Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by sitkack » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

So if I don't "publish" I lose my screencast? That seems pretty lame. Also, as much of a CC fan as I am, why do you force people to license their screencasts under CC?

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by jasonlotito » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:41 PM UTC

Just goes to show you that even if it's provided free by default as apart of the OS, you can still create something does one specific thing, even if it does less. The iOS-ification of apps: just do one thing.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by johnrob » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:46 PM UTC

Write code and talk to users.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by arikrak » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:47 PM UTC

Add pause functionality. At least that's what I was looking for when I downloaded it a while ago, but it didn't have it.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by finkyfeke » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:53 PM UTC

Why is a screencast app rated 12+ for profanity/violence?

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by josephjrobison » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:53 PM UTC

pranavpiyush wrote: post #15

pranavpiyush wrote: post #13

This would be awesome for customer service reps who want to see exactly what the user is seeing. Main issue with current tools (remote viewing apps) is that they are often too slow and unreliable.

One app that I have used in the past is Screenflow. Has a lot more functionality naturally, but is also expensive.

I've been using Screenflow and it's good, but the huge watermark on the demo version is annoying, although the do let you record unlimited time.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by murali44 » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:53 PM UTC

Next step, charge money for something and see what happens.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by josephjrobison » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:54 PM UTC

jasonlotito wrote: post #22

Just goes to show you that even if it's provided free by default as apart of the OS, you can still create something does one specific thing, even if it does less. The iOS-ification of apps: just do one thing.

Is there a free screen recording version that comes with OS X?

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by Sakes » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:57 PM UTC

husky wrote: post #2

How do we captitalize on this - we are getting 1500 downloads a day as a free app - what's the best way forwards - anyone with experience?

What you need:

1) Determine if people are people happy with it

2) Happy customers championing your product for you

3) Charge for your product

How:

1) Start tracking if users continue to use your product/are happy with product (sounds like you already can do this).

2) Once you know your free customers are happy to use the product begin to monetization the product.

3) Build code to help your existing users spread your product

    - Create the ability to email friends free account codes from inside the app.

    - current users are limited to two free invites

    - first round invited users are limited to one free invite

    - second round invited users can not give out free invites

4) Once the above code is ready, start charging for the product on the app store.

5) Release "invite a friend" code

6) Experiment with price

7) If you fall on your face & fail, begin offering the product for free again and re-evaluate how you determine if you are making your customers happy.

Re: Our 1 week side project is a Best New App on the Mac Appstore - what now?

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Post by murali44 » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 11:58 PM UTC

murali44 wrote: post #27

Next step, charge money for something and see what happens.

You don't actually need to build an features yet. Create a pricing page, list out a simple set of features, put a buy button and see how many people click on it. Test with a different set of features and different price points.