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Takeaways: just keep going no matter what. It may take a while to reach that goal, but someway somehow, you are going to make it.

by moolave 16y ago

axod 16y ago
Also another takeaway would be that advertising revenue can work pretty well.
- credo 16y ago
  Their website seems to be down now, but I read the TechCrunch post yesterday http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/08/winning-the-app-store-lotto-what-a-week-at-no-1-in-the-app-store-looks-like/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/08/winning-the-app-store-lotto... On your comment about ad-revenues, you may also want to consider the fact the $20,000 comes from ads and in-app purchases. The TC post doesn't provide a breakup and the revenue split isn't clear
  - Tichy 16y ago
    Ah, it is iFart in a new disguise. Makes me wonder if I could get a variant of the Million Dollar Page to work again.
  - dpcan 16y ago
    Gah, no way. I downloaded this app. This is exactly the type of app kids play with and press the ads in constantly.
- Timothee 16y ago
  I'm afraid that, for a significant number of developers, the takeaway will be: "see, the app quality doesn't matter, it's a matter of luck! So I'd better crank out a lot of apps to have a better chance to win big".
  - axod 16y ago
    Definitely. That's what I would do if I was doing apps. Crank out as many low quality novelty apps as you can. Make one a day for a year. That's giving people what they want. For many, the whole point of an app-store is to find fun novelty apps like light-sabers fun noise things, etc etc. It's just a way of personalizing your phone like ringtones used to be. Something 'cool'/'lame' you can show your friends.
  - robryan 16y ago
    Yeah, I'm sure there would be developers out there who put a month into a solid iphone app that wasn't just a gimmick and didn't see any results. Might be a different equation for paid apps but for free ones I think your money would be better spent developing small apps like this.

Takeaways: just keep going no matter what. It may take a while to reach that goal, but someway somehow, you are going to make it.

by moolave 16y ago

Takeaways: just keep going no matter what. It may take a while to reach that goal, but someway somehow, you are going to make it.

axod 16y ago

Also another takeaway would be that advertising revenue can work pretty well.

credo 16y ago
Their website seems to be down now, but I read the TechCrunch post yesterday http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/08/winning-the-app-store-lotto-what-a-week-at-no-1-in-the-app-store-looks-like/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/08/winning-the-app-store-lotto... On your comment about ad-revenues, you may also want to consider the fact the $20,000 comes from ads and in-app purchases. The TC post doesn't provide a breakup and the revenue split isn't clear
- Tichy 16y ago
  Ah, it is iFart in a new disguise. Makes me wonder if I could get a variant of the Million Dollar Page to work again.
- dpcan 16y ago
  Gah, no way. I downloaded this app. This is exactly the type of app kids play with and press the ads in constantly.
Timothee 16y ago
I'm afraid that, for a significant number of developers, the takeaway will be: "see, the app quality doesn't matter, it's a matter of luck! So I'd better crank out a lot of apps to have a better chance to win big".
- axod 16y ago
  Definitely. That's what I would do if I was doing apps. Crank out as many low quality novelty apps as you can. Make one a day for a year. That's giving people what they want. For many, the whole point of an app-store is to find fun novelty apps like light-sabers fun noise things, etc etc. It's just a way of personalizing your phone like ringtones used to be. Something 'cool'/'lame' you can show your friends.
- robryan 16y ago
  Yeah, I'm sure there would be developers out there who put a month into a solid iphone app that wasn't just a gimmick and didn't see any results. Might be a different equation for paid apps but for free ones I think your money would be better spent developing small apps like this.