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App Monetisation: Choosing the Best Business Model for Revenue
Generation
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The Road from App Development to App Revenue
So you’ve created a professional, useful and attractive application and you want (ideally!) to make some money with it: what to do next?
Here are the possible monetisation models to consider:
1. Immediate Revenue Third Party Supported
Advertising Sponsorship
Payments Paid Downloads Subscriptions In-app Purchases
2. Long-term Revenue Establish and Exploit
Branding
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• By relying on third party revenue you can offer the app free and• Increase brand reputation• Increase App Store presence• Build a following
• Ad Revenue = Clicks x CPC
• Of all other revenue models out there, one payment model has become the most successful in the past several months…
The Pros and Cons of Third Party Revenue
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Apps with In-App Purchasing Now, in-app purchasing is driving revenue for the top grossing apps End-users can purchase upgrades, more levels, virtual goods, or extra
features from within the App Top 20 grossing game apps - 60% drive revenue with in-app purchases.* In-app purchases on free apps - 15% of total app revenue on iPad and 14%
of all total app revenue on paid apps in Dec 2010.**
* iTunes Top Grossing App Chart, March 4th, 2011.** Distimo ***Flurry
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A Few Apps with in-App Purchasing Functionality…
Entertainment
Games
Photography
News
Finance Management
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• Enables you to create content, features, or offer services from within your app.
• Allows you to create revenue while exploiting the high download rate of free applications. Users are willing to spend more on extra content!
• Allows experimentation with different monetisation models (subscriptions, pay-per-feature transactions, etc).
In-App Purchasing: The Pros
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• It takes more time and effort to configure in-app purchasing capabilities.
• Your app needs to have strong micro-transaction potential
• You must be able to create additional content, functionalities or offer new services.
In-App Purchasing: The Cons
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• This talk has touched on the basic monetization models…• Best monetisation strategies often require experimentation
with a combination of these models• Choosing the best monetisation model will depend on several
factors: 1. The target market 2. The micro-transaction potential of the app
3. The kind of value it offers to users
In Conclusion…