iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer

Re:iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer by dpcan on Friday August 26, 2011 @05:44PM (#2930085)

The orders show up as "Payment Declined" in the order inbox, or "Cancelled by Google".

If a customer just refunds, then the order just says "Cancelled" and the details of the order say that the card was successfully authorized.

It's those people that WANT to give you their money but get stopped because of a Payment Decline or Google Cancel that are ridiculous.

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Re:iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer by jwatte on Saturday August 27, 2011 @02:34AM (#2930984)

I bet at least 50% of failures are customers trying to use someone else's card, or habitual charge-backers. What is the experience for each channel 90 days in when actual chargebacks start hitting?

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Re:iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer by baconner on Friday August 26, 2011 @10:50PM (#2930669)

I don't see how you can hang payment declines on Google. Customers failing to enter valid credit card information is just an ecommerce fact of life.

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