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Amazon Offers 70-30 Revenue Split for Kindle Magazine and Newspaper Publishers
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Can't disagree there. Although, I think it goes to highlight how much of an influence Apple has on the overall digital publishing/delivery market, so I don't mind this bit of fodder. (Plus, my CNBC app showed this article as the latest AAPL-related news too.)
Much to my surprise Apple's pricing structure is not standard. My app is tier 7 which equates to the following:
$6.99 proceeds $4.90 = 70%
£3.99 proceeds £2.43 = 60%
5.49 proceeds 3.34 = 60%
$8.99 (Aus) proceeds $5.72 = 64%
¥800 proceeds ¥560 = 70%
I guess they also have a copycat in Seattle. Maybe they share the copier with Microsoft?
Oh put a cork in it. Maybe you could come up with a new line instead of copying Jobs' tireless crap.
You answered why by showing the currencies. Apple is still only taking 30% for their services, and they're taking care of additional taxes for you so that you don't have to report & pay taxes on your App Store sales. (Of course by this I mean sales tax/VAT only, not income taxes which you still have to account for yourself - there is a difference.)
http://www.shapehq.com/blog/app-store-revenue-split-clarification
Right. In Australia we have a 10% GST that goes to the government. So the ex-GST price of your $8.99 app is actually $8.17. $5.72 is 70% of that.
Why are publishers failing to save themselves?
Its unbelievable to me that publishers fail to jump at this chance from Apple to save their industry. Apple is the one company that has shown the ability to convince millions of users to part with micropayments for content. It does this by running an honest and transparent service, something almost every other company has shown a complete inability to do.
No, I don't work for Apple. I am simply a software developer who has seen a hundred other models fail where the app store has succeeded.
As an app developer for the iPhone, I can honestly say that Apple's 70% revenue split for developers and publishers is more than fair. For their 30%, Apple handles all the billing and distribution issues in 70 countries, they create an environment that makes buyers confident and happy, they provide access to the tens of millions of potential customers who have already trusted Apple with their credit card information, and they even run expensive TV advertising for the app store. I can't believe how newspapers have taken their industry down a failing path and seem to be ignoring this chance to save themselves. They should be asking Apple to PLEASE design a beautiful reader for their content and let them into the app store!
As an avid believer in the importance of the press to our society, it pains me to see newspapers try to go it alone, as it is simply not even remotely their area of competency.
Its unbelievable to me that publishers fail to jump at this chance from Apple to save their industry. Apple is the one company that has shown the ability to convince millions of users to part with micropayments for content. It does this by running an honest and transparent service, something almost every other company has shown a complete inability to do.
No, I don't work for Apple. I am simply a software developer who has seen a hundred other models fail where the app store has succeeded.
As an app developer for the iPhone, I can honestly say that Apple's 70% revenue split for developers and publishers is more than fair. For their 30%, Apple handles all the billing and distribution issues in 70 countries, they create an environment that makes buyers confident and happy, they provide access to the tens of millions of potential customers who have already trusted Apple with their credit card information, and they even run expensive TV advertising for the app store. I can't believe how newspapers have taken their industry down a failing path and seem to be ignoring this chance to save themselves. They should be asking Apple to PLEASE design a beautiful reader for their content and let them into the app store!
As an avid believer in the importance of the press to our society, it pains me to see newspapers try to go it alone, as it is simply not even remotely their area of competency.