It seems like small developers could get around this by releasing some kind of trial edition on the free-app-a-day promotion.
Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core
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#12thanks to Amazon’s secret back-door deals, we made $0 on that day. These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email, so secret that they noticed this and wrote back to amazon, and so secret that amazon then confirmed them. They were offered a crappy deal, realized this and double-checked it, but decided to go for it anyway. When it turned out that the deal really was pretty…
These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email
Secret to the masses, not the parties involved. Yeah, its bold, but its bold in an email between two parties where they agree upon terms contrary to the public terms.
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#13thanks to Amazon’s secret back-door deals, we made $0 on that day. These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email, so secret that they noticed this and wrote back to amazon, and so secret that amazon then confirmed them. They were offered a crappy deal, realized this and double-checked it, but decided to go for it anyway. When it turned out that the deal really was pretty…
It does seem problematic that to consumers it seems as though the dev gets a cut.
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#14thanks to Amazon’s secret back-door deals, we made $0 on that day. These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email, so secret that they noticed this and wrote back to amazon, and so secret that amazon then confirmed them. They were offered a crappy deal, realized this and double-checked it, but decided to go for it anyway. When it turned out that the deal really was pretty…
I think they're valid in calling the deal "secret," as the app-buying public at large has no idea these deals are taking place. The developer knows they're getting nothing, but everyone downloading the free app is harboring illusions that they're supporting the developer.
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#15>Amazon gets to set the price of your app to whatever they want, without any input from you, or even the chance to reject their price ... Amazon re-writes your description, and in ours they even made up things ... you can’t remove apps from their store That doesn't seem great.
To be honest, this is true of every product that Amazon sells.
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#16I've been doing a binge of Kindle buying recently, and I have noticed that a lot of the more expensive books have a price that is set by the publisher.
Now, in the Amazon AppStore, perhaps the larger publishers will eventually be able to set a minimum price. The prices are already so low but better than zero.
I love Amazon's FAAD, and I feel safe downloading any app from Amazon while the Google market is more strip mall than indoor mall. The new Market app is a major improvement though but I am anxious to download let alone buy anything with less than 250k downloads.
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#17thanks to Amazon’s secret back-door deals, we made $0 on that day. These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email, so secret that they noticed this and wrote back to amazon, and so secret that amazon then confirmed them. They were offered a crappy deal, realized this and double-checked it, but decided to go for it anyway. When it turned out that the deal really was pretty…
He's not saying the 0% price was a secret from his company, he's saying it was a secret to the general public.
I pay pretty close attention, and I thought the free apps of the day were paid at the 20% rate that Amazon warns they may pay you if they unilaterally discount your app.
Re: Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core
#18thanks to Amazon’s secret back-door deals, we made $0 on that day. These secret back-door deals that were so secret that they were written in bold in the email, so secret that they noticed this and wrote back to amazon, and so secret that amazon then confirmed them. They were offered a crappy deal, realized this and double-checked it, but decided to go for it anyway. When it turned out that the deal really was pretty…
I think they're valid in calling the deal "secret," as the app-buying public at large has no idea these deals are taking place. The developer knows they're getting nothing, but everyone downloading the free app is harboring illusions that they're supporting the developer.
Okay, fair enough.
But I do think it is exaggerating to say that "everyone downloading the free app is harboring illusions that they're supporting the developer."
I strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of downloaders get no further than "ooh! free stuff!" click
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#19>Amazon gets to set the price of your app to whatever they want, without any input from you, or even the chance to reject their price ... Amazon re-writes your description, and in ours they even made up things ... you can’t remove apps from their store That doesn't seem great.
To be honest, this is true of every product that Amazon sells.
But it's not true of any other app store with which Amazon competes. Whether or not it's true of Walmart isn't really relevant.
Re: Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core
#20>Amazon gets to set the price of your app to whatever they want, without any input from you, or even the chance to reject their price ... Amazon re-writes your description, and in ours they even made up things ... you can’t remove apps from their store That doesn't seem great.
To be honest, this is true of every product that Amazon sells.
No it's not. Amazon does a lot of selling for third parties who set their own prices.