Frozen Finder now available on Kindle Fire - No sales?

Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
edited May 2012 in Announce Your Game!
Hey everyone,

Let me get down to the point:

Frozen Finder has been on the Amazon App Store for 48 hours - the sales equal an amazing... 0.
I don't know why.
I see it on the Kindle Store, but nobody has bought it. From what I've heard, it's supposed to be an amazing store and the sales are high and bountiful.. and idea why I'm having trouble?

Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Major-4-Apps-Frozen-Finder/dp/B007YT3CGE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335883084&sr=8-2

Braydon

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  • JustMe74JustMe74 Member, PRO Posts: 542
    How are you promoting it?
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    I've sent the game to multiple review sites but none have responded.

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  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @JohnPapiomitis - Yes, but I was hoping for at least one sale. ;)

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  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    Remember there is a difference between the amazon store and the kindle store. First you are approved for the amazon store which is for android devices but NOT the kindle. Then if you are approved you will be added to the kindle store which you can only view on a kindle. Also, Amazon will not notify you when you are approved for kindle - which is super annoying! So check the actual kindle store on your kindle - it may not be up yet.
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @scitunes - It's up. Been up for two days.
    Thanks for the reminder, though.

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  • alimpo83alimpo83 Member Posts: 188
    I guess you should search more review sites, the most you can. I've sent my game to like 50, and got a fifth of the answers. From those, 4 responded they are going to review the game as soon as they can, the others don't review for free, only paid advertising. So it's hard, but can happen!
  • BazookaTimeBazookaTime Member Posts: 1,274
    Thanks for sharing, sucks that there are no sales at all. Anyone know the user base? Have your App Store sales been good?
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Here are my experiences with the Amazon store.

    We put up our first couple of games a while ago.. and for the first couple of days, sales were pretty rubbish.... 0-3 or so a day

    Then the games were put on the "Hot new games" list (within the games section) and they started selling between 10-20 a day...whilst they were on the list. Once they were off the list (seemed like a week) the sales dropped again.

    Since then, we have released a further 3 games to the Amazon app store. One of them didn't go onto the hot new games list, and has sold 1 in 3 weeks. One went onto the list, but only for 3 days....and even so, on it's biggest selling day, only did 5.
    The 3rd one is actually an app, that has sold 43 in a month.

    "From what I've heard, it's supposed to be an amazing store and the sales are high and bountiful.. and idea why I'm having trouble?"

    I think what you are experiencing is relatively normal to be honest. To me, it feels roughly the same as releasing on the apple app store. If you get some sort of visibility, then you CAN get some sales, but if not, you won't.
  • RPRP Member Posts: 1,990
    edited May 2012
    The name keeps throwing me off. A frozen finder scares me, force restarting it is not always a good thing without a system restart. :P
  • EbreezeEbreeze Member, PRO Posts: 481
    Yeah they have a strange process..could take 5 days before you see activity
  • DreamLabDreamLab Member Posts: 2,127
    I gotta agree with John, it's not necessarily the store, it's the game. Maybe the screenshots don't look appealing to the customers?
  • JustMe74JustMe74 Member, PRO Posts: 542
    I've sent the game to multiple review sites but none have responded.
    So how are people going to know about the game?

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Thanks for the reply everyone.

    Had 1 sale yesterday, I guess that's improvement.
    I've sent the game to multiple review sites but none have responded.
    So how are people going to know about the game?

    Yes, I see what your saying. I was hoping for more than this, though. However, you make a good point. The review sites haven't replied, so people don't know about the app.

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  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Not sure if you know or not... but you are now on the "Hot new games" list.

    Currently number 63 on there.
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/mobile-apps/2478844011/ref=s9_ri_bw_clnk?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=0EPH5JCY92XN101Z5K1Q&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1295070342&pf_rd_i=2478844011#4
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @Sparkyidr - Wow, I didn't know that - thanks for sharing!

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  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Hey guys,

    I'm happy to say that the sales are picking up. For the last 3 days, I've made about $4 each day.
    Not bad. :-)

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  • WTDeveloperWTDeveloper Member Posts: 352
    Really cool game!!!
    Good work!!
    Good luck with sales!!
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