publishing mac apps outside the mac app store (cocoaheads sthlm, nov 2014)
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MAS cons• Review Guidelines
• Sandboxing
• Waiting for Review
• Standard landing page experience
• Inflexible pricing (trials, upgrades, coupons)
• Customer support
• No quick refunds
Non-MAS pros• Build whatever you want
• Release whenever you want
• Custom landing page experience
• Free trials
• 1-on-1 customer support and relationships
• Curated reviews & testimonials
Non-MAS cons• Need your own landing page
• Need your own analytics
• Need your own payments/storefront system
• Need your own download hosting
• Need your own licensing system
• Need your own updating mechanism
Own Landing Page• Domain: Gandi.net (29€/yr)
• Design: ThemeForest.net ($12 for "Shoelace")
• Hosting: GitHub Pages (free)
• Signup: Mailchimp (free up to 2k subscribers)
Own Analytics• Google Analytics for gemba.io (free)
• Mixpanel for Gemba.app (free up to 200k events/month)
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