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Thanks! :D I'm just very happy to have more people try the app. It's been a hard slog working 7 day weeks for just over two years now. Feels great to receive

by jpap 13y ago

Thanks! :D I'm just very happy to have more people try the app. It's been a hard slog working 7 day weeks for just over two years now. Feels great to receive some kind of recognition for the work.

axman6 13y ago
I too have purchased the app, and initial testing on a 4S seems to show it works exactly as advertised. This is a really great app, and an astoundingly low price. You should be very proud I think, I'll definitely be using the app as my goto in the future. (Hmm, after writing that, I somehow feel it sounds like it should have a reference to my rural, folksy, respected job that clearly makes me qualified to discuss such things. Unlike those Amazon reviews I'm refering to though, I mean every word.)
- jpap 13y ago
  That's abs awesome to hear! Thanks for the wonderful complement. I played with price. Until now, most of my sales were word of mouth, and the $1.99 price hindered "growth". It's been an interesting game. Many people whom I demo the app to in person love it, then when they reach into their pocket to download it, realize it's a paid app, they place their phone back into the pocket. Still have lessons to learn in sales and marketing... but am enjoying the schooling.
  - bobbles 13y ago
    Well as a point of reference, I will never pay more than $0.99 for a camera app unless a friend has specifically shown me how it works. I have been burnt on too many photography style apps that end up either not doing what I expected from the pics and description, or just sucking in general. For me $0.99 just breaks that psychological barrier into 'who cares if it sucks'. I gotta say though, after playing with snappycam it's definitely worth it. I bet being cheaper will end up with easily more than twice the sales
    - jpap 13y ago
      I understand where you're coming from; social proof removes a massive barrier to conversion, even in my own experience. I found that having it at $1.99 most definitely improved sales after it had been at $0.99 for about a week; after another week, it started to degrade again. You're spot on in saying that $0.99 is a good price to get "disconnected" users who might experiment. If they like the app, they might make the personal recommendation to their "connections" where price is less sensitive. After a while, that social proof and networking effect wears off and it's time to reset the price down to the "discovery amount" of $0.99. To be honest, I'd love to flip SnappyCam over to freemium; but I feel that can't happen until the social sharing is bolted in and the app has a chance to sell itself organically.

by jpap 13y ago

Thanks! :D I'm just very happy to have more people try the app. It's been a hard slog working 7 day weeks for just over two years now. Feels great to receive some kind of recognition for the work.

axman6 13y ago

I too have purchased the app, and initial testing on a 4S seems to show it works exactly as advertised. This is a really great app, and an astoundingly low price. You should be very proud I think, I'll definitely be using the app as my goto in the future. (Hmm, after writing that, I somehow feel it sounds like it should have a reference to my rural, folksy, respected job that clearly makes me qualified to discuss such things. Unlike those Amazon reviews I'm refering to though, I mean every word.)

jpap 13y ago
That's abs awesome to hear! Thanks for the wonderful complement. I played with price. Until now, most of my sales were word of mouth, and the $1.99 price hindered "growth". It's been an interesting game. Many people whom I demo the app to in person love it, then when they reach into their pocket to download it, realize it's a paid app, they place their phone back into the pocket. Still have lessons to learn in sales and marketing... but am enjoying the schooling.
- bobbles 13y ago
  Well as a point of reference, I will never pay more than $0.99 for a camera app unless a friend has specifically shown me how it works. I have been burnt on too many photography style apps that end up either not doing what I expected from the pics and description, or just sucking in general. For me $0.99 just breaks that psychological barrier into 'who cares if it sucks'. I gotta say though, after playing with snappycam it's definitely worth it. I bet being cheaper will end up with easily more than twice the sales
  - jpap 13y ago
    I understand where you're coming from; social proof removes a massive barrier to conversion, even in my own experience. I found that having it at $1.99 most definitely improved sales after it had been at $0.99 for about a week; after another week, it started to degrade again. You're spot on in saying that $0.99 is a good price to get "disconnected" users who might experiment. If they like the app, they might make the personal recommendation to their "connections" where price is less sensitive. After a while, that social proof and networking effect wears off and it's time to reset the price down to the "discovery amount" of $0.99. To be honest, I'd love to flip SnappyCam over to freemium; but I feel that can't happen until the social sharing is bolted in and the app has a chance to sell itself organically.