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[wizard_2]

They also take 30% of every app you sell. The fact I bought doodle jump underwrote the developer tools. As of this year they are the single biggest mobile company due to their app and phone sales. The $100 a developer isn't much of a profit for them as it is a means to control access.

[cpr → wizard_2]

I'm sorry, but I don't think 30% is an unreasonable cut.

When I sell my current indie Mac/Win software through resellers, I have to give them at least 25% to make it worth their while.

[jacquesm → cpr]

> I'm sorry, but I don't think 30% is an unreasonable cut.

That's good for you. Did you negotiate with Apple?

Or did you find that since there can not be any competition that it was 30% or forget it?

> When I sell my current indie Mac/Win software through resellers, I have to give them at least 25% to make it worth their while.

Ah, but the interesting bit here is that apparently there you can negotiate.

[cpr → jacquesm]

Well, not really--if you don't give a reseller at least 20-25%, they're not going to be motivated to sell.

[wizard_2 → cpr]

Neither do I, I'm just saying it's making them very profitable, much more so then the developer fee. So much more that I don't see the developer fee as a source of income.