Alright, STRONGLY encourage you guys trying this app.
Short and Sweet, this app gives you a daily deal (usually a 50% or more discount). It's in most large cities so you are probably covered. The best part though is the deals are usually things I want, and help support local business (most are not for chain type places).
Example: Today I bought a Groupon for a local brewery. For $10 I get to take a buddy with me on a brewery tour, sample beer, get two beers, and get two pint glasses... Yeah, that is a win.
IF you decide to join, do me a favor and use my referral link. It gives me $10 to use towards future groupons. You get the benefit of saving money and using your own referral link in the future.
CHECK OUT GROUPON (THIS LINK INCLUDES MY REFERRAL)
CHECK OUT THE ANDROID APP (AMAZING).
I really love the app. Not only does it show you the deals, alert you (if you want) of new deals, but it also keeps track of all your purchased groupons AND lets you show your phone to the merchant to "use" your groupon (no having to print them out and bring in a piece of paper).
If you have used Groupon, give some feedback for those not aware. Its an amazing service/app and has saved me a lot of money... as well as encouraging me to get out and try new things.
Did you know Groupon Is becoming one of the most successful businesses in america im running the app now thanks for the post as usual
My Wife swears by it...
i'm sorry if this is a dumbass question...but what the hell is Groupon?
i always get an app if s15274n says get it...but i dont know what its used for
My wives all over it too
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My wives all over it too
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"That's what she said" /joke
^^ Groupon, in summary is a daily discount for a service at a local store in your area. If you want it, you buy it, most are good for a year (each groupon has the expiration date)... I have them all stored on my phone, and just show the store worker my phone when I want to use the discount.
I will be hitting up that brewery this weekend, very excited about that. Hit up groupon.com and see if it's offered in your area. If it is, please use my referral code /self-promoting.
Groupon is VERY successful, their the ones Google offered like 6 Billion (not a typo) to buy out. They refused so google is going to create their own version to try and compete with Groupon. Yeah, it is that good.
I get their daily email alerts, which I prefer to the app. Still awesome though.
Yeah, I mostly use the app to keep/show a merchant my groupons. I don't like "spam email" (intended to receive or not), so I just periodically check the app or their site.
+1 to the wife comments
My wife swears by this app too! haha
@s15274n
Doubt I would use Groupon much but I did signup for an account via your referral link for your sake. LOL. Good to help out a fellow XDA member. Do I have to buy something in order for you to get your $10 referral bucks?
Yeah one of my favorites now... bought s couple dinners for half off and my wife bought lasik ($600) for $99. Love it!
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@s15274n
Doubt I would use Groupon much but I did signup for an account via your referral link for your sake. LOL. Good to help out a fellow XDA member. Do I have to buy something in order for you to get your $10 referral bucks?
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I believe so, but hey man, I appreciate the thought. Keep checking it though... You may be surprised and find something you like. Maybe.
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Yeah one of my favorites now... bought s couple dinners for half off and my wife bought lasik ($600) for $99. Love it!
Lovellkid
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Holy $hit, that's a good deal.
I am the GM of a popular restaurant/bar... and I can tell you there are some sick deals to be had. We ran one ($12 for $25 worth of food/booze) and it sold out in under 2 hours (1500 sold). It really is a great deal for the consumer.
Ah, the all mighty Groupon!
*Checks Gmail.
Groupon
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Groupon
Groupon
Grouponicus (That's how they pass my spam filters!)
Groupon
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Yeah, again... I dont use the email alert and would not suggest that. Who wants unread email? Just check the app every now and then, or the site.
I'll try it. Just signed up and installed the app. I used your link so I hope you got credit.
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Google gets rejected
Wanna see how great Groupon is getting. And I always taught it was just an underground thing. haha
http://www.indyposted.com/132150/google-tries-to-buy-groupon-for-6-billion-offer-rejected/
Check it out! 6 billiion. thats 6,000,000,000. Nine f'n ZERO's!
^ really hoping google offers something just as good/better. The consumer wins here.
