spontaneus

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Comment · 13 years ago
For a lot of reasons. First, if I'm spending time creating an app, it would be nice to know with 100% certainty that it will be accepted in the app store. Second, it's unfair if competitors don't have to run by the same set of rules. Third, because it's extremely confusing and could turn developers off from creating on their platform.
Comment · 13 years ago
And, what about Groupon and Living Social? All they do is promote a different business every day... If Apple is going to make rules like this, they need to be consistant on how they enforce it.
Comment · 13 years ago
Facebook just recently started doing this as well. You can now pay to get your app promoted in people's news feed.
Comment · 13 years ago
It took a while to find the price. You should probably make it stand out more so people feel more comfortable when they click "Buy Now"
Comment · 15 years ago
It reminded me of Sublime as well and I must say that the fuzzy match saves me a lot of time when switching between files. Having this functionality built into the OS could be very beneficial.
Comment · 15 years ago
Ah, forgot to say where the drop-off is. We lose most people on the gift selection page.

- 60% make it from the homepage to the gift selection page (not bad).

- 3% make it to from the gift selection page to the billing page (eeeeh).

It's a huge drop-off and we are trying to pin-point why. It may be a product issue, but most people have given us good feedback on our selection of products. We are going to mix in some other brands to see if it helps at all.

We have split tested the landing page and were able to increase the click-through rate by 20%. No other split tests are running at the moment.

Comment · 15 years ago
This was very helpful. I agree that there are a lot of decisions to be made that don't seem necessary for something so far in advance. That may be a tough nut to crack. I'm going to dig into this more and see if the feedback is consistent.
Comment · 15 years ago
You've never heard of the term "brownie points"? Are you from outside of the US?
Comment · 15 years ago
I believe they hit on this in Made to Stick.
Comment · 15 years ago
I'm a/b testing a few of these. I'll add your suggestions to the mix.
Comment · 15 years ago
It's back up.
Comment · 15 years ago
Our prices include: tax, shipping and gift wrapping as well. We need to do a better job stating this to our customers.

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