Anyone here making any serious money with Andromo apps?
Hi guys,
I have so far 5 Andromo apps (the latest was released yesterday), and about 7.800 total active installs. These apps net about $20 per month. I also have Amazon Store and a few affiliate links for some products in my apps, but I've never managed to sell anything from the app itself.
So, I'd just like to ask, if there is anyone here, who is making more serious sums of money from their apps? I'd be already happy if I made between $25 and $50 per day.
Thanks!
I have so far 5 Andromo apps (the latest was released yesterday), and about 7.800 total active installs. These apps net about $20 per month. I also have Amazon Store and a few affiliate links for some products in my apps, but I've never managed to sell anything from the app itself.
So, I'd just like to ask, if there is anyone here, who is making more serious sums of money from their apps? I'd be already happy if I made between $25 and $50 per day.
Thanks!
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I only want to chime in because I feel some others need hope. I'm not rich yet, but I earn enough to have recently quit my day job that was making $15/hr. Please don't look at this as bragging. I'm very vocal on these forums for a reason. I like helping others when I can, in my own way. That's just me...I'm pretty much an open book and probably too honest for my own good sometimes. Anyway...
Affiliate links make around $100 to $150/mo
Tapgage in the last 20 days so far = $200+
Admob doesn't agree with a few of my apps, but the last time I ran their ads I made $417 in 14 days. Twice!
Pro version upgrade sales are in the $400/mo range currently.
When I was using admob in-house ads to promote upgrades, sales were as high as $900/mo.
There's a few other things I do but those are the basics. I see posts on these forums where people are reluctant to run ads or even promote a full version/ad-free app. It kills me to see people only making free apps... I've told everyone I formerly worked with, my family and friends exactly how to make money with Andromo, but most would rather use their backs instead of their brains. Oh well. They think they aren't smart enough to make apps and I explain that all I'm doing is filling in blanks and clicking buttons. Still...only 1 person has taken me serious and has made some stunning apps himself.
Just this morning my ex-wife told me, "Making apps is a job for teenagers, loser!"
I personally don't know many teenagers that make just under 2k/mo in their sleep. The digital age is here. Embrace it or get left in the dust.
It gets better every single day. Just keep at it and don't listen to the naysayers (or ignorant ex-wives). I have just under 100 apps so far and right now I'm just going back to each one to polish them off. Andromo got me out of a dead end job and I could not be more grateful. For $99/year...it's easily one of the best decisions I have ever made in my entire life at a very young 38yrs old.
I won't ask you to reveal your apps, but I'd just like to ask you what kind of affiliate links do you use? I have two content rich apps - one is about sleeping better and another about healthy foods for various stuff. I use Amazon's aStore in both and ClickBank affiliate products in the "sleep" app. However, I failed to make any sales so far.
My other 3 apps are "just for fun" apps - cartoons (this one is doing better than expected), funny video clips (doing worse, than expected), and yesteday I released a ringtone app. These apps don't feature any affiliate links, only AdMob banners and links to my other apps (for cross promotion).
Also, did you ever use any kind of paid promotion? I once used AppsZoom, when they offered free $50 if you signed up with them as a developer (however, this isn't available anymore), and I was able to promote all my apps. I had great success with this (propelling downloads for one of the apps from 25/day to 300/day), but later on, when I decided to invest $50 on my own, the results were much worse (they said it's a beta and changed their ads to CPI and so on). Anyway, I've also read a lot about other people's experiences with advertising on AdMob etc., and as far as I can tell, usually an installation costs between $0,25 and $0,50. I can't afford that yet.
How long did it take for you to go from 0 to $2k per month?
If you are OK with it, can I send you a link to my apps? Don't worry, I won't bother you by asking endless questions, I'd just very much appreciate your opinion about my apps (are they goods, bad, or just plain ugly).
I will probably now implement Tapgage, too.
Thanks and have a nice day!
I have HTML in some of my apps, but with only very basic layouts.
The most money will be brought if you manage to make an app that people will use regularly and that will attract many downloads. But that's far easier said than done.
