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XDA should offer premium membership... What would this include?
Ads removed, no PM timer (can't send multiple PMs within 30 seconds, a bit annoying if you have a lot to answer and are short on time), no search timer.
I realize that these timers are to prevent spam and to prevent server overload as well, but the majority of users wouldn't end up upgrading to premium, however having these features accessible to those of us that are willing to pay for them would be great.
I think this would be great. I don't really know where to offer suggestions but I hope XDA considers this. It could also be a source of revenue to pay for servers.
Another feature idea I have could be "Live Topics" for premium users. What is Live topics? HTML5. Topics refresh themselves. Kindof like Google Instant works, but topics automatically show the next post seamlessly as soon as it's posted. This could take a huge toll on server if it were a global feature, but I think for a Premium user if Premium is made possible, it would be great for them and wouldn't hurt the server as bad.
I'm an HTML5 / PHP developer and I'd gladly program any of these features for free including PayPal instant integration for premium membership and dealing with VBulletin mods.
Maybe a monthly fee to be premium?
What do you think?
I think yearly and monthly and plus the money gained can be use to add more servers, bandwidth, and can improve the site. But all the features offered should be offered in one way or another to the average free user.
I think this would be a great thing to implement but rather than have our donations provide for extra benefits for the user beyond a specialised title indicating our donation to the community the money itself should go toward providing services for devs to use such as those provided by github etc...
I would pay for this. I am tired of the pop up ads. I hope XDA decides to do this. Then everyone will really be able to see the true xda supporters!!!
My asus and my four year old inspired me to publish my first android app: Removed the name till OP informs me what he wants too do . Impress no one at the coffee shop when you go from laptop to tablet and the sound of your favorite childhood toys transforming emerges.
Are you geek enough?
can't post a link as a noob but if you are the kind of person who wants an app like this then chances are you are capable of finding it in the android market.
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My asus and my four year old inspired me to publish my first android app: Androidabot Transformer. Impress no one at the coffee shop when you go from laptop to tablet and the sound of your favorite childhood toys transforming emerges.
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can't post a link as a noob but if you are the kind of person who wants an app like this then chances are you are capable of finding it in the android market.
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I was waiting for someone to make this
Cool idea...
Others sounds?
We have a small issue.
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I thought about making it configurable to switch from cartoon transform sound to the movie one. I had a version that was my kid saying "doot doot doot doot" which was awesome for no one but his parents. Other ideas? I guess I could just make it so that you could point it to your own sound file easy enough.
Sorry about that Mikey. I'm sure I probably clicked through those rules somewhere without reading them close enough (or at all ).
I'm fine with leaving the edit you made as is, or whatever. I would like to keep the thread open to continue to get feedback about the applet if possible.
Thanks!
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Sorry about that Mikey. I'm sure I probably clicked through those rules somewhere without reading them close enough (or at all ).
I'm fine with leaving the edit you made as is, or whatever. I would like to keep the thread open to continue to get feedback about the applet if possible.
Thanks!
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or make a free version for xda users or separate the app on the market with a donation app for the main app
can anyone tell me about their experience with these donation apps? Does anyone actually donate?
funny. How about Optimus saying "Autobots, Roll Out"? Cartoon version, not the movie!
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can anyone tell me about their experience with these donation apps? Does anyone actually donate?
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If the app or live wallpaper is worth it, also if i keep it on my phone for more then 4 days, yes i will hit up their donation link.
Most of them are .99-1.49.......that in no means will break me.
Or link the donation in the settings menu of your app.
I never made much with the donation approach. The freemium (free version / premium paid version) model works pretty well though.
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shamwich said:
funny. How about Optimus saying "Autobots, Roll Out"? Cartoon version, not the movie!
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sure, why not both?
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I never made much with the donation approach. The freemium (free version / premium paid version) model works pretty well though.
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Haha, I guess I'd have to come up with some more features before that was an option. How about embedding AdMob and the like? Any experience/luck with that model?
Depends on the type of app. I'm guessing your user wouldn't spend much time in the app other than changing a few settings. I have an app that's similar (basically just an on/off switch for a function), and it makes essentially nothing from adds. It has around 25k users, but over the last four months or so I've made about $15 from ads.
On the other hand, ads can be an incentive to upgrade to the premium, ad-free version.
I'd say add extra sound effects, remove the ads, and sell the premium version for a buck. In my experience, one dollar is the psychological barrier where the user has to be really convinced how awesome something is to spend any more.
