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by yccheok 1649 days ago
Congratulation!

Building a marketplace to sell something (Apps, courses, clothes, food, ...) is a very challenging problem.

I am an App developer who sales app in Google Play. The only thing I am concerning is, how much users are Google Play (marketplace) is gonna to bring to me? Rest of the concern factors are secondary to none.

Even if Google Play choose to charge higher fee, or providing a more crappy publishing tool, I still will stay with Google Play. Because I know if I try to sell my Android app elsewhere, I will get 0 customer.

Good luck to your venture!

1 comments

Thanks for your comment and feedback on the marketplace. Right now, the AlterClass marketplace is more a way for people to launch their courses quickly without worrying about setting up their own platform and hosting the content. I won't compare myself to any app marketplace (like Apple or Google) as it is not my end goal. I want to give the instructors full control of their courses and give them the freedom to access beyond AlterClass. I'm still working on this, so stay tuned ;)