In the iPhone world, it is not rare to see developers share their numbers with the rest of the community. I decided to do the same with the Windows Mobile Marketplace, after its first two weeks.
I submitted three applications to the Marketplace, two of them, DutchTab and RateThings, to multiple English markets (US, Canada, UK, Australia, India), and slimPASSWORDS only to the US and Canadian markets. Since this third application is free, I wanted to avoid the 15$ fee per extra market submission.
DutchTab (1.99$ US): 12 downloads
RateThings (2.99$ US): 9 downloads
slimPASSWORDS (free): 1010 downloads
Wow! A total of 50.79$ in sales!!! 35.55$ in my pockets!!! I’ve coded myself a new Volvo!!!
(you can insert here a very long silence of discomfort)
Now, let’s put everything in perspective. The Windows Mobile Marketplace is young, very young. And contrary to other application stores, it did not appear on all devices and platforms at the same time. Only Windows Mobile 6.5 devices can benefit from it, or those impatient enough to find the hacked CAB and install it on their WM 6.0 or 6.1 device (like I did).
Once the Marketplace gets a web interface and official support for older devices, numbers will mean something.
In the meantime, I’m happy to see slimPASSWORDS get a few downloads.