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Congrats on the ship! But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're mak

Congrats on the ship! But...why is it paid? If you're trying to develop a reputation for yourself, as well as get that early user feedback, I think you're making your job harder. Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free. Being a first time app developer, developing an app in a crowded market place, only compounds that.

espitia 12y ago
You're completely right. I made 99 cents though to validate first if people would actually buy based on icon/keywords/screenshots. I submitted an update yesterday to make it free though, seeing how little reviews I am getting.
- xivzgrev 12y ago
  Experimentation - I love it :). I'll make a note to check it back out in a week to see if it's avail.
soundlab 12y ago
>>But...why is it paid? Because he wants to be rewarded in a small way for his efforts? Geez it's 99 cents - 30% Apple cut.
- eddieroger 12y ago
  Plus you gotta pay to play in the App Store. If he sells 100ish of these, he's covered his developer fee for the year. To me, that's a successful ship.
  - espitia 12y ago
    Agreed 100%. To me just selling 10 units was amazing, considering I did not know what Obj-C was a few months ago.
  - xivzgrev 12y ago
    Fair point - all depends on your goals / ambitions for a project. Given his story of creating his first app, your suggestion be a perfect first goal.
- xivzgrev 12y ago
  I get that. But he's asking a community for feedback. It's like asking someone to coffee to pick their brain, and then asking them to pay for your coffee because you didn't have time to run to the bank. You can give us a free download link or a web version. Downvote me if you must, but I think it's tacky.
  - espitia 12y ago
    I understand your point. I didn't mean to do it like this, I was trying to get validation (with $1) from actual customers, not the HN community.
jbigelow76 12y ago
>Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free. 99 cents may make some hesitate but it's also low enough that I'll sometimes buy an app just to support a developer even if I don't intend to use the app. Anything we can do to help uncondition the public that everything should be ad supported the better. Congrats to the OP on shipping!

espitia 12y ago

You're completely right. I made 99 cents though to validate first if people would actually buy based on icon/keywords/screenshots. I submitted an update yesterday to make it free though, seeing how little reviews I am getting.

xivzgrev 12y ago
Experimentation - I love it :). I'll make a note to check it back out in a week to see if it's avail.

soundlab 12y ago

>>But...why is it paid? Because he wants to be rewarded in a small way for his efforts? Geez it's 99 cents - 30% Apple cut.

eddieroger 12y ago
Plus you gotta pay to play in the App Store. If he sells 100ish of these, he's covered his developer fee for the year. To me, that's a successful ship.
- espitia 12y ago
  Agreed 100%. To me just selling 10 units was amazing, considering I did not know what Obj-C was a few months ago.
- xivzgrev 12y ago
  Fair point - all depends on your goals / ambitions for a project. Given his story of creating his first app, your suggestion be a perfect first goal.
xivzgrev 12y ago
I get that. But he's asking a community for feedback. It's like asking someone to coffee to pick their brain, and then asking them to pay for your coffee because you didn't have time to run to the bank. You can give us a free download link or a web version. Downvote me if you must, but I think it's tacky.
- espitia 12y ago
  I understand your point. I didn't mean to do it like this, I was trying to get validation (with $1) from actual customers, not the HN community.

jbigelow76 12y ago

>Yes it's only 99 cents, but there's a tremendous amount of hesitancy to buy an app when there's such a strong expectation of getting for free. 99 cents may make some hesitate but it's also low enough that I'll sometimes buy an app just to support a developer even if I don't intend to use the app. Anything we can do to help uncondition the public that everything should be ad supported the better. Congrats to the OP on shipping!