How much does Developer get from $.99 cent sale

Zain

I'm somewhat clueless about this cause I am a total noob.

If 1 person buys your game for $.99 cents, how much do you get in your pocket?

(please state where the money goes)

calvin9403

apple takes 30% and u 70%

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Zain

Thanks.

Gamesalad doesn't take any? (free software?)

zombieaddict

theres a free version and a pro version. you get benefits with the pro version

http://gamesalad.com/membership/pricing

old_kipper

Zain said:
Thanks.

Gamesalad doesn't take any? (free software?)

No, Gamesalad doesn't take anything as a percentage.

Zain

Thanks.

You don't need iAd functionality if charging, so why get professional. Am I missing something?

StusApps

Zain said:
Thanks.

You don't need iAd functionality if charging, so why get professional. Am I missing something?

You get your own splash screen when loading instead of the gamesalad one which is important as gamesalad games have a terrible reputation amongst customers and review sites.

Also you get url links. which is good for cross promotion and linking free apps to paid ones.

Now we get gamecenter leaderboards as well.

BlackbirdStudios

Zain said:
Thanks.

You don't need iAd functionality if charging, so why get professional. Am I missing something?

Also some people use the strategy of making a really great game, offering it for free on the App Store, and monetizing it by putting iAds in the game.

Zain

$500 a year =(

I'd have to sell my app/game 715 times for $.99 cents just to break even.

After reading so many posts, that's pretty hard itself, let alone breaking the bank.

Zain

Zain said:
$500 a year for proefessional =(

I'd have to sell my app/game 715 times for $.99 cents just to break even.

After reading so many posts, that's pretty hard itself, let alone making couple of thousand dollars.

Zain

Sorry, I have a pessimistic personality... =|

BlackbirdStudios

Zain said:
$500 a year =(

I'd have to sell my app/game 715 times for $.99 cents just to break even.

After reading so many posts, that's pretty hard itself, let alone breaking the bank.

Zain said:
Sorry, I have a pessimistic personality... =|

It's only cost effective if you have multiple games/apps in the store. (or one REALLY successful app) Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.

jonmulcahy

If you put effort into making a quality game with some marketing behind it, it is quite easy to make $500 a year.

More than that can be difficult, but if your not creating shovel ware, you should be good.