Pocket Lists sales: $13500 in first 3 months

Re:Pocket Lists sales: $13500 in first 3 months by ljf on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @02:54AM (#4099182)

It's been said before but this; "7. At the first hand, release the app for yourself and your friends. If they don’t use and don't like your app, it is hardly that everybody else will."

Hugely important! Congrats guys and thanks for a useful write up

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Re:Pocket Lists sales: $13500 in first 3 months by nanijoe on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:10AM (#4100233)

This point is just not true..Buyers don't have to like you app first before they buy it. They just have to think that they will like it. In truth , most apps only get used a few times by most buyers

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Re:Pocket Lists sales: $13500 in first 3 months by taroth on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @03:27AM (#4099266)

For clarity, are you saying friend test before releasing to the app store or before advertising?

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Re:Pocket Lists sales: $13500 in first 3 months by ljf on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @04:48AM (#4104932)

I'm saying that you need to go beyond dogfooding - it's all well and god if you like the app, as you have a market of one at least :)

But you really need to get your app out to non tech friends as soon as it's workable and get their feedback. If they don't like it or get it, it's unlikely customers who don't know you will.

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