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This release contains many background enhancement, as well as for the interface, such as the removal of the 20-character minimum for comments.
More enhancements and additional features will come in in the near future as well.
For a general idea of what PebbleBox is or how to use it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixn5z3gVqt8
PebbleBox is available on the web, for Android and the iPhone.
PebbleBox for the web can be found at www.mypebblebox.com
Our homepage is located at www.mypebblebox.com/home/
This is very neat concept. Testing out now.
this looks like its going to have major potential
hopefully it wont turn into craigslist lol
Right now, we are trying to get people to know about PebbleBox. Any suggestions on how we can do that are greatly appreciated!
You can email me directly at [email protected]
Stanovoy said:
Right now, we are trying to get people to know about PebbleBox. Any suggestions on how we can do that are greatly appreciated!
You can email me directly at [email protected]
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Same way that most things get off the ground.....
WORD OF MOUTH
If you make a good product and support it, people will tell others. Look at Craigslist and how little advertising they did initially. Now they're huge.
Unfortunately, it took craigslist many years before it even gained enough support in the first few cities to move outwards. The difficulty with our services, as opposed to most other applications, is that we have a catch 22 situation. We need users to generate data to attract other users, but users will not both to generate data if there aren't other users. So, we are trying to break the cycle and achieve critical mass asap.
Guys, you might be interested by this website I've just found called The Arc.
It lets developers like you and me to rate and provide feedback for each other's apps.
It's still in prelaunch but you can signup for updates.
Not sure if I can post the link here? but it's at
http://thearc.io
chakdev said:
Guys, you might be interested by this website I've just found called The Arc.
It lets developers like you and me to rate and provide feedback for each other's apps.
It's still in prelaunch but you can signup for updates.
Not sure if I can post the link here? but it's at
http://thearc.io
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damn i love the concept O_O
Anyone start using TapContext yet? I got an email from them but haven't downloaded the SDK.
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Hello emdavis… We had a really great BETA launch with some really good success with several niche app developers. Even since opening our doors outside of BETA we are still seeing some real good results for a variety of clients.
Please feel free to test us out on a portion of your installs, and let us know how things go. Right now we are offering $50 instant bonus to all new developer accounts. Visit our site to learn more tapcontext dot com
my experience
My experience with TapContext so far has been pretty good… what I have noticed with Airpush is how it started off well, but dwindles down to nearly nothing. Leadbolt's revenues are growing, but for the past several months TapContext has held extremely strong.
what kind of ads did they offer? banner? push? icon? anyone know?
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rixchow said:
what kind of ads did they offer? banner? push? icon? anyone know?
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You can run notifications, interstitial or both. I started with notifications but adding in interstitial this week. Its been working really good so far so hopefully adding in interstitial will give it a further boost.
allry said:
You can run notifications, interstitial or both. I started with notifications but adding in interstitial this week. Its been working really good so far so hopefully adding in interstitial will give it a further boost.
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Did you notice any change in uninstall rate after you added notifications?
Try StarApp
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Did you notice any change in uninstall rate after you added notifications?
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They have a variety of SDKs to choose from.
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They have a variety of SDKs to choose from.
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Do you have more information on those SDK's? I haven't been able to find any information for developers on their site regarding their SDK's.
I am wondering if they can be used with Phonegap.
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Do you have more information on those SDK's? I haven't been able to find any information for developers on their site regarding their SDK's.
I am wondering if they can be used with Phonegap.
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Hello @ CrashingDutchman,
I wanted to give this some time to see if Bobby_l answered but wanted to answer as a TapContext Rep... Our network supports native Android development platforms at this time. We are working on instructions for other dev platforms. Unfortunately, we currently do not have testing/instructions for other platforms besides IntelliJ or Eclipse.
Hope that helps!
I implemented the SDK in one of my apps using only interstitial. eCPM was high and I thought I'd be happy with it but they ran some bull**** anti-virus ad. Some people were confused thinking that it implied that my app had a virus. Several 5 star reviews turned to 1 star and uninstallation rate went up.
Needless to say I took it down and was very disappointed.
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Did you notice any change in uninstall rate after you added notifications?
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So far I haven't seen any change in uninstalls. So far TapContext is out performing for sure Airpush, and even Leadbolt at this point.
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My experience with TapContext so far has been pretty good… what I have noticed with Airpush is how it started off well, but dwindles down to nearly nothing. Leadbolt's revenues are growing, but for the past several months TapContext has held extremely strong.
