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by yboris 712 days ago
I hope you consider an open source model: code available freely on GitHub & app available for purchase on your website.

I was scared about doing it this way, but it worked out for me: https://videohubapp.com/ for pay-what-you-want-$5-minimum for my app, and https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App git-clone-and-build for the code. I currently sell about 60 copies per month (same average across the last 4 years too).
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rudedogg 712 days ago
Nice app, I might give it a try for my video collection.

Would you be willing to share the OS breakdown? I'm primarily interested in macOS and am wondering roughly what % of your sales are for that platform?

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yboris 711 days ago
I've not kept statistics, especially that when people purchase they get access to all the OS versions. I'm guessing it's over 50% Windows but Mac is no less than 20% of the purchases. I don't sell my app through the Apple App store - it's just whoever stumbles across my website (I've shared it on Reddit a bunch of times over the years, but not aggressively). I think I mostly got lucky with naming - where "video hub" is close to "porn hub" and people find it unintentionally :)
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breck 712 days ago
> pay-what-you-want-$5-minimum for my app

> I currently sell about 60 copies per month (same average across the last 4 years too).

I'm guessing the median is $5, can you share what the average is?

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yboris 711 days ago
Only a few people per month pay above asking price. Sometimes it's $6 or $7; usually if it's over $5 it's $10; once I received $25.

From my dashboard right now: Sales - All time $27,732.69

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