My day one Mac Appstore sales

My experience with an app in the Productivity category is similar to yours.

The Mac App Store is definitely not a miracle channel on its own, it needs to be complemented by other marketing. What that is depends greatly on the app and the team, I guess (which is another way of saying that I suck at marketing). Some apps like Sparrow seem to be doing consistently well on the MAS thanks to a successful launch hype on tech blogs and social networks, but not everyone can do that.

Btw, your app looks really great at least on the typeli.com site. I think the price is a bit steep, though. For me, 15 USD is too much for an impulse purchase when I have no idea whether I'm actually going to use the app.

If you don't want to lower the price, maybe you could do a half-price launch promo? That seems to be a popular thing (but I have no idea how well it actually works).

    Writeroom $9.99
    iA Writer $8.99 (iOS $0.99)
    Byword $9.99 (iOS $2.99)
    OmmWriter Dāna II $4.99

    Pages $19.99

You could probably do better creating an app that solves a new problem. People who need notes/reminder apps already have enough of them.

Also, $15 is very steep.

Also, you need an obvious spot on typeli.com that states exactly what your app does and who it is for, perhaps what particular problem it is the answer to. It was not obvious to me.

Clickable

http://www.typeli.com

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/typeli/id503079958?ls=1&m...

  Urls become links, except in the text field of a submission.

Would you consider changing the font of the headers on your website? They look really weird on my iPad--like half the letters bold weird. I tried sending you an email of what I'm seeing, but the contact button didn't work on iPad either. Also, when I zoom in, the web page momentarily covers itself with the background wood.

Congratulations on your success so far!

I visited your website. I read it all. I still have no idea what exactly your app actually is. This is... problematic, to say the least.

Your Contact page has a Help link at the bottom that isn't a link - doesn't do anything. That link doesn't appear on the other pages. Help would be a useful page.

What other kinds of "marketing" have you done for the app? Do you think those 11 buyers were random app store surfers, or did they come in via a link?

very interesting convo. i think your app looks promising. apologies in advance for any "i know best" tone in these remarks, but here are some thoughts:

1. $14.99 was indeed way too high to get impulse buys (the question of what you deserve being separate from the question of what you'll actually get);

2. i agree with the earlier comments about the need to market more energetically;

3. however, slight disagreement with those who said that the central issue is "what problem does it solve?" that's very rational and all, but people love aesthetic beauty and simplicity, and your app looks gorgeous. so I'd play up that aspect of it.

4. that being said, i agree with 'tawhaki': people have to know what it IS first.

5. most important, though: strong agreement with 'terretta' that the app just doesn't look finished yet. haven't tried it myself, but if the one review on the App Store is correct (viz. no preferences, no window resizing, no font or font size options), then maybe you released it a bit too early?

BEST of luck to you. like I said, this app looks well designed and I think it has promise.

I guess I was one of 11. I like the app's style, but after using it a little more - I doubt I will use it very often. It's very clean, but it could use a little more context. From your original post I got the impression that you were trying to create a single app (without multiple docs) that could be a repository for all notes. In the end - I think it's clean, but lacking purpose.