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Additionally, even if the best default price is much lower, it just makes their apps look that much better when Amazon's app store says "50% off" or "86% off."
Wow..Amazon gets to set the price on your app. Developers only get to recommend. Certainly original. If this takes off it could have a significant impact on application pricing for more than just Android devices. iTunes put it in people's heads that a song is worth $1. Amazon is working hard at saying that a book is worth $10. This is the same model - by setting the price for individual apps, Amazon is going to be se…
I have a feeling Amazon is better at pricing my app than I am.
Wow..Amazon gets to set the price on your app. Developers only get to recommend. Certainly original. If this takes off it could have a significant impact on application pricing for more than just Android devices. iTunes put it in people's heads that a song is worth $1. Amazon is working hard at saying that a book is worth $10. This is the same model - by setting the price for individual apps, Amazon is going to be se…
I have a feeling Amazon is better at pricing my app than I am.
International developers still get robbed. Coding from Europe, i should give USA 30 per cent to sell my app to European public? And that means, 30 per cent to Amazon, from what is left 30 per cent to USA, from what is left 20 per cent to my government..... ridiculous...
b. Timing of Deliveries. ... You will deliver future Apps within 14 days before the initial availability date you designate for the App (the “Initial Availability Date”). The Initial Availability Date must be no later than the first date you permit the App to be listed for pre-order or sale on any Similar Service. ...
EDIT: And updates as well. So no more releasing emergency break fixes.
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I have a feeling Amazon is better at pricing my app than I am.
Well, maybe, but most of us suffer from under-pricing our apps. Amazon's deal only allows them to further discount from your stated 'list price'. I don't see how they can improve things in this common case. I suspect (am utterly sure) they will price things to maximize Amazon's income, not mine. Which may mean deeply discounting my app as part of some campaign to boost their total sales - which won't benefit me one i…
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The nice thing is that Amazon can basically continuously and automatically A/B test different price points for each app. Drop the price by a penny, is revenue better than projected over an hour? Ok, drop it by another penny, etc.
Ten years ago Amazon was burned by price testing. This seems an appropriate time to try again. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/51392/Amazon_apologiz...
Wow..Amazon gets to set the price on your app. Developers only get to recommend. Certainly original. If this takes off it could have a significant impact on application pricing for more than just Android devices. iTunes put it in people's heads that a song is worth $1. Amazon is working hard at saying that a book is worth $10. This is the same model - by setting the price for individual apps, Amazon is going to be se…
This is how the vast majority of retail products work. The manufacturer suggests a retail price, but it is up to the retailer to determine what the consumer ultimately pays. Software was sold this way for several decades.
So it strikes me as more "retro" than "original". Not that it's a bad thing -- I love the idea of Amazon split-testing my pricing, because it lets me focus more on the app itself.
Wow..Amazon gets to set the price on your app. Developers only get to recommend. Certainly original. If this takes off it could have a significant impact on application pricing for more than just Android devices. iTunes put it in people's heads that a song is worth $1. Amazon is working hard at saying that a book is worth $10. This is the same model - by setting the price for individual apps, Amazon is going to be se…
"Amazon gets to set the price on your app. Developers only get to recommend. Certainly original." This is how the vast majority of retail products work. The manufacturer suggests a retail price, but it is up to the retailer to determine what the consumer ultimately pays. Software was sold this way for several decades. So it strikes me as more "retro" than "original". Not that it's a bad thing -- I love the idea of Am…
Wonder if Amazon are also considering selling apps on AWS via this appstore? Would easily work for EC2 images but might also work in the "platform as a service" space like the sort of thing Heroku is doing. Or just "buy a blog" e.g. wordpress can sell via the appstore and it's running on the AWS cloud.