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By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:27:03 +0000

@vince Thanks! Those are total sales. Of note, we have recently come back to earth. Probably at least worth a blog post…

By: Vince

Vince — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:50:09 +0000

Are these numbers for just the US of total sales in every country. Great job by the way!!!

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:03:34 +0000

@sean
Thanks, the whole week was hectic!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:35:43 +0000

Congrats Corey…

I bet the 14th was a fun day

By: The Flying Jalapeno Lives » To $0.99 or not to $0.99, that is the App Store question

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:43:57 +0000

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By: Doug Hogg

Doug Hogg — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:25:56 +0000

Thank you very much for posting your statistics. We will be releasing our first app, a game, very soon, and although we will be in a different category, your graph and data is very helpful.

Doug Hogg
http://www.toykite.com

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:39:46 +0000

@jesterfuj:
Actually, I don’t think I would have lowered the price. I released a niche app, so I have a much more finite audience than say a farting app. I had to build a quality application and charge a slightly higher price to make it worthwhile. The dynamics have of course changed, and I have now focused (maybe too late), but I don’t think I would rework my initial strategy save for releasing a “lite” version.

By: jesterfuj

jesterfuj — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:34:48 +0000

thank you. I’m going to release my first app soon so it’s really nice of you to post your experiences. In your opinion, if you had to do it over again, would you have started the price at $.99? More and more I’ve been hearing stuff like, “sales volume creates more sales volume” obviously that has to do with rankings as well, but their basic idea is you want to do everything you can to reach as high a ranking as you can.

So, do you recommend starting at $.99 out of the gate?

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:22:16 +0000

@Dslrocks: I’d like to say it is because we are great, but honestly, Apple really gave us a hand. I think going after the chemistry niche really helped us get noticed in Cupertino.

@MattjDrake: Thanks, I’m really trying to get out there and tell a few stories and hopefully help others make decisions that were hard for us.

By: MattjDrake

MattjDrake — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:24:42 +0000

Excellent post – your blog is moving up higher and higher on my book mark list these days. Your graph roughly follows what I saw on my app when it was featured. Notably, the drop when you move off the first page is significant. Other posts like this seem to show a similar pattern.

By: Dslrocks10

Dslrocks10 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:19:31 +0000

damn….. nice stats there, i wish i made money like that :/