Paid Updates or New App?
Hi there,
First off, gotta say this thing is amazing.
I'm thinking of using this to distribute magazine content, using the HTML Archive activity. We're also doing a physical publication of the mag every quarter.
I'm thinking there will be two ways of doing this going forward - and I'm not sure if the second is possible using this tech?
1 - Release an entirely new app for each issue. This seems the easiest way to go, but some users may not want multiple apps clogging up their directory. Not a massive problem as it's only quarterly, but it would be more costly for us ($199 per issue).
2 - Release paid updates to the app. The biggest problem I can see with this (if it's even possible) is that I would only want the issues that have been paid for to appear in the app. So for example if the user wants issue 2 but hasn't got issue 1, is it possible to only show issue 2 in the app?
What would you advise?
Many thanks in advance.
Andy
First off, gotta say this thing is amazing.
I'm thinking of using this to distribute magazine content, using the HTML Archive activity. We're also doing a physical publication of the mag every quarter.
I'm thinking there will be two ways of doing this going forward - and I'm not sure if the second is possible using this tech?
1 - Release an entirely new app for each issue. This seems the easiest way to go, but some users may not want multiple apps clogging up their directory. Not a massive problem as it's only quarterly, but it would be more costly for us ($199 per issue).
2 - Release paid updates to the app. The biggest problem I can see with this (if it's even possible) is that I would only want the issues that have been paid for to appear in the app. So for example if the user wants issue 2 but hasn't got issue 1, is it possible to only show issue 2 in the app?
What would you advise?
Many thanks in advance.
Andy
Comments
Thanks very much for the quick reply. I think you're right, option #1's the way to go, so I'm really glad the upgrade's staying at $99 for a while yet - awesome value. Also, great idea for the mutipacks.
Glad you think it sounds cool, will definitely keep you updated. Aiming to get issue 1 out some time in February.
Andy