Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Willing to Buy Them

Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by toddh on Thursday November 29, 2012 @07:28PM (#4851193)

So it's a lot like gold prospecting?

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Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by jckay on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:07AM (#4851943)

Most app developers can only monetize 10-15% of their users via "common methods". Selling your app allows you to monetize 100% of that user base. Not such a bad deal.

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Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by guscost on Thursday November 29, 2012 @09:23PM (#4851519)

Yep - you can probably make more money by selling shovels.

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Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by eliransapir on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:23AM (#4851987)

Really? is that what you think? Where are those shovels?

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Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by guscost on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:09AM (#4852092)

Stripe, Heroku, Olark, etc.

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Re:Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Will... by jmathai on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:03AM (#4852075)

Parse.com?

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