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Depends on the type of app. I'm guessing your user wouldn't spend much time in the app other than changing a few settings. I have an app that's similar (basically just an on/off switch for a function), and it makes essentially nothing from adds. It has around 25k users, but over the last four months or so I've made about $15 from ads.
On the other hand, ads can be an incentive to upgrade to the premium, ad-free version.
I'd say add extra sound effects, remove the ads, and sell the premium version for a buck. In my experience, one dollar is the psychological barrier where the user has to be really convinced how awesome something is to spend any more.
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Thanks for the tips! Good point about not spending time in the app. When enabled my service launches itself on startup so I was thinking I could throw an add in users face then.
FWIW I tried the flip side of AdMob (advertising through them) and didn't notice even the slightest bump in sales. Have you had any better luck with that?
Can u add the ability to choose our own sound?
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Haha, I guess I'd have to come up with some more features before that was an option.
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Just a suggestion, perhaps have as free the bare basic 1 sound, one function, then premium gives more sounds and the ability to add your own. And then possibly add sounds to more functions (if possible) such as screen on, or hinge up or down, stuff like that.
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Just a suggestion, perhaps have as free the bare basic 1 sound, one function, then premium gives more sounds and the ability to add your own. And then possibly add sounds to more functions (if possible) such as screen on, or hinge up or down, stuff like that.
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Good suggestions. I'm thinking I'll def'ly add more sounds since I've had several requests for that now. I'm trying to decide if the set-your-own-sound feature should belong to a new app, since this one is transformer themed, and that would make it more general purpose.
Never tried advertising through admob. If I ever make enough money from admob to buy a campaign I might try advertising. Might take awhile, lol.
I'd be careful about introducing ads outside of your own UI. Personally, I don't think an app that I'm not actively using should have the right to show me ads. I know apps have gotten banned from the market for doing similar. There's even some company that offers a drop in solution for creating notification bar ads outside of your app; seems a bit shady to me.
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Hi
Does anyone know any good ways to make money online / (get a job) ?
Any help will be appreciated
Yup. Drop shipping. I've done it myself and you can earn a lot of money, but it's HARD work! If you're smart like me (just kidding) you can do it without using a single penny.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_shipping
Another way is to start your own company. Find something your good at (web design, IT, graphics, programming, even physical stuff like sewing) and sell it online. It's slow (trust me I'm doing it right now). But once it picks up you will make good money.
Another option is writing for blogs. Sites like about.com pay up to $500/month. Not a whole lot but that + another job is pretty nice
When you say Another way is to start your own company can you suggest any free or good companies to get the website up?
Also when you say I could blogs can you suggest any good sites?
Thanks for the replies
You could always develop ROM-s. Doing something useful for the community and getting some money through donations. It's not an easy way to get rich, though
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You can offer simple services on Fiverr for about $5 each.
Also, you can start promoting clickbank campaigns through a blog, website, ect..
Become a picker and sell on ebay
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When you say Another way is to start your own company can you suggest any free or good companies to get the website up?
Also when you say I could blogs can you suggest any good sites?
Thanks for the replies
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Do you mean hosting and stuff? Or design? Free hosting is easy, domains are never free, and free design is normally crappy.
I don't want to start advertising for companies on the forums and have the thread closed so PM if you want some links to some good places to start.
As for blogs. Goolge's own Blogger will give you a free blog, If you like tech you can volunteer to write for techalertsupport (good way to get your name out there), YouTube is a great place to - setup a channel for reviews and the sort. I started one and it's not even overly active but once I started putting Ad's on it I actually make some decent money from it.
I would suggest trying different things and going with the one you like the best. I tried focusing on one thing from the beginning and that was a mistake. It didn't take off and I had to go start something else all from scratch. If you start a blog, YouTube Channel, and Small Company (like Design for example), you can always drop the ones that aren't making any money.
As far as a company goes I don't know what the laws are in you country, but in Canada you can start a company with no license as long as it's under you name and not a company name.
Another good place to advertise is craigslist and Kijiji. I get most of my clients from there, and it's free to use.
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Become a picker and sell on ebay
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Or if you know how to bid well you can get stuff ON ebay for cheap and sell it for profit ON ebay I know someone that did this, worked pretty well for them.
Youtube videos are also a great way to make money, as you're bound to get views. And money comes from advertising Google ads - you'll need an Adsense account to do so.
Yes that's true!
