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I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

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I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#1
My app name is binceipt, which send instant receipt to your customer email inbox.

LOL as you like.

I guess 2 things causing my pathetic earning are:

1. Sluggish Interface

2. Extremely less business/people want to send email receipt as they are rich enough to constantly buy receipt printers, receipt papers, printer ink/ribbon and etc.

3. They do not give a shit about technology

What do you think?

Cheers, Mark Thien

Re: I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#2
Have you considered a specific nieche or industry where this app would be viable? Unfortunately although your app is sending email instantly, receivers usually don't read their e-mails instantly - most people I know dislike looking at their inboxes. I mostly check my own emails for bills around the time I expect them. You might have to consider additional notification options to make it useful. Just my 2 cents.

Re: I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#4
There are three kinds of people in this world- those who can count, and those who can't.

I may trust a retailer with my money to make a purchase, but I won't trust that retailer with my e-mail address to get the receipt. Customers are more comfortable with the paper receipt because it's fast and requires no further time commitment associated with the purchase. If that makes their purchase 10% more expensive it's worth it to them.

Perhaps you might use what you've learned to make a different (or improved) product that appeals to a wider audience.

Re: I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#5
Not sure about 2, or 3, but the interface could definitely do with some work. Screenshots are a big part of convincing potential users to download your app (once they've found it on the app store).

From a dev point of view it looks lazy (a jqm/phonegap app, using the standard theme with a few colour changes). I wouldn't download it because I'd assume the same amount of effort has gone into the functionality as the interface (not much).

From the average public point of view it doesn't look like a normal iOS app. Rightly or wrongly, design of the interface plays a big part in the success of a mobile app (at least for iOS apps anyway).

Of course, this is assuming that there are users out there who want an app like this and are finding it on the app store.

Re: I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#7
I think the biggest problem here is that your target market isn't willing to pay for this problem to be solved.

I'm not sure exactly what your app does from the screenshots, but it looks like it's a way to email a receipt for a purchase to a customer? Wouldn't the business owner probably want this feature integrated with their Point of Sale system or something else, rather than retype everything into their iPhone or iPad? Or is this meant to replace a Point of Sale system?

Re: I earned pathetically $6.30 for my iOS App this quarter

#8
Change the name of your app to "Send Receipts Via Email" or some variant. Also, the "1000 receipt" credit for $0.99 makes no sense..either make it a paid app or sell something like 20 receipts for $1.99 via IAP. Does your free version have any ads? Anyway, if you want to give up on the app, I'll happily buy the source code from you for $100
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