The best part is the code review. I hate the current anything goes/permission slip method.
I don't think they will do a code review. They won't even have the source. I should think the'll just do basic testing as Apple does.
Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Developers — Full Details
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#52Wow..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 is constantly changing prices on its books anyway. If you leave a bunch of books in your shopping cart for several weeks, then every time you go to your shopping cart they'll popup a notice showing what items have changed price, from X to Y.
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#53Wow..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…
Reminds me of the success Steam has had fiddling with their pricing structure. Can't find references now, but reports say that they've been ridiculously successful with it.
Though I assume that Valve consults with the publishers before putting an item on sale. I guess Amazon figures it would be inefficient to have to do that will the multitude of apps they are expecting.
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So make your list price higher than your current price and let Amazon figure out what's best. Unless I'm missing something, Amazon's getting a percentage, so their income is maximized when your income is maximized.
You can't set the list price any higher than anywhere else. i. List Price. The “List Price” for an App is an amount that does not exceed, at any time, the lowest list price or suggested retail price for such App (including any similar edition, version or release) available or previously available on any Similar Service or the lowest actual price at which you make or made such App available for sale through any Simila…
You could just differentiate your product by releasing the Amazon super version that includes some trivial feature not available in the Android market version. Clearly such a feature is worth doubling the list price.
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Android has several issues and I agree that the market app sucks, so I use appbrain. Give a try if you haven't already. It gives decent recommendations and you can filter apps by hotness among other things.
I think the issue, though, is not if you (or other people on HN) use AppBrain: it's if your customers are going to be able to find your app. I doubt that a significant chunk of Android users actually use something like AppBrain, so a pre-installed Amazon Appstore might help those people.
I never implied otherwise (I agree), just spreading the word about appbrain.
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#56Odd that they got to this before they released the Kindle SDK.
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"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…
The manufacturer suggests a retail price, but it is up to the retailer to determine what the consumer ultimately pays. This is quite different because in retail the wholesale cost is negotiated between the manufacturer and retailer. Therefore, the price that the retailer chooses to sell the product at to consumers does not change how much the manufacturer makes (except indirectly, by affecting quantity sold and there…
Wal-mart is a bad example to use here. They actually tell companies what they are willing to pay; and everyone falls in line. Thats why some products you buy at WalMart aren't as good a quality as they are at other places. Companies make cheaper products to meet the demands of walmart.
Re: Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Developers — Full Details
#58Wow..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 is constantly changing prices on its books anyway. If you leave a bunch of books in your shopping cart for several weeks, then every time you go to your shopping cart they'll popup a notice showing what items have changed price, from X to Y.
Yes, they do. Our site tracks pricing on Amazon products and recommends when is the best time to buy.
Amazon pricing on a large range of products pretty much change daily; for example Books:
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Amazon is constantly changing prices on its books anyway. If you leave a bunch of books in your shopping cart for several weeks, then every time you go to your shopping cart they'll popup a notice showing what items have changed price, from X to Y.
Yes, they do. Our site tracks pricing on Amazon products and recommends when is the best time to buy. Amazon pricing on a large range of products pretty much change daily; for example Books: http://www.happybuy.com/search//all/books/by-savings
Great site. I was just thinking it would be nice to have some notification when books drop in price significantly. Most price changes are a few cents or a dollar or so, but sometimes they can change by $10, $20, and I've seen in the $50 range once or twice.
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Yes, they do. Our site tracks pricing on Amazon products and recommends when is the best time to buy. Amazon pricing on a large range of products pretty much change daily; for example Books: http://www.happybuy.com/search//all/books/by-savings
Great site. I was just thinking it would be nice to have some notification when books drop in price significantly. Most price changes are a few cents or a dollar or so, but sometimes they can change by $10, $20, and I've seen in the $50 range once or twice.
Thanks for the comments. Yes, we'll automatically email you whenever a price drops for any product you sign-up to via the site.
In the next week we'll also be adding optional price tracking for any item you already have in a public Amazon Wishlist.