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jckay

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About jckay

I am the founder of Apptopia, and creator of Learn2buzz.com.

Love life, adventures, and learning.

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    Kardashian Unseats Facebook (the #s behind their apps)

    Given the cultural sadness of the Kardashian / Jenner apps taking over Facebook as the #1 app in the App Store yesterday, i thought you might appreciate seeing the download numbers…

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    Comment #5858019

    After 200+ Apptopia developers email'ed Apple, and after 15+ months of hustle its finally possible!

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    Really wild point. So malicious, but i guess in the same sense that would be a "clever" way to "pay yourself". The seller is someone we have worked with before and has multiple lis…

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    Post Updated to reflect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses Thanks for pointing this out guys. JK

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    I really appreciate the kind words.

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    Wow. This is an amazing point, and quite honestly i am sorry for not including it. My intent is to have people DO SOMETHING WITH IT. Not just to look at it. I want people to very m…

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    Comment #5207862

    You make a really fair point. In fact, its why most really successful apps (and software companies in general) all have a free-to-paid model or some sort of trial basis. With Appto…

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    Comment #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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    Really emphasizes the need to prepare NOW for these types of opportunities. Especially now that we are talking about $100's of millions (if not Billions of dollars). Sounds a littl…

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    Scotty - thank so much for the shout out man, this is Jonathan, I am the founder of Apptopia. To help add some value to the convo: We actually partner with AppBusinessBrokers - goo…

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    Is Amazon's App Market the New Big #opportunity?

    Hey HN - I am the founder of Apptopia.com a marketplace that helps broker the sale of mobile apps. I have been hearing time and time again over the last month that app developers w…

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    Hey Nick - a quick Devil's Advocate thought for you. I have heard a lot of people lately say that they want to sell ______ (insert anything) and that is has a lot of potential. The…

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    @tamdenholm - I am creating a company called Apptopia - we will be almost exactly that. A marketplace to broker the sale of mobile app (micro business acquisitions). Have fantastic…

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    Comment #2576661

    Just saw someone comment....361 paid signups in 3 months. Well shit that is pretty good. Thoughts? Would you really shut down a shop that had over 100 new paid signups a month?

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