Holiday Period
Filed in Sales Trends, April 15, 2009, 9:54 amIt seems that it is true, the spike in sales that occur over holiday periods. Sales of the full version of Paper Shot doubled over the Easter weekend! While a jump from an average of 3 sales per day to highs of 9 and 7 isn’t anything to brag about, it’s still a huge increase.
Unfortunately, [...]
App Store Reviews!
Filed in Sales Trends, April 9, 2009, 11:00 amThis morning I found a good post on a site - iPhone App Reviews from Around the World. The section that I found especially enlightening was:
Once you’ve published your iPhone App to the iTunes App Store one of the most valuable tools you have available to you are the user reviews.
Reviews are an excellent [...]
The Mondays
Filed in Sales Trends, April 7, 2009, 9:15 pmMmmm… there has been a noticeable drop in downloads today. I guess there could be two reasons for this, either it’s just because it’s Monday and less people download new apps on a Monday. Or, it’s because Paper Shot is slipping further away on the New Apps list.
Time will tell, literally. If the numbers continue [...]
Music for the Masses
Filed in Sales Trends, , 1:43 pmStill no marketing, reviews or advertising at this point. Hard to know if it’s worth purchasing advertising space, the prices can be quite high and you just don’t know whether the investment will be worth it. Speaking of investments, I have found a good music track to use as a background.
I originally had [...]
Release Date Drama
Filed in Sales Trends, April 6, 2009, 12:00 pmThe stats for the first three days can be seen below. The only marketing and advertising for Paper Shot at this stage is through the ‘New’ section of the App Store. Unfortunately, it is buried a few pages deep :S.
This was a mistake on my part, when I submitted the app for review; [...]
iPhone App Sales Trends for Paper Shot
Filed in Sales Trends, , 11:37 amI have always had a fascination with just how many sales other iPhone apps are getting, especially now that this information is hidden. To that effect, I have decided to make the Sales Trends of an iPhone game i created public.
The game is called Paper Shot, it is a recreation of that old office game [...]
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