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Jesse Vincent
@obra
jesse@bestpractical.com
Wednesday, October 19, 11
3. “That company in
Brooklyn is so hip they
have dancing app stores
on their website”
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6. (not quite as many
app stores as
dancing hamsters)
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9. If I spent 20 seconds
on each Android App
Store, this talk would
run over time
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13. http://amazon.com/appstore http://www.appitalism.com http://yaam.mobi
http://andappstore.com http://www.applanet.net https://bloomworlds.com
http://android.pdassi.de http://www.camangimarket.com https://market.android.com
http://andspot.com http://www.docomo-market.info https://marketplace.cisco.com/apphq
http://appoke.com http://www.eoemarket.com https://nookdeveloper.barnesandnoble.com
http://apps.fasmicro.net http://www.explorepda.com/products.php? http://f-droid.org
http://appslib.com OS=Android http://m.sonyericsson.com/playnow
http://m.djuzz.com http://www.fastapp.com http://www1.orange.co.uk/entertainment/
http://market.android.com http://www.getjar.com OrangeWorld
http://mjelly.com/apps/tags/android http://www.goapk.com http://mobile.optuszoo.com.au/cocoon
http://mplayit.com http://www.handango.com http://www.nexva.com
http://open.app.qq.com http://www.handster.com http://emocion.movistar.es/mstore
http://promo.appcity.com http://www.maopao.com http://www.ubi-nuri.com
http://sc.hiapk.com/himarket http://www.mobango.com http://www.mmarket.com
http://slideme.org http://www.mobihand.com http://hyper.biz.tr/
http://soc.io http://www.mobile2day.com http://mikandi.com
http://store.handmark.com http://www.mobileapps.com http://www.lgworld.com/web.gateway.dev
http://storeoid.com http://www.mobiles24.com http://www.insydemarket.com
http://wandoujia.com http://www.mobspot.com http://www.esdn.ws
http://www.airtel.in/apps http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/ http://droydmarket.com
SHOP4APPS/US-EN http://blapkmarket.com
http://www.androidpit.com
http://www.nduoa.com http://www.appstorehq.com
http://www.androlib.com
http://www.nn4d.com/appwarehouse http://www.apptown.com/Add_App.html
http://www.apktop.com
http://www.pocketgear.com http://www.92apk.com
http://www.appchina.com
http://www.samsungapps.com
http://www.appia.com
http://www.whiteapp.com
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15. (Yes, I left out a
screenshot
so the grid fit)
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17. Some are for specific
types of apps
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18. Some are tied to a
carrier or manufacturer
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19. Some are tied to a
free software ethos
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20. I am an Android
hobbyist
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21. K-9 is my
open source
hobby project
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25. There are around a
dozen forks of K-9 on
the Android Market
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27. Kaiten Mail is my
commercial
hobby project
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31. Kaiten earns
$5000-$6000
per month
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32. 90+% of that comes
from the Google
Android Market
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36. Every change needs to
be manually reviewed
and approved by
Amazon
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39. Even if they give your
app away free, you still
get 20% of list price...
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45. Posted Kaiten by
Amazon’s review
deadline for their App
Store launch
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52. I sold 5 copies
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54. ...I put in a request that
Amazon drop the price
to $5.
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55. It only took them 2
days to approve the
pricing change!
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57. I sold 28 copies in the
second two weeks
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59. I now make
$100-$300/month
from Amazon
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64. I did no marketing
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65. I did no advertising
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67. It got into the top 100
communications apps
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76. I did it for you guys
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80. ★★★★★
★★★★★
★★★★★
=
SALES
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81. ★★★★★
★★★★★
★★★★★
=
SADNESS
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83. Past a certain point,
average rating
doesn’t matter
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86. They pay, but not
as fast as Google
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89. They asked to discount
Kaiten from $5 to $3
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90. Lots of people bought
Kaiten during the
promo period
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91. (Saw an uptick on the
Android Market, too)
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92. I made my money back
and then a bit
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94. I sell a couple copies a
day on AndroidPIT
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102. They used to have
Central- and South-
American app stores
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112. Others have had lots of
success with SlideME
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113. It’s the place to take
your NES Emulator
when Google pulls
your account
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117. They have a weird,
complex “inventory”
scheme
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118. I sell O(1) copy per
week there.
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122. Kaiten often ends up
on apktop before
shows up on Amazon
Wednesday, October 19, 11
125. ...and then tell me they
had pirated Kaiten, but
bought the app because
the support was good
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130. Not all of those are
Mobile carriers!
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131. The app stores with the
tightest carrier
relationships seem to
be the most painful
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132. It took months for one
of them to tell me they
hadn’t posted my app...
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134. So, what do I
recommend?
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135. A
a
s
s
a
a
S
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136. Android
app
store
submission
as
a
Service
Wednesday, October 19, 11
137. Please start
an AassaaS
company!
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149. App store directories
• http://www.wipconnector.com/appstores/
• http://www.android-markets-info.com/
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150. Thanks!
Jesse Vincent
@obra
jesse@bestpractical.com
Wednesday, October 19, 11