Comments for Sell More Games http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames Knowledge based on experience. e-Commerce tips for game developers. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Reflexive acquired by Amazon.com by roback http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/10/21/reflexive-acquired-by-amazoncom/#comment-924 roback Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:23:42 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=99#comment-924 I'm not quite sure if this deal is good for game developers. First - for some time it'll be huge mess at Reflexive - I've met guys from Reflexive at Casual Connect in Kyiv and they couldn't answer as simple question as "how high are your revenue shares". They just knew nothing, a won't knew anything for at least few next weeks. From the other side Amazon is hard player with politics of cutting costs wherever they can. Maybe they will close Reflexive's publishing department? Maybe revenues will become much smaller than until now (why not pay only 20%?). After all - it's for sure great deal for Reflexive's owner but not so sure about game devs. I’m not quite sure if this deal is good for game developers. First - for some time it’ll be huge mess at Reflexive - I’ve met guys from Reflexive at Casual Connect in Kyiv and they couldn’t answer as simple question as “how high are your revenue shares”. They just knew nothing, a won’t knew anything for at least few next weeks.
From the other side Amazon is hard player with politics of cutting costs wherever they can. Maybe they will close Reflexive’s publishing department? Maybe revenues will become much smaller than until now (why not pay only 20%?).
After all - it’s for sure great deal for Reflexive’s owner but not so sure about game devs.

]]> Comment on Advertising - is it a waste of money? by Joe http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/26/advertising-is-it-a-waste-of-money/#comment-920 Joe Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:51:14 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=97#comment-920 I think you would need several months worth of data to make a decision. If a customer purchases one game from you would they come back and buy 2 more in a week? It seems for every 10 customers your pick up at least one or 2 that would be repeat customers. 1 out of 50 may buy 6 games over the next 12 months. How many who click on your ad will add your site to their fav's list for a future visit? Lots of variables. Here is a link to an article on how one guy increased his converisons with adwords http://www.google.com/adwords/conversionoptimizer/webgamic.html I think you would need several months worth of data to make a decision. If a customer purchases one game from you would they come back and buy 2 more in a week? It seems for every 10 customers your pick up at least one or 2 that would be repeat customers. 1 out of 50 may buy 6 games over the next 12 months. How many who click on your ad will add your site to their fav’s list for a future visit? Lots of variables. Here is a link to an article on how one guy increased his converisons with adwords http://www.google.com/adwords/conversionoptimizer/webgamic.html

]]> Comment on Reflexive acquired by Amazon.com by Fahd http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/10/21/reflexive-acquired-by-amazoncom/#comment-909 Fahd Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:02:12 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=99#comment-909 Wow...this is really big! It would be interesting to know the financial terms of the deal. Hopefully though reflexive will remain a separate entity within amazon and not be converted into amazons associates program or similar. Wow…this is really big! It would be interesting to know the financial terms of the deal. Hopefully though reflexive will remain a separate entity within amazon and not be converted into amazons associates program or similar.

]]> Comment on Reflexive acquired by Amazon.com by Reflexive Acquired by Amazon  »TechAddress http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/10/21/reflexive-acquired-by-amazoncom/#comment-907 Reflexive Acquired by Amazon  »TechAddress Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:31:32 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=99#comment-907 [...] players, developers, aggregators and advertisers into a unique opportunity where everyone benefits. SellMoreGames and Gamezebo have more details on the [...] [...] players, developers, aggregators and advertisers into a unique opportunity where everyone benefits. SellMoreGames and Gamezebo have more details on the [...]

]]> Comment on Advertising - is it a waste of money? by jack norton http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/26/advertising-is-it-a-waste-of-money/#comment-680 jack norton Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:25:17 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=97#comment-680 I've many games too but I never spent much on ads (almost none). Not worth it. Better invest that money in assets to produce your next game. I’ve many games too but I never spent much on ads (almost none). Not worth it. Better invest that money in assets to produce your next game.

]]> Comment on Advertising - is it a waste of money? by ChrisP http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/26/advertising-is-it-a-waste-of-money/#comment-678 ChrisP Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:48:07 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=97#comment-678 Indeed. All my forays into advertising have been utterly disastrous thus far. I sunk over $400 into it and made maybe $50 back. Not touching that again, at least not for a long while! That said, I've heard that advertising for indie games <i>can</i> have positive results. I believe Cliff of Positech Games has had some success with Google ads. He has many more products for sale and a lot more experience than I do though, both of which must help. Indeed. All my forays into advertising have been utterly disastrous thus far. I sunk over $400 into it and made maybe $50 back. Not touching that again, at least not for a long while!

That said, I’ve heard that advertising for indie games can have positive results. I believe Cliff of Positech Games has had some success with Google ads. He has many more products for sale and a lot more experience than I do though, both of which must help.

]]> Comment on Can gameplay video increase your downloads? by jc http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/07/04/can-gameplay-video-increase-your-downloads/#comment-657 jc Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:19:33 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=90#comment-657 How weird, I can see them with FireFox but I have just a blank space with IE. JC How weird, I can see them with FireFox but I have just a blank space with IE.

JC

]]> Comment on Can gameplay video increase your downloads? by Roman Budzowski http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/07/04/can-gameplay-video-increase-your-downloads/#comment-646 Roman Budzowski Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:56:15 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=90#comment-646 It doesn't? I do see it even for the latest release of Aug 22nd. It doesn’t? I do see it even for the latest release of Aug 22nd.

]]> Comment on Can gameplay video increase your downloads? by jc http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/07/04/can-gameplay-video-increase-your-downloads/#comment-645 jc Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:12:15 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=90#comment-645 It looks like BFG doesn't have gameplay video anymore... JC It looks like BFG doesn’t have gameplay video anymore…

JC

]]> Comment on Do you develop games that sell or… by Roman Budzowski http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/14/do-you-develop-games-that-sells-or/#comment-635 Roman Budzowski Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:06:25 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=94#comment-635 I did mean "latter". Team up with team leader and your problem with managing teams will be solved ;-) I did mean “latter”.

Team up with team leader and your problem with managing teams will be solved ;-)

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