If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Appstore.

Re:If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Ap... by dchest on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @06:37AM (#2729328)

Long review times, the inability to reply to user reviews, getting ridiculous erroneous comments, and lack of manual refunds? Sounds like iOS/Mac App Stores.

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Re:If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Ap... by giddas on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @06:51AM (#2729359)

Reducing the price of submitted software without consulting the developer is the most outrageous part of this story, don't think Apple do that.

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Re:If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Ap... by wccrawford on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @06:53AM (#2729363)

That has always been part of the contract you have with them, and was widely criticized when the Amazon Android Store first came out.

It is my understanding that they guarantee a minimum amount of money to you, even if they give it away for free. (Which means they pay you when they give it away.)

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Re:If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Ap... by yardie on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @07:20AM (#2729425)

They do compensate you for the special promotions. I'm not sure of the percentage but being the free app of the day and getting paid doesn't sound like a bad deal. Unless you are really intent on selling your "I'm Rich!" app to the 10 people you want to buy it.

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Re:If you are a small team [...] don't bother with Amazon Ap... by deong on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @10:17AM (#2729885)

It also works, which is another point of similarity with Apple's store. Google's market is laughably bad in my experience. Admittedly, I think my experience is worse than most for whatever reason.

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