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Re >> Of course App Gratis use iTunes affiliation to get revenues, but they didn't charge us for anything. Can you please elaborate on this? Do you mean that A

Re >> Of course App Gratis use iTunes affiliation to get revenues, but they didn't charge us for anything. Can you please elaborate on this? Do you mean that Apply is paying some kind of affiliate fee? And what happens if the app is free of charge (FOC)?

hboon 13y ago
See http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/ as well as http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/frequently-asked-questions.html http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentati... iTunes affiliates get a cut of 5% of all purchases within 72 hours, not just for the originating app (or media).
- simonholroyd 13y ago
  > For zero dollar sales of apps, you will not see any transactions reported. Aren't most of the apps that AppGratis links to discounted to free for the day. Apple doesn't pay commission on free downloads, right?
  - hboon 13y ago
    They don't. But let's say you click and buy another app or IAP within that 72 hour window, the affiliate gets a cut.
jicea 13y ago
I'm always surprised that iTunes affiliation is not very well known. It's in fact the base of a lot of business model: Apps Gratis, Free App the Day etc... Assuming you're sending a customer to the App Store from your app or your website, by any means (link to a free app, link to a paid app etc...), you're becoming an App Store affiliate and get a percentage of everything that buys this customer for 72 hours. I think this percentage is something like 5%... Affiliation is not limited to Apple App Store, affiliation exists also on Amazon for instance, but not on Google Play, for the moment. It's important to note that you can becomes affiliate even if your send a customer to the App Store with a free app (for instance Angry Birds Lite), and that at any time there is only one affiliate by device: that's why any apps recommendation will send you push notification each day to remain the current affiliate. And affiliation is not directly managed by Apple but by LinkShare for US, and TradeDoubler for Europe. A last thing, doing affiliation is really easy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8 => a link to my app without any affiliation http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8&partnerId=30&siteID=pPE4bVE6DtE http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8&par... => a link to my app with Linkshare identifier (partnerId=30) and my company identifier (siteID=pPE4bVE6DtE)
- jlakes 13y ago
  Completely agree that any time you use an iTunes / App Store link you should be affiliating it. Not just for the 4-5% rev share but also for the ability to do some basic tracking. The one additional piece I wanted to add is that LinkShare only manages the iTunes affiliate programs for US, CA and MX while TradeDoubler manages 29 programs in Europe and 10 more in Latin America. However, there is also DGM that manages the AU/NZ program and LinkShare Japan (similar name but different that LinkShare) that manages JP. (That turns out to 45 country-specific affiliate programs worldwide.) It's important to note that using just LinkShare doesn't earn you commissions internationally. App Gratis was really smart about how they did their affiliation so that they used the right affiliate program/tracking parameters with the right country. Eg. Someone from Germany got a TD link, while someone from MX got a LinkShare link, etc. Here is a breakdown of countries/affiliate programs/affiliate networks for the iTunes/App Store Affiliate Program (from our site)- http://www.georiot.com/using-georiot/itunes/affiliate-programs http://www.georiot.com/using-georiot/itunes/affiliate-progra...

hboon 13y ago

See http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/ as well as http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/frequently-asked-questions.html http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentati... iTunes affiliates get a cut of 5% of all purchases within 72 hours, not just for the originating app (or media).

simonholroyd 13y ago
> For zero dollar sales of apps, you will not see any transactions reported. Aren't most of the apps that AppGratis links to discounted to free for the day. Apple doesn't pay commission on free downloads, right?
- hboon 13y ago
  They don't. But let's say you click and buy another app or IAP within that 72 hour window, the affiliate gets a cut.

jicea 13y ago

I'm always surprised that iTunes affiliation is not very well known. It's in fact the base of a lot of business model: Apps Gratis, Free App the Day etc... Assuming you're sending a customer to the App Store from your app or your website, by any means (link to a free app, link to a paid app etc...), you're becoming an App Store affiliate and get a percentage of everything that buys this customer for 72 hours. I think this percentage is something like 5%... Affiliation is not limited to Apple App Store, affiliation exists also on Amazon for instance, but not on Google Play, for the moment. It's important to note that you can becomes affiliate even if your send a customer to the App Store with a free app (for instance Angry Birds Lite), and that at any time there is only one affiliate by device: that's why any apps recommendation will send you push notification each day to remain the current affiliate. And affiliation is not directly managed by Apple but by LinkShare for US, and TradeDoubler for Europe. A last thing, doing affiliation is really easy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8 => a link to my app without any affiliation http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8&partnerId=30&siteID=pPE4bVE6DtE http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meon/id400274934?mt=8&par... => a link to my app with Linkshare identifier (partnerId=30) and my company identifier (siteID=pPE4bVE6DtE)

jlakes 13y ago
Completely agree that any time you use an iTunes / App Store link you should be affiliating it. Not just for the 4-5% rev share but also for the ability to do some basic tracking. The one additional piece I wanted to add is that LinkShare only manages the iTunes affiliate programs for US, CA and MX while TradeDoubler manages 29 programs in Europe and 10 more in Latin America. However, there is also DGM that manages the AU/NZ program and LinkShare Japan (similar name but different that LinkShare) that manages JP. (That turns out to 45 country-specific affiliate programs worldwide.) It's important to note that using just LinkShare doesn't earn you commissions internationally. App Gratis was really smart about how they did their affiliation so that they used the right affiliate program/tracking parameters with the right country. Eg. Someone from Germany got a TD link, while someone from MX got a LinkShare link, etc. Here is a breakdown of countries/affiliate programs/affiliate networks for the iTunes/App Store Affiliate Program (from our site)- http://www.georiot.com/using-georiot/itunes/affiliate-programs http://www.georiot.com/using-georiot/itunes/affiliate-progra...