I'm currently updating all my apps (that don't have e-commerce stores in them) to show banners on the Dashboard and Interstitials. But since interstitials are quite intrusive, I hope they will bring some money.
I've done a
ringtone app, but it is averaging only about 20-40 DL/day. I didn't try a
wallpaper app yet, but I'm thinking about it. What about quote apps?
I
had by far the most success with an app which is centered around best
foods (currently averaging 600 DL/day) for certain goals (weight loss,
flat abs) or conditions (diabetes, skin problems,...). It is even
outdoing my custom made Memory Training game (which cost $750 - after a
lot of negotiations, the original price was well over $1000).
Anyway, people, join in and tell us what makes YOU money!
And (since this is a money thread) I also think that it's pretty easy to make that $8.25 back a month and turn a profit.
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One thing that might be helpful - I actually make quite a bit more from Amazon and B&N than I do from Google. There are at least a couple possible reasons for this - Amazon and B&N market apps a lot more aggressively, and there are fewer apps in the niche I've targeted.
Reddit.com has a very inexpensive advertising system. Easy to use. For around 40 bucks, I got nearly a million banner views and tons of clicks(free app). It was right around Black Friday and again near Christmas. The 3rd time I tried, their traffic was much lower. For the price, I think it's worth a shot. Be sure to make a thread under your paid promotion. List other apps not shown on the banner etc. Sometimes you'll get good feedback and constructive criticism that you can't put a price on.
I mentioned in another post on the forums that Facebook was a real eye opener. The stats gave me new ideas and helped me understand the mindset of the average user.
I built a Super Bowl app the night before the game and made $150 in admob advertisements overnight. The app is dead in the water now, but hey...it took less than 4 hours to complete. I'll take that as a positive.
If you want to link your apps here I would love to see them. Honestly though... if you looked at my apps, you would not be impressed. The ones that I think are going to take off, usually never do. I look at it a lot like fishing...keep on casting and eventually you'll get a bite or two. Some of mine are downright embarrassing hah. They don't function right because of Flash issues like automatic screen orientation resetting the game. Moving from portrait to landscape etc.
Right now the biggest problem I have is uninstalls (a good problem to have, right?). I had one app that was getting 10k installs every day for nearly a month. It finally settled at 3k a day now, but apparently the app is too complicated to use with only 2 activities haha. People that understand it, love it. Most people don't seem to take the time to figure it out. I've used every available means possible (4000 character limit, video tutorial etc.) and still get 2000 to 2500 uninstalls daily. Even people leaving positive feedback are laughing at the ridiculous 1 star feedback I keep getting, "doesn't work" etc. I don't want to do it, but I think there needs to be a video tutorial link within the app itself. A sort of pop-up tutorial for first time users would be even better. Maybe I'll post a request. A simple .jpg would suffice for now.
I haven't tried cj.com yet, only Amazon Stores, but as I said, no sales so far. But what I've noticed that works quite good is adding translations for my apps - it helps to drive the traffic, but on the other hand, some users complain that the app itself is not in their language.
I'm off to work on my next app - I have way too little of them.
I've made one ringtone app, it has limited success at the moment, but I'll definitely try to do quotes and wallpaper apps as well. Recipe apps is also something I was thinking about.
Btw, It's good to hear you've caught the guy who was intentionally leaving bad reviews. There is nothing worse than investing a lot of time and energy into an app and then see it get smashed by unfair tactics.
I'm firing up my Google Keyword tool now, let's see what my next app will be about.
Appreciate the tips you shared here.
What keyword tools are you using to make an app?
Is Tapgage a good way to monetize?
Thank you very much for the tips.
@lookzor what monetization methods you use other than admo and Tapgage
What monetization method you using.
I also trying to promote at Amazon App store too.
Hoping to target an income of $50 to $100 per day.
I just read Google is making more than $691 per second amazing
50 USD or 100 USD per day is definitely doable, but it will take time and a lot of work. I believe this can be achieved in 6 months or so.