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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by res0nat0r on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @05:16PM (#2838733)
Wait, you expected to receive 20% of your pre free giveaway price during the free app of the day promotion and Amazon just gives you money, seriously? Where exactly does it say that you get paid during a free giveaway promo?

From the FAQ:

What is the payment structure between Amazon and me? Amazon pays developers 70% of the sale price of the app or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater.

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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by kevinpet on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @06:01PM (#2838887)
From the FAQ: Amazon pays developers 70% of the sale price of the app or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater.

I would interpret the sale price of the app to be zero, so they get 20% of list.

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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by res0nat0r on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @07:21PM (#2839109)
I'm not sure how one concludes that getting $50k of free money is even a smart assumption to make. So they give away X amount of money per day to app developers because they are being nice?
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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by kevinpet on Thursday August 04, 2011 @02:07PM (#2847041)
When the FAQ appears to address something (selling at less than list price) and doesn't call out an exception for free, it's not an assumption. Companies do all sorts of things. I don't understand all the economics of amazon's business model, but I can read.
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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by dpcan on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @05:59PM (#2838878)
You are being sarcastic, right?
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Re:Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core by neuroelectronic on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @07:34PM (#2839136)
He definitely is. The developers definitely should get paid 20% of their asking price for free downloads because some people think that's what happens. Amazon should definitely be responsible of their perception in the eyes of a few niave developers.
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