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pixelate

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About pixelate

Founder and developer of promoterapp.com.

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    Yes, I thought of pretty much every single possible pricing model, and I went with the simplest one I could come up with. Figuring out the price point and payment solution was the …

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    Only two features are iOS-only: promocodes and average user ratings. For everything else, it works great for Flash games as well.

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    Thanks! ;)

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    It's targeted towards games on all platforms really, so Mac App Store should work just fine. The only features that are iOS only are the promocodes and showing the average user rat…

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    It actually took me 4 hours to build the very first version of this. To get it to where it is now took me another 21 months working on it part-time though.

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    The RSS list is global for now, but give it a try to test Promoter with your app anyway. There is a big overlap between game and general iOS/Android sites, so it might still be use…

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    Thanks for the tip on the book, I'll check it out. I considered monthly subscription and want to offer it in the long run. Recurly looks like the best solution out there, but it's …

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    What device are you reading the blog on?

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    I'm based in Sweden, so you'd only pay VAT if you're located within the EU and do not have a valid VAT number or if you're located in Sweden. The syntax is different from Google Al…

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    Thanks! Yes, the music industry would be another niche that you could spin it off, but I still think you'd need to target the needs of that niche to make it really work well.

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    Thanks for your feedback! There are some things about it that are games-specific, such as the festival calendar and the sites that Promoter is crawling for press mentions. It could…

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