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It's sad to see the number of proposals on each of these. Who are these "programmers" who can code an app but are incapable of submitting it to an app store and
by dwd 13y ago
It's sad to see the number of proposals on each of these. Who are these "programmers" who can code an app but are incapable of submitting it to an app store and keep any proceeds themselves?
- eru 13y agoNon-cynically, there are some people who might prefer a fixed fee negotiated up front to the hit-or-miss payments from the app store.
- dwd 13y agoAnyone seen some recent numbers? An article on Forbes estimated an average of $4k, and I've seen a survey where the median was a bit less than $1k.
- jiggy2011 13y agoBasically they are shorting flappy bird.
- dylandrop 13y agoRealistically, as a programmer, you know the market is about to be SUPER saturated. In my opinion these people know they are being scammy, so the only appropriate response is to scam them back: build one Flappy Bird clone, sell this one clone to each of the hundreds of people trying to get rich off of you, and cackle to yourself while the world burns with countless Flappy Bird clones.
- dwd 13y agoNice...Create an app, build demand, make money, restrict supply creating secondary market for developing a replacement, make more money - Like it.
- mikeash 13y agoJust another variant on the classic advice that the best place to be in a gold rush is to be the person selling the shovels. I wouldn't waste my time building my own clone, because aside from being completely unfulfilling, it's also likely to make no money for me by the time I get it done. But I'd happily charge my standard consulting rate to build one for somebody else, and let them eat the probable loss.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoI don't think the median flappy bird clone will see $5000 revenue.
- epsylon 13y agoI don't think it'll even see $50 revenue.
- munimkazia 13y agoIf I was a good Android programmer, I don't know if I would feel good about releasing a game clone. But if someone is paying me to simply code it, I'd just take it as an assignment and get it done for a decent amount of cash.
- theintern 13y agoAnd, as another commenter has said, make it once, sell it 10 times.
- octopus 13y agoSelling the same app to more than 1 person is not advisable, especially if you want to avoid to be banned from certain freelancing sites :). You could make some good money if you sell to a single person though.
- munimkazia 13y agoI think if you are upfront about it, it should be okay. You can tell the client that you already have most of it ready, but you can rebrand it for them for a certain price.
- octopus 13y agoHave you told your initial buyer that you plan to sold this to other people too ?
- munimkazia 13y agoOh I am not an android developer. But hypothetically speaking, I'd make sure the buyer knows that I still own the code and he is just paying me for a packaged app.