averaging 7.333 sales per day for past 21 days, high of 14 a day low of 4

morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
edited December 2011 in Working with GS (Mac)
Thats almost exactly $5 a day. Not too shabby, if it stays at this average ill make $1,825 after a year.... hoping it stays a pretty steady stream of purchases.

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  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    When you said 7.333 I thought it was 7,333.00 LOL
    Good luck with it mate : )
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    omg i would be going insane!
    that would be one MILLION 8 hundred thousand and some change in a year.
  • zapposhzapposh Member Posts: 65
    Thought the same as ozboybrian. He's going to top Angry Birds! ;-)
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    Hey is you sales going down since the first day or it is getting better? Because you will get some money out there due to the release date

    Good luck on the app store!

    Calvin
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    actually they have been pretty steady, if not in creasing
    heres sales by the day
    2
    7
    6
    7
    10
    7
    12
    4
    6
    4
    4
    12
    9
    3
    5
    12
    13
    10
    6
    14
    6

    seems to just have lucky and unlucky days :P

    but my other app that is similar to it just released and sold 6 first day. The second release is a holiday style one of basically the same functionality so hoping it gets stronger this month, then it can die off idc.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited December 2011
    raise your game by a dollar and see if sales maintain. if it doesn't drop it back down.
    (thats assuming that your game is pretty well made.) it's pretty standard business strategy.
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    its actually a productivity/entertainment app.
    give instructions on how to utilize some iphone features.
    so theres alot of apps like that so i think raising it to two dollars would just get it passed over for others.


  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    right, and if you know that's the case, the app you make should be unique and worth the dollar more =) just letting you in on my little secret. i was able to push up the price 3-4x more and still have it sell like hot cake in a competitive area because i spend some time testing how much people are willing to pay. big game companies hire analysis to figure out the most profitable price point. cheaper isn't always better.
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    trying $1.99 instead of $0.99 for the next week
    we will see how it goes :)
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    post the link of your game to let us see the game

    Calvin
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    Very interesting. I'd like see how things go for $2 as well. Too bad Apple gets a 30% cut no matter what : /
  • sdsmith64sdsmith64 Member Posts: 221
    whats the link to your game? ....I would like to see it.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    i'm assuming that your app is top notch =) if it's not this won't work. the process is just to gauge what the perceived value of your app/game is. and if it does go through. 1.99 is gonna be very different from .99... but i don't want to get into too much... don't want everyone to switch their price and get no sale lol.. it'll only work for games/app that has high perceived value, or if you are able to create value.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited December 2011
    no need to post your game/app =) you have enough competition already no need to make anymore pop out from your friendly forum. the ocean is plenty big, showing your fishing spot is not good for you or your friends unless you are just doing it for fun.

    or as the gold miner says, my claim is up/down the river over there.
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    plus its a utility, people here are almost 100% not likely to need it.
    but regular non techies find it very helpfull
    and even if i get no sales for a week, oh well its just 35 bucks. good for an experiment
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    i changed it to $1.99 and have actually increased my daily sales by a few, not revenue, but actual sales, so thats about doubles the revenue.

    Great idea to just test how pricing would make my app stand out, i feel that many people see similar apps, and although most will go for the 99 cent app, some, enough for me to be happy, see the 1.99 and think... "hmm, must be better, it will be worth it"

    so making my game MORE expensive actually made it more attractive to buyers.
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    That's nuts!!! ...
    Wonder if I should do that for my first game and wondering if it'd be too risky.. Hmm very nice!
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    i know it works otherwise i wouldn't tell you to do so. i openly share it because if more people raise their price the average price would go up and benefit everyone.
    the reason is psychological. but i won't go into much more details =).
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    it's a known business practice, not actually to test much much you can sell it but to gauge how much your product is worth in the consumer's mind. i hope GS is not following this thread otherwise the next thing we know they'll be raising the membership price =) but we are safe, since competition is getting crazy.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited December 2011
    you can keep pushing the price if your sales maintain for another few days. until the price goes up to a point that you actually see dramatic drop for a few days. gas price do this to us everyday without us even knowing, and we are thinking.. that's life.

    under $10-20 is peanuts.. wait until you hit $100+ a day, then you'll find yourself swimming with the sharks and they'll do everything they can to get you down to where you were swimming again... i mean EVERYTHING... so be warned. =) but try to enjoy it..
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    watch your ranking closely too.. with more sales it'll go up quickly.. and every step you get closer to the top the money increases exponentially. try to maintain your momentum
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    Great stuff mate! Why so many separate comments? lol I wasn't questioning you, when I said "That's nuts!!!" I meant like "Wow!!!"
    I haven't released any games yet so I dunno what i'll end up doing!
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    oh the comment is for morphine.. =)
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    i do this quite a lot. brain works differently. i guess. after a few second a new thought pops up.
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