How an app with 200,000 downloads led to developer homelessness

Re:How an app with 200,000 downloads led to developer homele... by revorad on Thursday August 16, 2012 @01:51AM (#4390071)

Isn't $3.99 on the high end of app pricing? Instapaper sells for $4.99 and is considered a premium product.

How long does it take to make a $3.99 app? Do you factor in those development costs?

If it's just one person and you make $50K, that's fine. But what if there's two of you?

What's the probability of getting 50 sales/day and for how long? In the event that you get, let's say 25 sales/day, what's your fallback strategy?

awolf, you may very well be selling hundreds of copies a day of your apps at 10 bucks a piece, but the point is that the vast majority don't.

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Re:How an app with 200,000 downloads led to developer homele... by rmc on Thursday August 16, 2012 @07:17AM (#4390736)

Price is not always related to how hard it is to make. Google Search is a fantastically expensive piece of software, but is free. Charge what people are willing to pay.

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