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I may sound desperate, but I just wanted to suggest something:
Can someone who has access to the Amazon Appstore create a thread wherein he/she can upload and post the Free App of the Day .apk and update it everyday? Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
It's just so sad for us located outside the US because we weren't blessed by such privilege. :'(
No offence intended, y'all, so please, no flaming. If you find my post offensive in any way, PM me and I'll remove it for you.
Thanks!
What you are proposing is against XDA forum rules, therefore it will never happen.
I don't believe it even works, does it? Isn't there some kind of DRM attached to the Amazon AppStore .apk files that makes sure it's attached to your Amazon account?
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I may sound desperate, but I just wanted to suggest something:
Can someone who has access to the Amazon Appstore create a thread wherein he/she can upload and post the Free App of the Day .apk and update it everyday? Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
It's just so sad for us located outside the US because we weren't blessed by such privilege. :'(
No offence intended, y'all, so please, no flaming. If you find my post offensive in any way, PM me and I'll remove it for you.
Thanks!
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If you think its morally right to do that. Why not just find out what the app is, than use blapkmarket or 4shared to download it?
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Or at least post a link wherein we can download them apks, since they're free anyway?
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The point is... they are NOT FREE. They are paid apps that for a special deal, on that day only, is a free purchase via the Amazon Appstore (you can also access them from the Amazon website, but still need the Amazon appstore app to install them).
To link in any other method is to redistribute paid apps.
And it's already been posted that it's against XDA forum rules.
If the only thing stopping you from downloading what is most likely a $5 for free is a lack of Amazon account or not living in the United States, morally I see nothing wrong with that. But that's subjective, and if it's against the forum rules I suggest you just do as others said and find out what the app of the day is and go download the .apk online.
I suggest moving to the United States. It's not that bad here, promise.
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I suggest moving to the United States. It's not that bad here, promise.
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So long as you don't lose your job and get sick, that is.
I much prefer the Leonard Cohen view of America ... "the cradle of the best and the worst".
For anyone who doesn't know how the "free app of the day" deal at amazon works from a developer standpoint:
Amazon will tabulate the sales and pay the developer 20% of the full list price of the app for each "free" transaction.
Essentially, Amazon buys each "free" app purchase from the developer at a reduced cost.
If you pirate the app or download it from anywhere besides Amazon, on the day it is offered, then you still burn the developer out of the money that rightfully belongs to them.
Amazon does this to drive traffic to their web site, and to score more money in advertising and hopefully repeat business. But this app is not free like other free apps - Amazon still pays the owner of that app for each person who downloads it.
Please do not do what you are suggesting. It doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but knowing this now you will see how wrong it is.
I don't find your post offensive, a lot of people probably do not know this.
Hopefully this can serve to make more people aware of how the process works with Amazon.
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For anyone who doesn't know how the "free app of the day" deal at amazon works from a developer standpoint:
Amazon will tabulate the sales and pay the developer 20% of the full list price of the app for each "free" transaction.
Essentially, Amazon buys each "free" app purchase from the developer at a reduced cost.
If you pirate the app or download it from anywhere besides Amazon, on the day it is offered, then you still burn the developer out of the money that rightfully belongs to them.
Amazon does this to drive traffic to their web site, and to score more money in advertising and hopefully repeat business. But this app is not free like other free apps - Amazon still pays the owner of that app for each person who downloads it.
Please do not do what you are suggesting. It doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but knowing this now you will see how wrong it is.
I don't find your post offensive, a lot of people probably do not know this.
Hopefully this can serve to make more people aware of how the process works with Amazon.
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thank you for that info. its most helpful.
The OP might want to look into proxy services that mask you IP address behind a US address. Its how people abroad order books from Amazon & BN and music from iTunes.
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It looks worse and worse each day...
To the OP, can't you create an account in amazon even if you are from outside the US? Just seems kind of weird to me...but then again, I don't know.
Cause right now i am having brand new 4 of 64 GB Asus transformer prime champage !!! just send me email [email protected] and it's yours tommorrow... no need to wait for amazon !!!
i would not buy from this man, as poor grammar skills are indicative of a bad sale
lol. spidey sense tingling.
what he says 'Cause right now i am having brand new 4 of 64 GB Asus transformer prime champage !!! just send me email [email protected] and it's yours tommorrow... no need to wait for amazon !!'
what we hear ' hi everyone, first time post in the forum but hey, its no problem, you'll all trust me and gladly part with your cash for some very expensive tech which will then probably not appear'
but what do i know. someone may pay up. fools and their money are soon parted.
