Re: Thinking about shareware prices... (was a question about NSDate inside userDefaults)
Re: Thinking about shareware prices... (was a question about NSDate inside userDefaults)
- Subject: Re: Thinking about shareware prices... (was a question about NSDate inside userDefaults)
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:43:16 -0500
On Jan 7, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Bill Cheeseman wrote:
on 2004-01-07 3:53 PM, Alex Rice at email@hidden wrote:
On Jan 7, 2004, at 1:17 PM, KLW wrote:
Considering that I only keep and use perhaps 1 in 10 of my
productivity downloads (as opposed to just curiosity downloads), I
think 1/15-20 means you are doing really well in terms of collecting
payments. Frankly, I'm pleasantly surprised it's that high.
That's really high. 1/100 to 1/1000 is more typical for shareware.
But it does depend to some extent on the nature of the product. A
general-interest product might have a low ratio of
payments-to-downloads,
while a highly specialized product that offers real value to a small
but
dedicated market might have a very high ratio -- and a higher price to
offset the smallness of the market.
also, there is no shortage of products that are just thrown together
and tossed out there as shareware. That seriously lowers the return
rate in general.
The shareware market is no different than the commercial software. If
it's great quality, and a great idea, then it should get some kind of
return.
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