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We flipped our App to free and hit the top 10 in 24 hours (chart)
- wickedchicken 15y agoDamn it. Caught. Clicked the link without realizing it was a Calacanis article. More and more I'm contemplating building the Calacanis blocker I've mulled about before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2613955 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2613955. The internet is becoming less safe every day.
- alain94040 15y agoWhy are you bitter? The article provides actual numbers that may be interesting to many people writing iPhone apps.
- angryasian 15y agonot a hater but I think these type of results are the exception and not the norm. Calacanis is a huge influencer with a lot of tech followers on just about ever social site.
- alain94040 15y agoActually I find it interesting (and in line with my experience). Your million followers only turn into a few hundre downloads? Anyone can beat that with motivated friends. It goes to put in perspective the influence of people like Jason.
- smallegan 15y agoOf course you should add to your list of promotions: "Linked this article on Hacker News" :-)
- snorkel 15y agoNoticed this gem in the comments section "Robert Scoble - Or you could just impress the hell out of me, and I'll make sure Apple considers your app for Featured app of the week." No thanks.
- n9com 15y ago1% conversion rate is ambitious for free-to-paid, especially when your downloads have spiked due to changing the price of your app to free. Hope you are tracking user retention.
- startupcto 15y agoWhat took you so long?