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Misleading title: this is about how the author's app reached a high rank in the Mac App Store for a specific category yet he only saw 70 cents in profit as a re
by tannerc 10y ago
Misleading title: this is about how the author's app reached a high rank in the Mac App Store for a specific category yet he only saw 70 cents in profit as a result (one sale).
- ohyoutravel 10y agoReally misleading title, and it's the title of the linked article. I don't see a way to parse the actual title to mean the author only saw 70 cents in profit.
- timdierks 10y ago"70 cents [in revenue was enough to] put me on the Mac App Store Charts". No different from "100,000 downloads made me #1 on the list".
- tannerc 10y agoIt's very different than your proposed—albeit much better—alternate headline, as revenue isn't the only driver of store rankings. It appears dollars are a very small measurement for general category rankings (there's a different category for "Top Grossing"), since free apps also rank. Having a headline of "One download was enough to get me to #18 on the app store" is not only clearer, it's also arguably more compelling. FWIW I thought the article was about how the author reached a top rank by paying someone or investing in ads for 70 cents.
- joshuak 10y agoYes I think your title is better. But the charts in question are "Top Paid" and "Top Grossing". So it does seem like a very odd result.