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Why not have the best of both worlds? Offer in-app subscriptions at $1.50 per month and yearly subscriptions via the website at $12. Don't offer annual subscriptions in-app.
This way customers don't see any price differences between the website and the app. All they see is that a month by month subscription is $1.50 and that you offer a better price for an ...
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The answer is, it depends on your market.
Where are they? In the US or Australia then your more likely to try iOS, China your more likely to go Andoid or Microsoft.
Who are they? Designers, then its likely iOS, Business people, more likely Microsoft, general consumer, then possibly Android.
How are you going to get paid? from them buying the App, maybe ...
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D&B provides the DUNS number for free. You don't need to subscribe to any of their services for that. You should insist on that with the representatives (which are sales people) and not let them push you into purchasing something. You can also subscribe online (for free) here.
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It is possible you are infringing another's trademark. More important than registering the name with Apple is clearing it and registering it with the government. It may not matter that there are slight differences in the two names. If it is likely to cause confusion, registering it with Apple and offering it for sale may be infringing acts.
During any ...
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The DUNS number requirement is new, and it seems like Apple has not quite got the process figured out yet. To make matters worse, D&B is totally confusing and shady.
You can get a DUNS number for free from https://iupdate.dnb.com. However, when we signed up there, we were then contacted by someone with a DandB.com email address requesting additional ...
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First things first: You're now operating a business. By most standards, once you start selling a product or service, you're a business. In most jurisdictions, if you aren't properly licensed, you can find yourself in a bit of a legal bind with your local or federal authority, even if you think of yourself as just a bunch of friends working on a common ...
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AFAIK Apple don't allow you to have "In App" purchases without using their system and giving them their cut. Doing so is a ToS violation and could get your app pulled.
As far as I can work out you can do a simple link to a web page from your app.
Even Amazon had to comply
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Would you determine whether they bought the Mac or PC version by a code they type in or an email / password?
This type of process in do-able, it's usually best to offer at least some type of functionality if you are releasing it free on the App store. Like a freemium version or some limited access and then if they put in their code, or login it gives the ...
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Yes. I believe the basic rule is that purchases in-app will demand 30%, but external purchases are free. Note that you can't put in any button or external link in the app to do the purchase without paying the Apple tax.
At least according to the latest discussions I've seen about the subject.
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Apple in-app purchase is only for (and required for) non-tangible goods. For that, they get 30%.
IF you are selling tangible goods (shirts, etc) use other services like braintreepayments or zooz
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I read somewhere that the average CTR for iAds is between 0.5% - 1% (depending on your market) with an average EPC of $0.20 being banded about. So basing it on a best case scenario for you would be:
Revenue per day
2000 * 1% * 0.2 = $4
Revenue per month
2000 * 1% * 0.2 * 30 = $120
Only way to tell is to try it and give it time. If you hit a freakish ...
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I just talked to Apple over the phone now, this is what he told me to do.
Go to dnb.com, chose your country from the drop-down in the upper right corner.
Call your country's customer service (should find the phone no. on their page)
Ask for your DUNS number, it's free, and took them 10 second.
I'm not sure if this applies to all countries (I'm ...
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It's really disastrous that Apple would partner with such a scummy old school shakedown operation with 18th century computers and 16th century corporate values.
Seriously - we just got our DUNS (DUNCE?) # on Monday, and then when it didn't work on the Apple form, we got another email informing us that it may take up to 14 days for the # to work. What kind ...
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Sam: Is there a compelling reason to have a native app vs an HTML5 app? If you could leverage your current site and make it "responsive" (ie. provide mobile specific enhancements) then you wouldn't have to go through the hassle of creating an IOS / android app. Also consider that an IOS app requires a 30% vig to apple.
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Choose a different name. You have a moral as well a legal reasons to do so.
You would not want to work hard building a brand only to have someone else launch a product with a confusingly similar name. This is not fair competition.
A key issue in trademark infringement is whether your product name creates confusion in the marketplace. Similar names for ...
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This is a hard question, like going to a restaurant and being told you can order food or order drinks, but not both. So my suggestion is to make an HTML app, then use something like PhoneGap to compile it into both a iphone native app and an Android native app (as well as Windows, Blackberry, etc.)
Then if performance becomes an issue, you can optimize ...
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On Google Play, for instance, you need to determine the rules that apply to you, for the combination of your location and each selling location.
Unfortunately this may vary not only by country but by US state.
For the US... Generally speaking, you will need to pay tax wherever you have 'nexus' (a physical presence in that state - e.g. building and/or ...
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You're responsible for sales tax, usually. You should only be charging the taxes you can remit to the appropriate authority, and only to the authority that has jurisdiction over you. So, if you're in California - you charge CA sales taxes, per CA laws (check what exactly is taxable and how on the BOE site). You shouldn't charge EU VAT if you're a California ...
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IF you are tech savvy and you understand OOPS then there is no reason not to try and do the app by yourself. If you have a good revenue model on your website then i would recommend making the app as free as it would complement the website.
There are different resources and self read materials available on the net to read about Apple SDK. One interesting ...
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I ran into this issue in the past as well. My startup is registered in Delaware as an LLC, and DUNS actually had a number without us registering or anything.
You do have to call, but I was just polite, asked nicely for the number, explaining it was for a service from Apple, and the D&B Rep was able to give me the number in only a few moments.
he DID ...
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When I registered our business with the Apple Developer Program, about a month ago, there was no such thing required. Just a signed copy of the articles of incorporation from the state. I'm not sure what this DUNS number is all about. Sounds like a scam to me. I would call up Apple and ask them about it.
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could it be the a "password generation" application is used for seconds, occasionally only to generate something and then quit? it's a utility, not an application you spend a lot of time in, such as games or content apps. I guess this could explain the reason for the disappointing ad results reported in the link.
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First: Made for iPhone is a program for hardware and accessories producers. It has nothing to do with the app store.
To get money from Apple for your sold apps you'll have to fill out their tax info and contract forms (I believe they don't require you to snail mail anything to them anymore but I could be wrong). And you'll need a bank account. You don't ...
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The TOS for apple is clear that IAP must be used when selling virtual goods, and cannot be used for selling tangible goods.
eBay will sell about $5B of merchandise this year via their app, without giving apple a cut from the sales.
While apple can always change the rules, under the current ones, you have nothing to worry about.
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I can't give you a 100% answer from experience, but Amazon has an app for the iPad, and there is no way Amazon is giving apple 30% or anything really. They don't have such big profit margins and would use a web app instead if they were giving up a percentage of sales.
I know recently (a few months now) Apple changed their terms, and this is no doubt why ...
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