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yes agree overall TapContext didn't give any problem and it worked well
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indomie88 said:
yes agree overall TapContext didn't give any problem and it worked well
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Great to hear about your successes @indomie88
We really wanted to reach as we are hoping to hear more feedback from users on XDA, please let us know your successes as well as any feedback (good or bad). Because we value each developer as a partner, we are always looking to improve our ad network.
For those that haven't had the chance to try us out, we would really like the opportunity to show you how we can help grow your monthly revenue. Many of our developers are seeing over $30 RPMD, we also offer a excellent referral program.
To learn more please PM us or fill free to check us out at TapContext.com
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Wanted to see others successes using TapContext… right now I am seeing CPM: $3.16 and EPC: $0.026, much better CPM than I was getting with AirPush for sure!
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Hello @allry… we wanted to reach out and thank you for sharing. We wanted to let you know that we are always here to help if you have any questions. Please feel free to reach out here or via support in your portal. We would also like to encourage any other feedback/stats/questions from any and all other users.
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Hello @TapContext. Could you answer question on how developers get paid?
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Hello @TapContext. Could you answer question on how developers get paid?
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@emdavis, Thanks for sharing your question… For smaller payouts ($250-$2500) most developers prefer Paypal. We do offer other payout methods such as wire and paper checks on a case-by-case.
thanks
So I kind of feel like I shouldn’t be doing this as I think TapContext is one of the most best kept secrets and I want it all to myself… I am currently seeing RPMD of $40.85 and CPM of $6.13
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aiaran said:
So I kind of feel like I shouldn’t be doing this as I think TapContext is one of the most best kept secrets and I want it all to myself… I am currently seeing RPMD of $40.85 and CPM of $6.13
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Hello @aiaran… no need to keep it a secret … but thanks for sharing your earnings. We are excited to see your success and please feel free to reach out to your account manager or post any questions/feedback right here.
if i have an android phone, am i allowed to download and rate my own apps? or is this against google play policy?
Ive searched around and cant find any solid answer.
the reason i am asking is because if i upload a new app and give a 5 star rating, it will drastically increase its visibility in the Google play store.
anyone have any experience with this? because i do not want to risk getting my dev account suspended for something as stupid as a couple of 5 star ratings (multiple apps).
This is a good question, why not create a new Google account, and rate your app?
What is the name of your app? I can rate it for you.
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TheGTS said:
This is a good question, why not create a new Google account, and rate your app?
What is the name of your app? I can rate it for you.
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I believe that rating your app from a different account is not very honest, but you can do it. But you have to install the app and Google has a way of detecting fake reviews (e.g. coming from a combination of same device/same IP address).
Also a completely different story is rating your app from your dev. account - I believe it is possible because you have the app INSTALLED, but I did not have the guts to click on the review icon
To be honest one review will not affect anything...usually reviews are taken seriously with couple thousand downloads on the app.. at which point your own review wouldnt even matter...
AppDevProject said:
To be honest one review will not affect anything...usually reviews are taken seriously with couple thousand downloads on the app.. at which point your own review wouldnt even matter...
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Well, good ratings are one of the factors which place your app at the top of the search results. If your rating was the first one, it could have a serious impact. But asking your friends might be better.
Not sure if it's against policy, but as mentioned above - it's not very honest.
Do you really need to rate your own apps? Are they not good enough or enticing enough to make others rate it legitimately?
Very good points. Get family and friends to rate your app.
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tomed said:
Not sure if it's against policy, but as mentioned above - it's not very honest.
Do you really need to rate your own apps? Are they not good enough or enticing enough to make others rate it legitimately?
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You need to get some ratings quickly. Especially when you are zero budget indie. Even if you don't appear in Top games/apps it still influences the search rankings. E.g. when I released my game Mr. Dandelion, I ranked so low, I had to scroll down very far. Searching for "Dandelion game" I was ranked as 21. I managed to get some friends, family and fellow Indie developers to rate it and it bumped me to place 10. Now my goal is to appear on the first page after searching for "Dandelion". Unfortunately there's a million live wallpapers about dandelions
Are politicians allowed to vote for themselves? Of course! Rating your own app isn't that dishonest and won't have a real impact. Creating more accounts to rate your app is definitely dishonest (and probably doesn't pay off anyway). Writing reviews for your own app without disclosing that you made the app is shady imho.
