Ask HN: Is it worth to make promotions of your Apps?(XX% OFF sales)

[zrgiu_]

A hackaton project of ours turned out to be pretty successful. It's an Android app which climbed the ranks quickly, now being in top 10 grossing in it's category in most countries, a month after launch.

Our app costs $9.99, and we're wondering if it would be worth putting it on sale (ex: $4.99 for a limited period). Two of us are already doing full-time support, and just doubling downloads for the same revenue wouldn't make sense.

In your experience, is it healthy to put your app on sale ?

Thank you!

[benologist]

Cross-reference the data on www.appshopper.com with www.appannie.com ranking information.

[zrgiu_ → benologist]

Thanks! We've been using appannie.com, but their data simply doesn't answer all the questions. Especially on how sales affect long-term and short-term health of the app. Often sales attract bad reviews (people complaining they paid too much before/after the sale), and often you can't really tell how much the sale actually increased the revenue.

Appshopper is just for iOS for now. Thanks for the tip though!