Journey to make $100/day from IOS & Android apps
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Update:
Today made $94 in profit (pretty good, above-average day) - the day hasn't ended yet which is pretty good.
my best-performing app went from a 3/5 rating to 4+/5 after implementing in-app review functionality.
We implemented this later, but this is a must because your happy clients usually don't rush to App Store to leave a review, so we made it easier for them.
The in-app review only shows up for paying clients, who are happy (they consumed their product successfully).
if we didn't do this, freebies angry users are going to kill the apps, some users are angry that we didn't spend months to give them free service that we ourselves don't get for free.
Lesson learned: in-app review is a must for my next apps.
Today made $94 in profit (pretty good, above-average day) - the day hasn't ended yet which is pretty good.
my best-performing app went from a 3/5 rating to 4+/5 after implementing in-app review functionality.
We implemented this later, but this is a must because your happy clients usually don't rush to App Store to leave a review, so we made it easier for them.
The in-app review only shows up for paying clients, who are happy (they consumed their product successfully).
if we didn't do this, freebies angry users are going to kill the apps, some users are angry that we didn't spend months to give them free service that we ourselves don't get for free.
Lesson learned: in-app review is a must for my next apps.
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Thank you.
Regarding AI, I tried but couldn't really find an easy way to get into it, I can't hire extremely skilled devs because of the budget constraints. we will see.
N1ckG2
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The best advice ever!
olivier
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Nice journey.
Yesterday I found good idea to make app about.
Checked play store and keyword research.
Turns out nobody needs that actually. Only 100-1000k searches a month.
The apps in Play store had barely 1k downloads.
Not many of them in store but still..
Which was surprising and disappointing.
Good app idea down to the drain..
It was about money niche.
For me it would be actually very useful. Dunno why people dont search or need such thing.
But im not gonna make it just for myself.
Yesterday I found good idea to make app about.
Checked play store and keyword research.
Turns out nobody needs that actually. Only 100-1000k searches a month.
The apps in Play store had barely 1k downloads.
Not many of them in store but still..
Which was surprising and disappointing.
Good app idea down to the drain..
It was about money niche.
For me it would be actually very useful. Dunno why people dont search or need such thing.
But im not gonna make it just for myself.
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this might be a good first project to start. you might not get a lot of money from it but will learn a lot on how to rank it in a low comp keyword. then take that knowledge on your second app and try to go for a more competitive keyword
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I think the best-performing apps are mature, I offer high-quality customer support because I know everything about my apps, unlike some companies that hire other people who have no clue about the app.
Also adding new features will scare people.
I might haven't said this before, but the only feature I add to apps when I copy other people's ideas is simplicity which means it has less features than the competitor but people love it because they don't feel challenged by it, this is my main selling point and it works every single time.
in the world of mobile apps, most of your customers are not that technical,
so more features = less success.
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I see that makes sense. well congrats on your success hope you stick with it and reach your goal you seem to know what you are doing. I always find if you know your niche it is 100% easier to make money.
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Then the question would be "how much time does it take to develop the app? or how much does it cost if you're hiring someone else?"
if it takes minimum effort/cost, then build it and see how it goes, you never know.
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Thank you mate, yes knowing your niche is key
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Also, I want to talk about something else very important, more important than your UI design, which is making user feel safe
I have built a really good reservation system when it comes to in-app purchases, when users purchase an item from us, they can consume their item now or if they closed the app and came back after 1 month, the item is there for them, and they can use the item without paying again, that makes my customers so comfortable, some people are lazy and they buy 5-10 qty of in-app purchase at once and then they use them one by one for weeks period of time.
I can put myself in their place and feel how comfortable they're feeling
(don't want to toot my own horn, but this has been really great so far).
So, user safety should be number 1 on your list of UX.
and it has been 100% secure so far and nobody infiltrated the system(meaning no fraudulent attempts went through which are many attempts)
I have built a really good reservation system when it comes to in-app purchases, when users purchase an item from us, they can consume their item now or if they closed the app and came back after 1 month, the item is there for them, and they can use the item without paying again, that makes my customers so comfortable, some people are lazy and they buy 5-10 qty of in-app purchase at once and then they use them one by one for weeks period of time.
I can put myself in their place and feel how comfortable they're feeling
(don't want to toot my own horn, but this has been really great so far).So, user safety should be number 1 on your list of UX.
and it has been 100% secure so far and nobody infiltrated the system(meaning no fraudulent attempts went through which are many attempts)
N1ckG2
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Search traffic is a bonus. There are apps and games with milions of downloads and no keywords and one sentence description. You can always promote anything on social media.
Try to schedule a demo with sensor towel and ask them to check this particular app and you will see everything including their paid ads..
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Very true, on a bad day you feel very discouraged, let alone if all your apps didn't pick up.
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How did you implement in-app reviews?
Is your App Store website opened from your app?
Why your free and premium users are on the same app?
Don't you have a free and a "pro" version of your app?
Or you have a single freemium version of your app, with paid features...
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Which kind of fraudulent attemps could someone do with in-app purchases?Also, I want to talk about something else very important, more important than your UI design, which is making user feel safe
I have built a really good reservation system when it comes to in-app purchases, when users purchase an item from us, they can consume their item now or if they closed the app and came back after 1 month, the item is there for them, and they can use the item without paying again, that makes my customers so comfortable, some people are lazy and they buy 5-10 qty of in-app purchase at once and then they use them one by one for weeks period of time.
I can put myself in their place and feel how comfortable they're feeling
So, user safety should be number 1 on your list of UX.
and it has been 100% secure so far and nobody infiltrated the system(meaning no fraudulent attempts went through which are many attempts)
Stolen/fake credit card?
How would you prevent/react?
Can't you use safe transaction methods?
Apple stole you a fee on in-app purchases, don't they?
This is a good question.
May be the Icon is better, Screenshots look nicer, the app description is much better.
Why would you pay for a Nike or Adidas, there are so many other shoes out there ?
What he is doing here is polishing the product, making it more appealing.
This is a brilliant Business model, prevalidated - just that someone else created the MVP
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we fulfill the order from the server side after checking if the purchase is legit, some people try to mass send requests as if they purchased an item but in reality they're hackers trying to get free service.
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yeah apple take 30%, but we applied for small-business program and got it down to 15%