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Consider pricing up to $4.99 or even more, depending on your niche audience.
1/3rd the sales at $4.99 is still a win.
I hadn't even thought of the point most of you have raised, that $0.99 would signal "this is crapware". My thinking had entirely been "well it's a 1 trick pony, that 1 trick can't be worth more than $0.99 to people", and I expected the responses to be more along the lines of "for $0.99 you shouldn't bother with the Mac App Store and just use Gumroad".
After reading these responses, my thinking is now this:
1. Upgrade it to 2 or 3 tricks - I've already started doing this and it's going pretty nicely. The things I'm adding might have occurred to me to add eventually, but the responses to this post helped spur me on to add them now, so thank you.
2. Aim for a price point of ~$10-$15. In the audio / video production software world, that is still quite cheap for a utility app, but the 2nd and 3rd tricks I'm adding should put it in the realm of good value at that price point (I think).
3. Still up for debate whether Mac App Store is worthwhile - putting $99 per year into ad spend is potentially a better use of that money, but I already have a grasp on some more targeted avenues to get the word out to its target audience. Plus the seamless auto-update aspect of the Mac App Store suits this app & its target audience well also
That's because you're a cheap skate hacker. $10 is the minimum price you should put. People who think $10 is too expensive are also going to think that $1 or 1c is too expensive.
As a developer you should NOT have to pay Apple or Google or anyone any money to create / distribute software. Developers create real value to a platform , and no self-respecting developer should encourage this kind of exploitation. App Stores also exploit customers and also violate their privacy. Note that the usage of App Stores on a Mac is not at the same level as that of iDevices (where everyone is forced to use…
So, how do you get a computer? Get electricity to power it? Learn how to write programs? I don’t think that “or anyone” clause is a tenable position.
> My advise - just sell and distribute the app yourself ( https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-start-a-digital-pro...
That page has a “Pricing” link (https://stripe.com/en-nl/pricing) that says
1.5% + €0.25 for standard European Economic area cards
2.5% + €0.25 for Uk cards
I also think that’s just for the selling part. Distribution, you’ll still have to do yourself. Apple and Google handle both, plus automatic updates for your customers, for you.
(Also, for a low-selling product and a €0.99 price point, the cost of Stripe is about par with Apple’s flat 15% plus €99 per year)
As a developer you should NOT have to pay Apple or Google or anyone any money to create / distribute software. Developers create real value to a platform , and no self-respecting developer should encourage this kind of exploitation. App Stores also exploit customers and also violate their privacy. Note that the usage of App Stores on a Mac is not at the same level as that of iDevices (where everyone is forced to use…
> As a developer you should NOT have to pay Apple or Google or anyone any money to create / distribute software. So, how do you get a computer? Get electricity to power it? Learn how to write programs? I don’t think that “or anyone” clause is a tenable position. > My advise - just sell and distribute the app yourself ( https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-start-a-digital-pro ... That page has a “Pricing” link ( h…