Okay I'm making it a point to no longer click on titles that are simply commands. It's kind of getting ridiculous now.
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Don't build an app, build a business
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Re: Don't build an app, build a business
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Integrate with facebook, map dorm rooms to students. Give to girls for free, and charge the men. Works for pubs.
Congratulations. That might be the creepiest suggestion I've ever heard on HN.
Just to add to this. This isn't creepy because its illegal or provides something that was impossible before---actually dorm address information at my uni was available online to students. It comes off as creepy because of the way it is setup: charging men for access to women.
It basically circumvents all of our accepted social protocol without any rationale beyond personal profit.
Re: Don't build an app, build a business
#13The article (and it's associated links) simply keep restating the fact that app sales, like most things in and out of this category are a power law distribution. If you want to get into the top of the curve, you need exponentially greater quality / marketing.
Was there ever a time, even in the early days of the store, when making a shitty app would automatically bring in primary income?
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Point well taken. I've been hesitant on monetizing because of that very same growth I'm seeing. In about 6 weeks I expect to peak in the top 10 US Navigation app for about 3 days (new school year). I've been debating ads + freemium "ads free mode", but I feel that at this point I'm getting more value out of establishing a user base. My real issue is that I don't have a GOOD scalable monetization option in mind. Negot…
Integrate with facebook, map dorm rooms to students. Give to girls for free, and charge the men. Works for pubs.
Treating people less favourable based on gender is illegal in many places. This is an illegal business model.
Re: Don't build an app, build a business
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Your app appears free though? Growth and traction of free apps and growth and traction of paid apps aren't really comparable unless you have a plan to convert. Care to share?
Point well taken. I've been hesitant on monetizing because of that very same growth I'm seeing. In about 6 weeks I expect to peak in the top 10 US Navigation app for about 3 days (new school year). I've been debating ads + freemium "ads free mode", but I feel that at this point I'm getting more value out of establishing a user base. My real issue is that I don't have a GOOD scalable monetization option in mind. Negot…
The difference in downloads between free and paid apps is huge. My app (http://www.spooftrader.net) will have between 5-10 times the amount of free downloads to paid.
Interestingly though geography does seem to count, most of the paid comes from the USA or UK whilst the free downloads come from all over the place.
Re: Don't build an app, build a business
#16The article (and it's associated links) simply keep restating the fact that app sales, like most things in and out of this category are a power law distribution. If you want to get into the top of the curve, you need exponentially greater quality / marketing. Was there ever a time, even in the early days of the store, when making a shitty app would automatically bring in primary income?
Yes, in the early days, apps like fart soundboards and flashlights were making people significant chunks of money.
As the competition has increased, you either find dozens of clones of the low quality apps, or one or two competitors that have taken most of the market.
Re: Don't build an app, build a business
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Integrate with facebook, map dorm rooms to students. Give to girls for free, and charge the men. Works for pubs.
Treating people less favourable based on gender is illegal in many places. This is an illegal business model.
Are you living in a cave? Every heard of "ladies night"? They get in free while men have to pay a cover, hell, sometimes they even get a free drink while men do not.
Re: Don't build an app, build a business
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Treating people less favourable based on gender is illegal in many places. This is an illegal business model.
Are you living in a cave? Every heard of "ladies night"? They get in free while men have to pay a cover, hell, sometimes they even get a free drink while men do not.
I appear to be living in a place where that's illegal (the EU). We don't have "ladies night" here, it's illegal to charge one sex while letting the other in for free, it's illegal to give one sex a free drink.