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From the FAQ: Amazon pays developers 70% of the sale price of the app or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater. I would interpret the sale price of the a
by kevinpet 15y ago
From the FAQ: Amazon pays developers 70% of the sale price of the app or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater.
I would interpret the sale price of the app to be zero, so they get 20% of list.
- res0nat0r 15y agoI'm not sure how one concludes that getting $50k of free money is even a smart assumption to make. So they give away X amount of money per day to app developers because they are being nice?
- kevinpet 15y agoWhen the FAQ appears to address something (selling at less than list price) and doesn't call out an exception for free, it's not an assumption. Companies do all sorts of things. I don't understand all the economics of amazon's business model, but I can read.