Dan Counsell
dancounsell.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2013
Dan Counsell, an indie Mac and iOS developer, who writes about the Mac App Store, app pricing, and selling software.
What HN saysHN links his post arguing the Mac App Store needs paid upgrades, and commenters tie it to developers leaving the store and the importance of marketing.
20HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Mac App Store Still Needs Paid Upgrades2 people · 99 points · first shared 2015 · 34 comments on HN
- 2A Wish List for the Mac App Store2 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 3Product Revenue Snapshot2 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 4Building a Hackintosh Pro1 people · 350 points · first shared 2017 · 258 comments on HN
- 5Benefits of Selling Outside the Mac App Store1 people · 110 points · first shared 2015 · 40 comments on HN
- 6Paid, paymium, or freemium? (iOS Apps)1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Buying a Commodore Amiga 30 Years Later1 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 8How I Raised $120,000 with Crowdfunding1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Removing Distractions: Part 21 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10Mac Utilities I Can’t Live Without1 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 11Details behind RapidWeaver's 6-figure app launch1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 12Are You Building an App or a Business?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 13Designing great App Store screenshots1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Prompting for app reviews1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Choosing the Right Pricing Model for Your App1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
digitalengineer · 2017-12-20
This won't help one bit. Seriously: Why do developers like those from Sketch drop the Mac App Store? Here's why:
https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/another-popular-app-leaves-the-mac-a…
http://blog.wilshipley.com/2012/03/mac-app-store-needs-paid-upgrades.h…
https://www.dancounsell.com/a-wish-list-for-the-mac-app-store/
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/developers-keep-leaving-mac-app-store/
scholia · 2015-08-14
There was another Mac App Store article on here yesterday:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10056593
The Mac App Store Still Needs Paid Upgrades
http://dancounsell.com/articles/the-mac-app-store-still-needs-paid-upg…
burntcaramel · 2015-01-03
Dan and other indie developers talk a lot about the importance of doing your own marketing, even if you are in the App Store. And they also underline how being listed in the App Store isn’t close to the results of proper marketing.
http://dancounsell.com/articles/thoughts-on-increasing-app-revenue
http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2014/12/22/building-a-showroom/