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Are politicians allowed to vote for themselves? Of course! Rating your own app isn't that dishonest and won't have a real impact. Creating more accounts to rate your app is definitely dishonest (and probably doesn't pay off anyway). Writing reviews for your own app without disclosing that you made the app is shady imho.
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And since when are politicians honest :laugh:
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And since when are politicians honest :laugh:
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Touché! :good:
Personally, I've only gone as far as +1 and sharing my own app. Like others have said previously, in the long run, rating your own app won't have a major impact increasing visibility, but you SHOULD encourage your friends/users to rate it so it begins to be noticed by Google's search algorithm.
I just reread Google's Developer Distribution Agreement[1] and Developer Content Policy[2] and found the two places where they mention app ratings.
Neither of the terms say a developer can't rate their own apps. But, I have more to say after the quotes...
In the Developer Distribution Agreement:
"4.9 Product Ratings. The Market will allow users to rate Products. Only users who download the applicable Product will be able to rate it. Product ratings will be used to determine the placement of Products on the Market with higher rated Products generally given better placement, subject to Google's ability to change placement at Google's sole discretion. The Market may also assign you a composite score for any Product that has not received user ratings. A Developer Composite Score will be a representation of the quality of your Product based on your history and will be determined at Google's sole discretion. For new Developers without Product history, Google may use or publish performance measurements such as uninstall and/or refund rates to identify or remove Products that are not meeting acceptable standards, as determined by Google. Google reserves the right to display Products to users in a manner that will be determined at Google's sole discretion."
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In the Developer Content Policy:
"Developers must not attempt to change the placement of any Product in the Store, or manipulate any product ratings or reviews, by unauthorized means such as fraudulent installs, paid or fake reviews or ratings, or by offering incentives to rate products."
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I take it from these two policies that is is okay for you to rate and review your own app. But, creating a new account, then installing the app to rate it would be considered a fraudulent install. So, don't do that. There are many websites (and spam emails I get every week) that break these policies and if you use any of them, then you are risking your development account and apps.
Another note: You can not buy your own apps from Google Play, therefore you can not rate or review your own paid apps either. The error message you will get when trying to buy your own app is "Your order was cancelled because you can't buy from yourself."
Though, personally, I have never rated any of my apps. And, I don't ask my closest friends to rate all my apps, just in case Google is trying to link accounts together (they do have the ability).
Your best bet is to create apps that people truly want. I have an app in the market now with over 100k installs without doing any real marketing. I guess people just like it that much. Though, I do believe in my app, and if I actually advertised it, then I could probably get 2-10x more daily installs.
(As a new user with less than 10 posts, I can't post outside links yet.)
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play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement .html
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play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy .html
I am a new developer and this is quite informative. I want to ask the other way. If someone is intentionally giving bad rating to your app, how do u track it? If there is no "Google +" account who has rated the app, it will say "A google user" only.
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I am a new developer and this is quite informative. I want to ask the other way. If someone is intentionally giving bad rating to your app, how do u track it? If there is no "Google +" account who has rated the app, it will say "A google user" only.
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If the comment is obviously mean and unhelpful you could try to report it to Google and hope for the best.
I usually respond to the comment on the console. Users don't mind bad comments as long as we take actions.
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If the comment is obviously mean and unhelpful you could try to report it to Google and hope for the best.
I usually respond to the comment on the console. Users don't mind bad comments as long as we take actions.
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But then, when you have unhelpful comments, reply to them in the console, report them to Google after not getting any response, and then nothing happens, you know you just have to live with them.
On OP's topic, I have reviewed my own app, as I think it is very good at what it does, so I want to support it with my vote. Is that not a fair review?
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Another note: You can not buy your own apps from Google Play, therefore you can not rate or review your own paid apps either. The error message you will get when trying to buy your own app is "Your order was cancelled because you can't buy from yourself."
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I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to add some relevant information here for future viewers, considering I found this post and used it for information too. While you can't buy your own apps, you can create a promotion in the developer console, and use a promo code to give the app to yourself. I've done this for my own apps, and it worked successfully.
Nothing wrong with giving your app a decent first rating to kick things off. Remember that reviews and ratings are a useful tool to find out what people like or dislike about your app, and often offer guidance on how to improve it. Read it, digest it, and let the guys giving feedback know that you're doing something about it.
Hi guys,
Making an app successful requires two distinct skill sets including:
1. product development: UI/UX, Graphics, clean code and all that stuff
2. marketing: Tricky business. How do you monteize? Work with Carriers? Pre-load your app? Promote it through blogs? Get good reviews? Create a hype in social media? Paid vs. Free? What kind of in-app purchases? Which ad network and what marketing partners to use etc. etc.?
