Amazon now pays devs 0% instead of 20% for the free app of the day

[alostpacket]

Just heard, this -- didnt know about the change:

Amazon App Store 'Rotten To the Core,' Says Dev - Slashdot

The dev's blog:
https://shiftyjelly.wordpress.com/20...n-to-the-core/


Thoughts?


(sorry if this has been covered already)

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[furbearingmammal]

I spoke to the developer or Walkabout and he got nothing for the thousands of downloads his game got as the FAOTD.

[jstafford1]

This doesn't bode well for the success of amazons app store. I know I wouldn't put an app on there and lose those kind of sales.

end of line...

[alostpacket]

I spoke to the developer or Walkabout and he got nothing for the thousands of downloads his game got as the FAOTD.

Yeah I was reading that convo but I seemed to have missed that he was making 0%. For some reason I just assumed he was making less.

Oh well. Not gonna even bother worrying about Amazon unless they actually manage a reasonable Market share for apps.

[furbearingmammal]

That shocked me, too. It may be based on sale price for the app, though I'm guessing on that one.

[alphawave7]

I *think* I'd be pissed, too..but then again, it's only d/l's for a day, and it was free publicity possibly linking to future sales that otherwise would not have been generated. Sucks that you are suddenly on the support hook for non-paying users, though. Maybe devs who would be overburdened by a FAOTD offering could opt out of FAOTD...that would be a fair compromise, imho.

[alostpacket]

I think you can always opt out -- but it's tempting to get the publicity. I think the lesson I learned here though is the publicity may not be worth it if the support is so much more work, especially you have to add servers/other infrastructure to support an app.

Perhaps a small app that required little to no support might be worth it though.

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[furbearingmammal]

I couldn't do it. My knowledge and skills are valueable.

That why you waste your time here?

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