Right. Go f yourself.
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Let me help you out new guy. Instead of offering a sale via email which is extremely unsafe why dont you range a pick up purchase at a nearby public location, like at McDonalds or shopping mall.
Holy crap you guys are quick to jump on this man. I'm in no way defending him or even claim to know him, but wow give the man a break!
He specifically stated on the thread itself that "if you live IN WESTMINSTER, CA". That in itself tells you that he's offering to sell this LOCALLY, hence offering his email so that anyone near him that's interested can contact him to meet him.
You are attacking the seller, why? It's true that buyers need to be careful who they buy their products from, but shouldn't a seller like the OP be careful as well? If he offers anything more than his email, wouldn't he be placing himself at risk?
Because of him offering the bare minimum information in order to arrange a meeting (at a public and safe location of course), I think this man is doing the right thing.
BTW, to the guy who responded about illiteracy. Westminster, CA has a HUGE Asian community, with a lot of them being ESL. I hope you're not so ignorant that you still assume everyone who lives in the US speaks English as their first language.
i am offering a contact information through email and we will meet in a public place, just have one left. thks for ur help tairen, you're the man
No problem
Some people here are quick to jump to conclusion, but they are good people. Next time try to give more details as to what you want to do and there won't be any misunderstandings!
Stick with eBay people, at least you can be covered by Paypal!
For instance, check out the following site which boasts the TFP for $320.
http://www.donagsystemonline.com/AS...utm_source=google-shopping&utm_medium=organic
Just look around in the site. You can see several very obvious signs of this being a scam, aside from the ridiculously low prices.
Just want you guys to be aware. That is all.
A quick search showed up at least half a dozen other sites with ridiculously low prices. They all track back to Britain.
The scam goes like this. You order the item and use paypal or credit card or whatever. You immediately receive an email from them telling you that to avoid complications or whatever they have refunded your money and that in order to send you the item immediately they need you to wire them the money via western union or some other company where it is impossible for you to recover your money.
Thanks for the warning.
good lookin out...
Ta for the heads up!!
Wonder why a site that claimed be uk based is priced in dollars!!
Reckon you are quite right about the method used lol
Trouble is that there is one born every day, and somebody is most probably stupid enough to click on buy.
the server is based in the US
Hmmm trying to remember how to report a fraudulent site to google now lol
Thought I'd run a whois on the site:
http://www.whois.net/whois/donagsystemonline.com
Bump.
I've seen several reports of people falling for this scam.
If it looks to good to be true... it usually is. No offense but I don't really understand how people can think such a thing is legit.
Hi All,
I'm looking to publish a pay for version of my free application. It's all ready to go and I foolishly thought I'd just need to set the price I wanted to sell the thing for and Google would sort out all the tax concerns etc. What a fool I was and after searching online I'm not the only one to have fallen into this quagmire.
I'm hoping that amoungst the wonderful people in these forums that there is a UK app developer who has been through this (what looks to be a) traumatic step and can give me some brief advice/guidance as to what I should be doing to do this properly.
An idea of questions I have are
1. Do I need to register a business before diving into this?
2. As a UK resident do I need to be gathering and paying the US (or other) buyers tax as well as my own VAT? If so, how?
3. What else don't I know about?
I realise that this advice should come from a trained professional accountant but as I don't know any (or think this current app is going to generate a revenue worthy of paying a professional) I'm hoping the developing community would be willing to share their experience. I'm happy to take this offline if need be, I'd just appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
(I have seen a few topics on this site vaguely around the same theme but not from a UK perspective, if there is a thread I should see then please direct me to that, but I have tried to find one already, honest!)
Thanks in advance,
Leighton.
