I have made quite a different experience with my own app. Since the day it was approved, I have seen a very constant number of sales. I didn't make a big deal about the launch and I didn't post on HN. People just found my app by searching on the App Store (it is a utility app that quite a lot of people need, and it was the only of its kind when I launched).
Over the course of the first year, I saw a gradual increase in sales, presumably due to the page rank of my website increasing, or maybe because adoption of the Mac App Store increased. Now there are slight fluctuations in sales numbers, but they are more or less constant.
So I didn't get that bump, but I was lucky I made an app that was in demand.
Over the course of the first year, I saw a gradual increase in sales, presumably due to the page rank of my website increasing, or maybe because adoption of the Mac App Store increased. Now there are slight fluctuations in sales numbers, but they are more or less constant.
So I didn't get that bump, but I was lucky I made an app that was in demand.