I have seen many apps on app store that have the ability to be sell like hot cakes but they get dumped under the piles of bad apps which are being marketed properly.
If you guys think that you have an app that have the nice concept, good design and ability to be successful, but it is lacking marketing muscle, please send me a message. I will analyze your app and provide you free advise on what is it lacking. If I find that I can help you making it successful, I will let you know and we can discuss these details more once the key issues are identified.
Regards,
Omer
Sounds like a good offer. My app is in my signature. I posted some info on my efforts in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228199&page=3
What do you think?
Great initiative, here is my app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.signedcode.diskovery
Thank you!
Please check your PMs.
have a look
omer205 said:
Please check your PMs.
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Please have a look at my signature this all my apps..
Wow your offer is amazing !
Well, please have a look:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdmFactory.crazyKitchen
thanks
This is a big pain point for app developers everywhere, both during UI and feature design as well as marketing the app. A solution would be to A/B your app features, both for development and for marketing your features. Mobile A/B solutions tend to be cumbersome and code-intensive. But, WYSIWYG tools are also making their appearance (Appiterate, Useartisan)
omer205 said:
Hi guys,
Making an app successful requires two distinct skill sets including:
1. product development: UI/UX, Graphics, clean code and all that stuff
2. marketing: Tricky business. How do you monteize? Work with Carriers? Pre-load your app? Promote it through blogs? Get good reviews? Create a hype in social media? Paid vs. Free? What kind of in-app purchases? Which ad network and what marketing partners to use etc. etc.?
I have seen many apps on app store that have the ability to be sell like hot cakes but they get dumped under the piles of bad apps which are being marketed properly.
If you guys think that you have an app that have the nice concept, good design and ability to be successful, but it is lacking marketing muscle, please send me a message. I will analyze your app and provide you free advise on what is it lacking. If I find that I can help you making it successful, I will let you know and we can discuss these details more once the key issues are identified.
Regards,
Omer
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here is mine at my signature.
look at my signature, advices are welcome
I just sent you a message:
Here is my game =)
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getfun.treevolve
Cat Snaps
Hi Please tell me what you think to my app Cat Snaps.
Thanks!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noahdev.catsnaps
This does sound like a pretty good opportunity, has anyone been able to work with him? If so, any feedback?
I sent you a PM by the way.
Thanks!
unfortunately it does sound familiar :crying:
i have this amaizing app on which my team worked for months and now the marketing is not that good. i mean we all expected it wont be second agry birds but damn app store is like a wild wild west!!!!! luckily ive fouund this forum maybe something here will give me an answer
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Great to see this, I hope you will take some time to check my app
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Souls.Gabber_app
Thanks,
Levi
Reasons Why Your App is not showing Conversion
A/B testing is a powerful tool which can be used to exponentially increase your conversions and and thus revenue. However there are certain mistakes one can often make while doing an A/B test. Read more here http://appiterate.com/top-6-mobile-app-ab-testing-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/
omer205 said:
Hi guys,
I will analyze your app and provide you free advise on what is it lacking. If I find that I can help you making it successful, I will let you know and we can discuss these details more once the key issues are identified.
Regards,
Omer
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Hi,
Thanks for the efforts and your hard work
can you help on my apps
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Wow! I agree with the former post, this is a great initiative! My app is called bitmado, it automatically shuffles wallpapers based on your interests. I'll message you the link. Thanks!
Thats true but
richardsd1985 said:
I think you forgot App store optimization. It is best to increase app download as people mostly search app on app stores.
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You are right, but
i observe that in search list google shows the result in below way.
1. first shows the app for which they have got advertisement money,
2. then the app those revenues are high as 30% goes to google.
3. then the most downloaded- reviewd, rate apps
4. then there algorithem goes for rest all...
Again this is my observation and i have not considered google algoritham at all on this.
Hi Omar,
I hope I`m not too late and this post is still active I try to promote my app, it is Astrology & Horoscopes, Feng Shui... I know it doesn`t sound awesome, but it actually is based on Chinesse astrology professional software and lot of people believe in this stuff, so i think my app may be successful. Could you please help me with some advice what should I do to increase it`s downloads? Thank you
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dmc.astrology&hl=en
Hi Omer
Here are my 2 latest games
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50785184&postcount=51
I would appreciate your review and thoughts on what can be improved.