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Hi All,
I'm looking to publish a pay for version of my free application. It's all ready to go and I foolishly thought I'd just need to set the price I wanted to sell the thing for and Google would sort out all the tax concerns etc. What a fool I was and after searching online I'm not the only one to have fallen into this quagmire.
I'm hoping that amoungst the wonderful people in these forums that there is a UK app developer who has been through this (what looks to be a) traumatic step and can give me some brief advice/guidance as to what I should be doing to do this properly.
An idea of questions I have are
1. Do I need to register a business before diving into this?
2. As a UK resident do I need to be gathering and paying the US (or other) buyers tax as well as my own VAT? If so, how?
3. What else don't I know about?
I realise that this advice should come from a trained professional accountant but as I don't know any (or think this current app is going to generate a revenue worthy of paying a professional) I'm hoping the developing community would be willing to share their experience. I'm happy to take this offline if need be, I'd just appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
(I have seen a few topics on this site vaguely around the same theme but not from a UK perspective, if there is a thread I should see then please direct me to that, but I have tried to find one already, honest!)
Thanks in advance,
Leighton.
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I'm not sure what quagmire you refer to, google take fees and taxes out for you. Just specify the price of your app and upload it, they even automatically set right tax for you.
It was a year ago I set an account up but if I never registered as a business, don't think you have to.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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This is not the impression that I get from their T's and C's. It explicitly says that google pass on the tax to you and it is tour responsibility to ensure this is dealt with correctly. Am I misinterpreting that or does it not apply to the UK? Does everyone else agree with Dave and I'm making something out of nothing?
Cheers,
Leighton.
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Just to show you why I'm thinking that we do need to take notice of the tax. Here is a link to one of the latest notifications I had in the Google Play publisher site.
{linked removed due to newbie status/possible spam risk}
It explicity says, "Keep in mind that Google will continue to pass on the entire tax amount collected to the developer, and calculate the 30% transaction fee off the net price of the product. For example, if your tax inclusive price is 10GBP and your VAT is 20% (as set by the developer in the Google Merchant Center), then Google will first calculate your net price (8 GBP) and then apply a 30% transaction fee to that amount (2.4GBP fee). The developer would then receive 7.6GBP (includes tax collected)."
I'm pretty sure this is something I need to atleast understand properly before continuing.
Leighton.
My apologies, because I only have one for sale app and don't have to pay taxes (falls below minimum level of earning at which tax is applied) I knew google add the tax rate automatically but forgot that the developer pays it to tax office.
Here are the uk vat rules.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/register/when-to-register.htm
Basically you don't register to pay vat on your apps unless you earn £77,000 a year or more from them.
So if you are earning more than that you pay them the pounds per app sold that you owe as tax but not otherwise. In my case I don't have to pay vat.
Dave
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That is great news to me, thanks Dave. My app will never come close to that kind of revenue. Hopefully one day this headache will return
Regards,
Leighton.
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Whenever my automated system finds an Android App Review online it sends an email to the developer telling the link to the review.
Each day I get between 5 - 10 thank you mails from both large app companies and indie developers, which I guess is a good indicator that it's a great tool in order to be able to take advantage of the review in their marketing. (I know how hard it is to be seen with a good app)
The question is, how do I monetize that service?
You have to pardon me if I sound desperate, but I actually am desperate and starting to worry about my ability to provide for my family.
Do you have an idea on how I could either monetize the service, or give it away to someone who can actually afford running it?
There are three main problems with it:
- Donations doesn't work (noone evidently donates anyway, so that went down the drain)
- Advertising, might have worked but there are far too few visitors.
- Most dev's have an invalid email address specified for their account at google play, which makes them not receive the notice from the service,
They can however subscribe for reviews of a certain package name, but how the heck could they when they don't even know the service exists?
I feel so stupid for having these great ideas and realize them, just to later find out that the only thing I've gained is more time away from my kids. I am honestly starting to loose all energy for the creation process of apps, web sites and services, just due to the fact that I can't even reach out enough to make anything out of it. And I can't afford advertising the services/apps/whatever crap I've made. Which even might be an indicator that I should stop trying, but I can't really do that either since I struggle to even afford the food for the month, yeah it's gotten that bad, and I hate sounding this pathetic.
