Not All Apps Can Be Instagrams, But Someone Might Be Willing to Buy Them (allthingsd.com) 19 points by jorlow 13y ago ↗ HN
[–] toddh 13y ago ↗ So it's a lot like gold prospecting? [–] guscost 13y ago ↗ Yep - you can probably make more money by selling shovels. [–] eliransapir 13y ago ↗ Really? is that what you think? Where are those shovels? [–] jmathai 13y ago ↗ Parse.com? [–] guscost 13y ago ↗ Stripe, Heroku, Olark, etc. [–] jckay 13y ago ↗ Most app developers can only monetize 10-15% of their users via "common methods". Selling your app allows you to monetize 100% of that user base. Not such a bad deal.
[–] guscost 13y ago ↗ Yep - you can probably make more money by selling shovels. [–] eliransapir 13y ago ↗ Really? is that what you think? Where are those shovels? [–] jmathai 13y ago ↗ Parse.com? [–] guscost 13y ago ↗ Stripe, Heroku, Olark, etc.
[–] eliransapir 13y ago ↗ Really? is that what you think? Where are those shovels? [–] jmathai 13y ago ↗ Parse.com? [–] guscost 13y ago ↗ Stripe, Heroku, Olark, etc.
[–] jckay 13y ago ↗ Most app developers can only monetize 10-15% of their users via "common methods". Selling your app allows you to monetize 100% of that user base. Not such a bad deal.
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