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Originally Posted by adamk77

We wanted to price our first application at $1.99, but decided to price it at $0.99 in hopes of possibly getting ranked.

On day 1, it sold around 40 copies.
On day 2, it sold around 50 copies.
On day 3, it sold around 30 copies
On day 4, it sold around 20 copies
On day 5, it sold around 10 copies.

At this point, we decided to raise the price to $1.99

On day 6, it sold around 10 copies (at $1.99)
On day 7 (yesterday), it sold a bit fat zero copies. We're contemplating on whether we should lower the price again, or raise it to $2.99 or $3.99.

We were ecstatic on day 2 because it seemed like sales were going up. I'm curious to hear stats from others who have had similar sales figures. Has this been your experience?

We have JUST recouped the money we spent on stock photos. So we've made around $20 in profit... not very encouraging

Will releasing an update put the application in the first page of the new apps section (sorted by release date?). I've been hearing conflicting things about this.

Well, I'm sorry to see you having such low sales but my experience has been similar. The few people who have reviewed my app have given it great reviews. One in fact contacted me directly to tell me how much fun my app was. When I posted the first version back in October, I sold about 400 or so copies. I just did an update this month, and maybe I'll sell another 50. People seem to have mostly sold themselves on the fact that iphone apps should be free. Quite frankly I can't fathom why so many developers are releasing very high quality apps for free, especially in this economy. I see people everyday of the week running in to get their $3 fancy coffees, how people can make a big deal about paying 99 cents for an app is beyond me.

PS.....I looked at your app. It looks very nice.

Also, unless you update your release date to the current date when your update is approved, it won't appear at the top of the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!