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Friday, September 29, 2006
Venues for selling Java ME applications
I'm in the process of releasing a commercial Java ME application, so I needed to figure out where to start publishing it. This might be useful for others in the same situation.
I tried Handango that's focused on PDA/smartphone applications, and even though it's possible to register Java ME applications there, such can't be published at www.handango.com. The options provided are rather HelloMoto or on my own site. Also, Handango shares only 45% to 50% (the latter for high volume sales) of the revenue, so I had to move on.
clickapps/clickgamer (same company, different sites) sounded better, so I will publish there instead. They share 65% of the revenue for smartphone applications and 55% for Java ME applications. Likely because Java ME applications are generally lower priced. Even though clickapps is focused on PDA/smartphone software, there's also a lot of Java ME applications, so it looks like a good fit. They have a method using RPN Strings for creating unique license keys, so I wrote a Java ME class to handle the specific algorithm. Might come in handy later.
I use GetJar for promoting free and shareware versions of applications, with a pointer to where applications can be purchased.
Information about the applications are of course also available at www.abiro.com.
I'm using a viral marketing approach in my latest application. Will be interesting to see if that has any effect.
I tried Handango that's focused on PDA/smartphone applications, and even though it's possible to register Java ME applications there, such can't be published at www.handango.com. The options provided are rather HelloMoto or on my own site. Also, Handango shares only 45% to 50% (the latter for high volume sales) of the revenue, so I had to move on.
clickapps/clickgamer (same company, different sites) sounded better, so I will publish there instead. They share 65% of the revenue for smartphone applications and 55% for Java ME applications. Likely because Java ME applications are generally lower priced. Even though clickapps is focused on PDA/smartphone software, there's also a lot of Java ME applications, so it looks like a good fit. They have a method using RPN Strings for creating unique license keys, so I wrote a Java ME class to handle the specific algorithm. Might come in handy later.
I use GetJar for promoting free and shareware versions of applications, with a pointer to where applications can be purchased.
Information about the applications are of course also available at www.abiro.com.
I'm using a viral marketing approach in my latest application. Will be interesting to see if that has any effect.
