery process in the App Store. Even being features numerous times by Apple wasn't enough.

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Re:Just Landed Is Shutting Down by jgrall on Thursday February 25, 2016 @04:41PM (#11178053)

Correct. Features by Apple aren't a panacea – especially for paid apps. But without it, you're DOA.

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