Comments on: Christmasfy Me: case history of the freemium model on the iPhone http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/ me, myself and I Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:22:54 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-852 For sure it would have had much more competition, considering this one was the only free Christmas app of that kind. More money? Maybe. I really wanted to test the whole freemium model and I really wanted I could promote and push to people without asking them to pay just to try the app. For sure it would have had much more competition, considering this one was the only free Christmas app of that kind. More money? Maybe. I really wanted to test the whole freemium model and I really wanted I could promote and push to people without asking them to pay just to try the app.

]]> By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:22:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-1257 For sure it would have had much more competition, considering this one was the only free Christmas app of that kind. More money? Maybe. I really wanted to test the whole freemium model and I really wanted I could promote and push to people without asking them to pay just to try the app. For sure it would have had much more competition, considering this one was the only free Christmas app of that kind. More money? Maybe. I really wanted to test the whole freemium model and I really wanted I could promote and push to people without asking them to pay just to try the app.

]]> By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:20:11 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-851 I spent $70 to get a press release written and published by prmac.com and I tweeted about it. I spent $70 to get a press release written and published by prmac.com and I tweeted about it.

]]> By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-1256 I spent $70 to get a press release written and published by prmac.com and I tweeted about it. I spent $70 to get a press release written and published by prmac.com and I tweeted about it.

]]> By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:19:10 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-850 Well, I think it did well because it was the only over-used idea that offered some Christmas items for free around Christmas time. Well, I think it did well because it was the only over-used idea that offered some Christmas items for free around Christmas time.

]]> By: Davide http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Davide Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-1255 Well, I think it did well because it was the only over-used idea that offered some Christmas items for free around Christmas time. Well, I think it did well because it was the only over-used idea that offered some Christmas items for free around Christmas time.

]]> By: cak http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-847 cak Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:43:20 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-847 Maybe if you hadn't written such a shitty app, of which there are about 1000 others in the app store already, you would have done better? Thanks for the analysis though, but really, you did well for such a crappy, over used idea. Maybe if you hadn’t written such a shitty app, of which there are about 1000 others in the app store already, you would have done better? Thanks for the analysis though, but really, you did well for such a crappy, over used idea.

]]> By: cak http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 cak Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-1254 Maybe if you hadn't written such a shitty app, of which there are about 1000 others in the app store already, you would have done better? Thanks for the analysis though, but really, you did well for such a crappy, over used idea. Maybe if you hadn’t written such a shitty app, of which there are about 1000 others in the app store already, you would have done better? Thanks for the analysis though, but really, you did well for such a crappy, over used idea.

]]> By: Ram http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Ram Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:43:41 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-844 I had blogged about the freemium model (for iPhone apps) a few months ago, but haven't released any freemium apps yet. So thanks for sharing your experience. The negative reviews are probably not a big deal, but in general, you could potentially consider creating one free app and one paid app to eliminate many (though not all) stupid reviews from your money-making app. Btw do you think your app would have had lesser (or more) revenues if it had been a paid app ? I had blogged about the freemium model (for iPhone apps) a few months ago, but haven’t released any freemium apps yet. So thanks for sharing your experience.

The negative reviews are probably not a big deal, but in general, you could potentially consider creating one free app and one paid app to eliminate many (though not all) stupid reviews from your money-making app.

Btw do you think your app would have had lesser (or more) revenues if it had been a paid app ?

]]> By: Ram http://www.davidedicillo.com/apple/christmasfy-me-case-history-of-the-freemium-model-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 Ram Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:43:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=607#comment-1253 I had blogged about the freemium model (for iPhone apps) a few months ago, but haven't released any freemium apps yet. So thanks for sharing your experience. The negative reviews are probably not a big deal, but in general, you could potentially consider creating one free app and one paid app to eliminate many (though not all) stupid reviews from your money-making app. Btw do you think your app would have had lesser (or more) revenues if it had been a paid app ? I had blogged about the freemium model (for iPhone apps) a few months ago, but haven’t released any freemium apps yet. So thanks for sharing your experience.

The negative reviews are probably not a big deal, but in general, you could potentially consider creating one free app and one paid app to eliminate many (though not all) stupid reviews from your money-making app.

Btw do you think your app would have had lesser (or more) revenues if it had been a paid app ?

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