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2009-10-26
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#12
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the good thing with maemo is that you don't have to publish your app to the ovi store to sell it. Heck, you can even give away your app and let people install it. Eat that, apple! So, in my mind the money to publish is optional.
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2009-10-26
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#13
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Originally Posted by quipper8
My question is: can you do both?
the good thing with maemo is that you don't have to publish your app to the ovi store to sell it. Heck, you can even give away your app and let people install it. Eat that, apple! So, in my mind the money to publish is optional.
I'd love to put my app on Ovi for the consumers when it's done but also have it freely available for tech people who actually look for it.
Is that allowed?
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2009-10-26
, 20:52
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@ England
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#14
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In the UK, "VAT Registration Number" is a mandatory field on the Ovi Publisher registration form. This rules out most individuals, and also small companies (such as my own) which are trading below the VAT Registration Threshold.
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2009-10-26
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@ new jersey, usa
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#15
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to publish on ovi can u do testing on maemo.org or can you go straight to ovi.
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2009-10-26
, 21:21
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@ Istanbul, Turkey
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#16
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Ovi Store currently provides content for S40 and S60 (+Maemo in the future, hopefully) so we have to think globally.
I think Ovi Store should let developers:
- get in free
(fair condition: only freeware content can be submitted then)
- get content updates published fast & easily
(Ovi Store client could check for updates regularly to utilize this)
- get paid fast & easily
(if not utilized at the moment, as a customer paying / as a developer being paid with PayPal could help IMO)
- don't mess with the rest (since developers are currently sharing %30 of their income, so it's equal to paying Ovi for their services; so Ovi should simplify developers' work on their side to let them just focus on developing)
As far as I see, this would create a win-win situation.
I think Ovi Store should let developers:
- get in free
(fair condition: only freeware content can be submitted then)
- get content updates published fast & easily
(Ovi Store client could check for updates regularly to utilize this)
- get paid fast & easily
(if not utilized at the moment, as a customer paying / as a developer being paid with PayPal could help IMO)
- don't mess with the rest (since developers are currently sharing %30 of their income, so it's equal to paying Ovi for their services; so Ovi should simplify developers' work on their side to let them just focus on developing)
As far as I see, this would create a win-win situation.
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2009-10-26
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Originally Posted by code177
Not sure what the issue is here. Both Extras and Ovi will be reasonably advertised for consumers. If you want money, go with Ovi, if you don't push it to Extras. Easy peasy.
I'd love to put my app on Ovi for the consumers when it's done but also have it freely available for tech people who actually look for it.
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2009-10-26
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
What if I want the development community to have my hypothetical app for free, though?
Not sure what the issue is here. Both Extras and Ovi will be reasonably advertised for consumers. If you want money, go with Ovi, if you don't push it to Extras. Easy peasy.
Would I be allowed to offer it up to them on the side, or would that go against some rule set out by the powers that be?
I feel that if I took my app and put it on the Ovi store for say, a euro or two, but not available for free here, most people here would frown upon that, and call me a sell out.
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2009-10-26
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@ Finland
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Originally Posted by code177
If you distribute your app in ovi store for a price and the exactly same app is available in extras for free, guess where most consumers are going to get it from... You might get a sucker or two but word gets around
I feel that if I took my app and put it on the Ovi store for say, a euro or two, but not available for free here, most people here would frown upon that, and call me a sell out.
Basically the ovi store would then only serve as a means to make a donation instead of being a profitable marketplace for your app.So I think that you have to make a choice there, you can't realistically expect to have both.
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2009-10-26
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Originally Posted by code177
Then you'll have to make free app available after the commercial one I guess, but doing that (and the way you'll follow while doing that) will be very arguable.
What if I want the development community to have my hypothetical app for free, though?
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