Comments on: Never Charge for a Mobile App (and Other Freemium Lessons From VCs)

By: Orden

Orden — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:44:50 +0000

Yes, there is another solution: don’t enter a market dominated by hype, hobbyists and users that will not pay anything.

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How to Ride the Freemium App Wave to Success : Tech News « — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:03:14 +0000

[...] why you’re going freemium. Dave McClure of Founders Fund said earlier this year there are three major reasons to offer a version of your paid product for free: to give users time to learn what your product is; to take advantage of viral distribution; and to [...]

By: stefn

stefn — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:53:40 +0000

Welcome to Google World, where only Google makes any money.

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By: Mobile Phone Development » Blog Archive » Never Charge for a Mobile App?

Wed, 26 May 2010 17:32:06 +0000

[...] Gigaom tells us (after a VC panel at Google I/O ) that we should never charge for a Mobile App. [...]

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Panel Google I/O: freemium et applications mobiles | Clement vouillon — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:39:46 +0000

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By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:19:20 +0000

That's exactly what they're saying. Customers subscribe to a service, and the app is one way to access that service.

By: Alan Gibson

Alan Gibson — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:45:06 +0000

There are a couple good SlideShare presentations out there from Pandora and Xobni – http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/two-excellent-startup-presentations/ – that speak to this very topic on freemium. While Pandora didn’t start as a mobile app, they are a pretty good case study for giving your product away for free, building critical mass, and then profiting huge from the 1-2% that upgrade to premium subscriptions.

By: don

don — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:48:18 +0000

If it's not a free app, I won't put it on my phone. Why should I pay for a pig-in-a-poke? Once I know that it will work approximately 100% of the time, and if I can see an advantage for the paid / premium version, then I would consider paying.

In the computer world, this should make sense. But some companies don't have a 'lite' version of their product, and people like me will continue using what they have been using– from other companies.

By: Sankar Rao

Sankar Rao — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:13:30 +0000

Interesting.. Why would a customer subscribe to app? Just to continue using the app for as much as he wants. Don't think customers are going to do it. If its a cloud based apps (where you maintain a data center and provide additional services) then it makes sense...