A talk from PocketGamer Connects in early 2016. High level trend analysis (do's and don'ts) of IAP-based monetization. If you're figuring out how IAP fits into an overall monetization strategy, this is the deck for you.

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Emerging Best Practices in Dynamic
Pricing
Ted Verani
VP, Business Development
January 2016

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What we do: Increase IAP revenue
Scientific Revenue provides a dynamic price management solution for mobile
games that boosts in-app purchase revenue. We match the right prices with
the right players at the right times, to keep players engaged, increase
conversion, and grow profits for game publishers.

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Not About Game Design
• Not About: Game design
or How to Design a
Monetization UX or Coin
Stores or …
• About: The evolving use
of IAP as part of a
winning monetization
strategy
• We have LOTS of
information about Game
Design on our website
http://www.scientificrevenue.com/resources/

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Not a Trend: The IAP Revolution is Over

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Not a Trend: The Big Data Revolution is
(Also) Over

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Trend 1: Continuous Optimization

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More Trend 1
• Left: Number of new users by date and hour, lighter = more
• Right: Number of purchasers by date and hour, lighter = more
• People who join at noon are 4 times more likely to spend than people who join at 5 AM (in this game)

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Trend 2: Game Specific Optimization

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Trend 3: Feeder Apps
http://lloydmelnick.com/2015/10/14/why-your-business-model-should-not-rely-on-
in-app-purchases-only/

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Trend 4: Go Global

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Trend 5: Fairness

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Trend 6: Training Users

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Trend 7: Premium Apps for Strong
(Children’s) IP

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Trend 8: DLC for Premium Apps

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Thank You
Ted Verani
Head of Business Development
ted@scientificrevenue.com
@veran1