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jckay
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About jckay
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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Comment #5208327
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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Comment #5208022
Post Updated to reflect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses Thanks for pointing this out guys. JK
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Comment #5207981
I really appreciate the kind words.
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Comment #5207978
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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Comment #4633356
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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Comment #4163365
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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Comment #3547432
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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Comment #3512907
@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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