My game just got approved for the Amazon App market. I took the ads out and priced it at 99 cents.
Amazon is showing it for a retail price of $0.99 but a sale price of $0.00. I didn’t see any where or authorize a sale. It also says available for “Pre order”
What does this mean?
Will it eventually be 99 cents? I don’t want to give the app away.
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By the link you gave it says there that your app was 99c and now it`s FREE (saying that the customer saves 100% in green).
Did not you by accident change your price Rob?
Sorry cannot help much.
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90832[/import]
I uploaded it the first time with ads for free. But when it was rejected and I took away the ads and re-uploaded it and I changed the price to $0.99.
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So they are “misunderstanding” your work Rob.
Do not you think that the best and probably the quick way to get it solved is calling them? Because it would be unfair you upload a full game without any ads and it become “free” by their system`s accident. :\
Regards,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90842[/import]
Hmm, I just read that apparently Amazon won’t charge more for the app than it appears in other stores.
Since it’s free in the Android Marketplace with Ads, I bet they are using that to price the app. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90843[/import]
Wow…I wouldn`t know about it Rob!
Btw that is such a “bad” thing in my opinion because if they call themselfs “other market” even being using the Google`OS why would they care about the “others markets” price? :\
Strange thing. Bad for us indies.
Cheers Rob,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90845[/import]
Rob,
Did you use the same package name? Changing that might set your Amazon app apart from it’s Android Market counterpart. [import]uid: 64596 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90878[/import]
Wow that’s a weird policy :S Sorry to hear that, Rob. [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90879[/import]
@Shane has raised a good point!
@Rob: How about change the name of the .APK, or something else, even the name of the game at all for it to not match the Android Market and SO (as I think it would work) you be able to SELL it? :\
make sense? 
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 90899[/import]
I went to change it today and I can’t see how to upload a new version. I guess I’ll wait until they respond to my support request…
Thanks! I’ll update you as I learn more!
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Thanks Rob.
Looking forward you getting it solved asap!
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Rob,
Just a guess but I think if you change the name or the project name you will probably have to re-submit it as an entirely new app. -Shane [import]uid: 64596 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 91017[/import]
I got an email from Amazon support today that simply said:
"Thanks for writing in. The price of your app is listed at $0.99."
I don’t know if that means the sale went off automatically or if they fixed it, but now the app shows as $0.99 when you visit the page.
Sorry you missed the opportunity to get the app for free
But now you can make me feel better by contributing to my app-development-delinquency by buying it
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Haha…sure Rob! Great to hear that. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 91612[/import]
If only we had the Amazon app store in Australia ^-^; [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 22765 reply_id: 91657[/import]