[paulkafasis]

That is quite correct. When we removed Piezo from the Mac App Store a year ago, we didn't send out a press release, nor seek publicity over this move in any way. We simply removed it and explained why on our blog (https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2016/02/12/piezo-1-5-arrives-...). That was it.

We can certainly debate how well-established or tech-savvy our users are (though I will note that Piezo is by far our simplest application, and used by the least technically savvy among our user base). But to say that we did this in a “public fashion” is just false.

[WillPostForFood]

I believe you didn't do it seeking publicity, but you definitely got some.

https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2016/2/13/rogue-amoebas-pi...

http://www.imore.com/piezo-improves-application-audio-record...

https://www.macstories.net/linked/piezo-exits-the-mac-app-st...

[zepto]

True, but your own brand and storefront is very well established and respected for more than a decade. This makes the story entirely unrepresentative of what happens when developers in general quit the Mac App Store.

[ivm]

We started outside of the App Store because of its sandboxing restriction.

It's still 2nd to 3rd page of search results despite having some reviews and only a couple of competitors. So a considerable investment in SEO is required.

[giarc]

What percentage of your sales came from people discovering your app through the Mac App store vs. how many found your page and were linked to the Mac App Store?

[paulkafasis]

At this point, we don't have any way of knowing for sure. But given the results in the year since we left the store, it appears that most people got to us, and then went to the Mac App Store to purchase. It would seem very few people found us directly via the Mac App Store, given the way sales shifted to direct when we were no longer there.