Anyway, the link is in my sig called something like 'Android App Reviews' if you wish to have a look in order to give feedback on my question.
Maybe it's just a bad day 'cause I'm not usually this whiny, but even on a good day, the question stands.
Ah.. whatever. You have a good idea, let me know.
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very nice idea, perhaps most of your emails mistakenly get weeded out as SPAM. I have an APP published on Google Play with our company gmail address there, but in more than one ocasion we had people trying to contact us and those emails got to the SPAM folder automaticly by mistake and we never saw them.
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very nice idea, perhaps most of your emails mistakenly get weeded out as SPAM. I have an APP published on Google Play with our company gmail address there, but in more than one ocasion we had people trying to contact us and those emails got to the SPAM folder automaticly by mistake and we never saw them.
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Thanks, actually I was very glad myself when I got an email from my own service once, so yeah I think it's a great idea also.
So yes, one problem is, as you mention that most emails probably ends up marked as spam.
The other problem is money, it's running in a very low priced environment and actually doesn't require much juice to run but I can't afford maintaining it if it doesn't generate enough income to even support itself.
I would consider running it for nothing and I could even spend some personal money just for the satisfaction and appreciation, but given the gravity of the current financial situation in my family I can't do that.
So let's just see what happens, and thanks for taking the time to read.
Cheers
have you tried selling it? For about how much would you be willing to sell it? As i said the idea is pretty awesome and you got it pretty much nailed down. Perhaps with a few tweaks to the search algorithm it could be the next Google for Apps!
have you tried selling it? For about how much would you be willing to sell it?
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- Actually, no I haven't tried selling it yet as I don't have any experience selling these kinds of things, and don't really know where to turn.. So I haven't really thought of for how much I should sell it for,
what do you think something like this could be worth?
Thanks again
Actually i have no idea loool
I would buy it if I had the means.
The value of it probably based on how many views does your site has per day, how many apps does it have categorized, how many it crawls per day... idk.
For example i tried searching it and it seems to have few apps catalogued... my app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rtt3ch.suecaonline) isn't there.
EDIT: About how much do you spend on it a month? If it's not much and you're willing to give it away because can't afford it I wouldn't mind getting it lol, i think i can keep it alive.
If you want to generate income from your site, you have to run your site like a business. The ideas you have in your first post are too linear, especially for a small website with limited exposure (i'm sure you'll know ). Websites and youtube channels grow in exposure and size exponentially. Your site is still in the growth state of a business life cycle (the slowest, most challenging phase of business), so it's best to get as much exposure as possible, which means expanding.
- Try to create some sort of quasi-partnerships with other sites by sharing content or linking to each other. I've noticed you have some links on the side of your site, but try to get in contact with 'bigger names' out there
- Create a youtube channel and start reviewing apps like that. That way you have another avenue of traffic to your site
- Reviews of products may also be an idea.
Hope this helps It's what I can remember from business studies classes >.<
sup MetalDroid, any news?
I'd go with what SammiSaysHello said, you need to run it like a business. Personally I'd make the homepage look more like a professional a sales page and introduce a subscription fee if you want to use it for more then one app. Or even a one time fee for more then one app. I end up logging onto my developer console several times a day so I'd gladly pay a couple bucks a month to have the reviews sent straight to my inbox.. Just my two cents
Hey!
Sorry for not posting an update, I've been having the mother of all flues on and off for the past several weeks now!
sup MetalDroid, any news?
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Well, actually yes. The associated twitter account is growing, and the number of web page visitors is also increasing. Very slowly but I'm still positive about it. I've also, shockingly, had a few interesting partnership/business proposals drop down in my mailbox, so I'm gonna have a look to see what is offered there..
If you want to generate income from your site, you have to run your site like a business.
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I'd go with what SammiSaysHello said, you need to run it like a business
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You're right, that seems like a logical next step. I might add a low subscription fee if you wish to use for more than one app,
that seems like a very good suggestion, I'll have to wait a couple of days though to see how things turn out from some of the email proposals
I've had.
If you're interested I'll keep you updated on what happens, and I'm very grateful for your input,
Cheers