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I should correct my earlier post a bit: You CAN get a free domain if you are in Canada. A bunch of companies (Rogers, Google, some others) came together to help small businesses. Their site is www.gybo.ca. I forgot all about it, but it's what I used for my site
The internet is full of money. I personally flash cdma phones to diff carriers for a living. We root rom ect ect.
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Wow that's pretty cool! Since you mention that, is it possible to use a sprint phone on virgin mobile network?
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Hey Shogunrisk!
First you have to read some articles and decide whether what kind of style for you to earn as much as possible. Here's a hint and of course, this is tested and still working but it's for you to find out and why don't you try it. And here's the article that helps me a lot! www.yourtopreview.com
It sure is
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Wow that's pretty cool! Since you mention that, is it possible to use a sprint phone on virgin mobile network?
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That should be moved.
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Taken from the XDA Job Board.
im actualy a Sr. Manual Tester and have experience in many QA metodologies, Im search for this kind oportunities, but its noting here in my country,
hope u find the team member for that job.
Hello dear fellow XDA members
About 2 months ago, I got interested in Android App Development. Having no Java experience, I looked around the internet for tutorials on it.
Fast forward to today and here I am, able to make some basic yet useful applications. I've been thinking about making a few bucks by in-app advertising and in-app purchases. I have a few questions:
1) Do you think it is advisable to put ads in my app? What if the number of downloads are pretty good?
2 How many downloads should I have on my app so as to put ads in my app successfully?
3) Is admob free? Are there any fees that I have to pay so as to get ads on my app?
4) How, where and which type of adds will I get for my app? Is there some specific procedure to go through so as to add advertisements to my app?
Answers to the above questions and a basic step-by-step (along with all the money I have to pay for ads) mini tutorial of how advertising should be done would be very helpful
Thanks in advance
p.s. XDA is awesome :"D
Why you even want to put ads in your app
make it open source and developers will support you and you will get many donates for you
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Why you even want to put ads in your app
make it open source and developers will support you and you will get many donates for you
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Thanks but that wasn't the type of answer I was looking for.
Anyways, I was just curious about the ads part. I'll give a thought bout making it open source. Maybe sometime later but not now.
So if you could just clarify my doubts based on the ads part, I'd be very thankful
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Why you even want to put ads in your app
make it open source and developers will support you and you will get many donates for you
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Exactly
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Hey try this out, its a link to a Google search page. I looked a couple of the results - it will be a better answer than you've been getting.
https://www.google.com/search?client=lightning&q=putting ads in apps
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Thanks but that wasn't what I was looking for. As I said, I will look into making some of my apps open source but later on. Not now.
So if you'd answer my questions regarding ads, I'd be satisfied
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Thanks but that wasn't what I was looking for. As I said, I will look into making some of my apps open source but later on. Not now.
So if you'd answer my questions regarding ads, I'd be satisfied
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Try app of the day.
Also a good start for your apps.
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Try app of the day.
Also a good start for your apps.
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Umm, how is app of the day related to advertising?
It's something different as far as I know.
Could someone please answer my questions regarding the ads part?
Thanks
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Umm, how is app of the day related to advertising?
It's something different as far as I know.
Could someone please answer my questions regarding the ads part?
Thanks
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You can try asking some companies.
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Surprise-surprise. I already did use Google. Didn't get any proper answers that could satisfy me. Hence I asked.
Again, thanks for the piping hot answers etc etc
This is a quote from another developer from the Unity forums. The link is at the end of the quote, I copied and pasted this is unaltered.
"I hear the average cost to acquire a new user via AdMob is about $2 per user. If you charge $1 buck per game (earning yourself 70c,) that's definitively not cost effective, and worse: the $2 is more of an average based on the fact that most people using AdMob are freemium games. If you are actually selling your game, it's very likely fewer users will even look at your game even if they click on the ad.*
Download a game with ads, and look at what gets promoted. There is a reason why most the stuff there are free games. Not to mention: if a user is seeing those ads, it's very likely because they rather see ads than pay to buy the ad-free version, what makes you think that kind of user will click on an ad to BUY a game. However, many may get a free game, and once playing, the game may employ psychological games to trigger the gambling urge to spend money with IAP."
Starsman Games,*Jan 8, 2013
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/did-advertising-with-admob-or-similar-help-you.165392/
Hope that helps on one of your questions. I research, I'm not a developer. There was a lot more that I found, but I can't do all the work.?
Change your keywords up.
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