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We flipped our App to free and hit the top 10 in 24 hours (chart) (plus.google.com)
33 points by jasonmcalacanis on Feb 28, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments



Noticed this gem in the comments section "Robert Scoble - Or you could just impress the hell out of me, and I'll make sure Apple considers your app for Featured app of the week." No thanks.


Damn it. Caught. Clicked the link without realizing it was a Calacanis article. More and more I'm contemplating building the Calacanis blocker I've mulled about before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2613955. The internet is becoming less safe every day.


Why are you bitter? The article provides actual numbers that may be interesting to many people writing iPhone apps.


not a hater but I think these type of results are the exception and not the norm. Calacanis is a huge influencer with a lot of tech followers on just about ever social site.


Actually I find it interesting (and in line with my experience). Your million followers only turn into a few hundre downloads? Anyone can beat that with motivated friends. It goes to put in perspective the influence of people like Jason.


Of course you should add to your list of promotions: "Linked this article on Hacker News" :-)


1% conversion rate is ambitious for free-to-paid, especially when your downloads have spiked due to changing the price of your app to free.

Hope you are tracking user retention.


What took you so long?




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