currently, I have an app on Google Play Developer but it is still in the closed testing stage (already asked for production access but got rejected).
I am planning to register an organization account. which one would be better:
a. transfer my app from my personal account to my organization account
b. create a new app on my organization account with the same name, icon, descriptions, etc. but with a different package name and keystore.
for option a, will it be automatically got production access and can I submit it for review directly?
for option b, will it be detected as plagiarism? If so, how to avoid this?
If you make money through IAP and so on I would recommend you to transfer to your corporate account. i dont know well about production access and so on, google paly seem to change a lot since I got into it a lot
it could be possible they will detect you have the same code base. i am sure they are going to recognize it. the question is if they take any action. as long as you reskin the app, different title, app icon, colors, etc. you won't face a problem.
Haven't visited this journey since 2023, very glad to see you're still in business) Mad respect for your work!
I've decided to finally get into the app business in 2025 and thinking about buying your book.
Would love it if you could answer a few questions:
- You mentioned that you are not a coding expert and that you mostly use ChatGPT for coding.
What is the most complex feature/functionality you had to implement in your applications?
- What's the current percentage of your apps that are content-oriented (like recipe/news) vs. service-oriented (like photo/video editors or chat bots)?
- What is the percentage of your apps made with Flutter vs. Swift apps?
- AI applications are trending right now, I'm sure you have a few of them too.
Do you use paid APIs of AI services, or only free ones? And in the case of paid APIs, how do you calculate the economics of requests to them?
- Does your book cover the issue of economics and financial planning of ad campaigns?
I mean, if I buy traffic to my app (e.g. through UAC or any other paid ads) and want to monetize it through IAP (subscription plans) - how do I know that potential subscription purchases will pay for my advertising investment?
Thanks in advance for the answers!
1. the most complex stuff was to add a token based user management in combination with IAP, backend, and so on.
2. content oriented: 20% mostly money through google admob, rest is service oriented and makes money through IAP
3. 80% swift apps (easier to code, easier to maintain)
4. paid APIs per usage. i either charge users per usage and calculate the margin or I give them a fixed prices. most users will never reach the amount of api usage price. most users will use the app for a few days and then forget about it
5. this is a very complex topic because since the iOS 14.5 update it became really difficult to track iap through app events. also, paid ads is all about testing, testing, testing. in my ebook i talk more about my method, not so much about the financial planning and economics, also because it completely differs from case to case. your marketing strategy heavily depends on the kind of app you have and its performs. for example, for some apps influencer marketing is very good, for others tiktok ads are amazing. and then the CPI really depends. its such a huge and complex topic and it individual for each app.
Even if I would write it in detail, people who read it will be like "yeah thats wrong, this didn't work for me" like this one fucking guy who wrote a bad review and had no clue what he was doing, he was just an idiot who couldn't even get anything done by himself, then blamed me. So I am really careful of what I write. What works for me won't work for others because of the niche or app they have.
