Comments on: Calling BS: Indie Facebook developers making $700K a month http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/ Musings on Technology, Media and Business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:34:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: California Will http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-4877 California Will Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:58 +0000 http://www.rajajasti.com/?p=624#comment-4877 I'm very skeptical of this as well. The "we want to keep it a secret" factor makes it a little harder to digest, but I know there are a lot of people making good money. I think this may be embellished a little but maybe not completely false. I’m very skeptical of this as well. The “we want to keep it a secret” factor makes it a little harder to digest, but I know there are a lot of people making good money. I think this may be embellished a little but maybe not completely false.

]]> By: Paul http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Paul Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:05:19 +0000 http://www.rajajasti.com/?p=624#comment-28 I call Bull**** too on this. $700,000? Well, if so congrats, but I would like to see the books for myself. I call Bull**** too on this. $700,000? Well, if so congrats, but I would like to see the books for myself.

]]> By: Raja http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Raja Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:29:28 +0000 http://www.rajajasti.com/?p=624#comment-23 I would be glad to be wrong as we sure can use some positive news in these dark days. However the story would be more credible if people knew what this group is and what these apps are. I don't see why being secretive is more helpful than getting more publicity. Perhaps they are concerned that others may copy their apps or their business models? This doesn't make sense as they should have a lot of users to make $700K so thieir apps are not exactly flying under the radar. In any case, if this is really true then my congrats to them. I would be glad to be wrong as we sure can use some positive news in these dark days. However the story would be more credible if people knew what this group is and what these apps are. I don’t see why being secretive is more helpful than getting more publicity. Perhaps they are concerned that others may copy their apps or their business models? This doesn’t make sense as they should have a lot of users to make $700K so thieir apps are not exactly flying under the radar. In any case, if this is really true then my congrats to them.

]]> By: Insider Developer http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Insider Developer Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:06:02 +0000 http://www.rajajasti.com/?p=624#comment-22 You are wrong on pretty much every count. I have first hand information that those numbers are about right. "If they have 30+ applications with so many users it should be very easy to identify them." - There are around 10x as many applications outside of the app directory as there are inside. Some of the largest applications are apps that techies have never heard of. "Publicity should help them get more users." - You obviously have no idea how Facebook applications acquire users. Publicity is not even a drop in the bucket for our purposes. "Advertising rates on social networks are abysmally low. Assuming $0.10 cpm, they would need 7 billion page views a month." - It is possible to get CPMs in the range of dollars with the right niche. You are wrong on pretty much every count. I have first hand information that those numbers are about right.

“If they have 30+ applications with so many users it should be very easy to identify them.”
- There are around 10x as many applications outside of the app directory as there are inside. Some of the largest applications are apps that techies have never heard of.

“Publicity should help them get more users.”
- You obviously have no idea how Facebook applications acquire users. Publicity is not even a drop in the bucket for our purposes.

“Advertising rates on social networks are abysmally low. Assuming $0.10 cpm, they would need 7 billion page views a month.”
- It is possible to get CPMs in the range of dollars with the right niche.

]]> By: Lukas Bradley http://www.rajajasti.com/2009/03/06/calling-bs-indie-facebook-developers-making-700k-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Lukas Bradley Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:55:09 +0000 http://www.rajajasti.com/?p=624#comment-21 Agreed, agreed, agreed. Agreed, agreed, agreed.

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