Day 1 for a $1 app on the Mac App Store

http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/01/day-1-for-a-1-app-on-the-mac-app-store/

by pavlov • 16 years ago

62 13 16 years ago

pavlov3• 16 years ago

Yesterday I promised [1] to tell HN about the sales of my app on the Mac App Store. This blog post exclusively opens the business secret kimono to reveal the riches I shall make from selling $1 image generator apps. (Spoiler: not likely.)

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2076077

cageface2• 16 years ago

This seems like too small a sample size to really conclude anything.

jkaufman• 16 years ago

He doesn't seem to draw any solid conclusions but instead has started a blog to keep the community updated with actual numbers. The title is "Day 1" even - unlike some articles which are trying to draw out grand conclusions on the App Store.

It is interesting to see the type of numbers the developers are seeing. They tend to be promising and I look forward to analysis as more and more users update and Lion is released.

cageface2• 16 years ago

And, are we informed now? Can we make more intelligent decisions based on these data? It doesn't have to be a peer reviewed article but ~100 sales for one dev in one day doesn't tell me anything.

sp332• 16 years ago

This is a blog post, not a peer-reviewed journal article.

matthew-wegner• 16 years ago

I posted our sales stats here (alongside stats from other Unity-made games): http://blur.st/sales-day-1

  Units sold for us, all of these are $2.99:
  
  452 Blush
  128 Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
  101 Crane Wars
  13 Time Donkey
  
  694 total units, $1,452 revenue after Apple's take.

jat850• 16 years ago

Man, I don't know what any of those games do, but "Off-Road Velociraptor Safari" and "Time Donkey" sound amazing.

I don't own a Mac, however. Off to your page to read about your company!

jcl• 16 years ago

Velociraptor Safari is well-known enough to merit its own Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Road_Velociraptor_Safari

koichi• 16 years ago

I think you can play it free in your browser. Works surprisingly well, actually.

http://blurst.com/raptor-safari/

My favorite Blurst game, though (not in the app store yet) is Minotaur China Shop. Doesn't get better than this.

http://blurst.com/minotaur-china-shop/

mrbill• 16 years ago

I bought it after I you mentioned it on Reddit. 8-)

bemmu• 16 years ago

This is a nice boost to a typical $4k / month Finnish programmer salary.

pavlov3• 16 years ago

You think I'm making that much from my one-man video software operation? Sorry to disappoint you :P

Day 1 for a $1 app on the Mac App Store

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