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luke5dm

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luke5dm··on I focused on growth: app downloads grew from 1 to 1355 a day
@"BuyNow Button" thanks for pointing that out.

I very much prefer the long-trial solution. From what I understand though, Apple doesn't let you do that on the Mac Appstore- which is really good in the beginning for handling security, payments, returns, and marketing.

luke5dm··on I focused on growth: app downloads grew from 1 to 1355 a day
Yeah, that's the idea. People will pay but only if they actually really need something- can see how it will improve their life.
luke5dm··on I focused on growth: app downloads grew from 1 to 1355 a day
Yeah, I will definitely work off of the user feedback- at this point it's still the best idea (as opposed to pure innovation). The "auto-highlighted" code is just an example I choose for HackerNews, something that I really want, and some of my hacker friends asked for.
luke5dm··on I don't have 404,722 users but I do have a great app. How do I get to 404,722?
Thanks.. yeah, all my work
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Hey, sry I didn't see your response before. Thanks for trying out the app. Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "more context"? Thanks.
luke5dm··on I don't have 404,722 users but I do have a great app. How do I get to 404,722?
Thanks. When you print you can choose "save as pdf" and it will format it nicely.
luke5dm··on I don't have 404,722 users but I do have a great app. How do I get to 404,722?
Tomg, bobbydavid, SuperChihuahua.... thanks for your feedback. Send me your emails (http://www.typeli.com/support.html) and I'll send you promo codes so you can get the app for free.
luke5dm··on I don't have 404,722 users but I do have a great app. How do I get to 404,722?
Great! Thanks so much.
luke5dm··on I don't have 404,722 users but I do have a great app. How do I get to 404,722?
Interesting. I will definitely add the buy button at the bottom, and make the top one larger. That's a very good suggestion.

As for the app itself, it's a little weird because I think the real power of it lays in the way it organizes your notes, and gives you quick access to anything you want. When showing it to people however, it was the autocomplete and somewhat the beautiful design that created the "wow" effect. So with that said, I'm still not sure what the best sales pitch should be.

luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
also, I did send you the promo code so if you didn't get it... let me know
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Both errors fixed.
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Hard to say but it's probably all from outside links. Few websites picked up the app + I posted on facebook, hackernews.

Beside submitting the app to macappstorm and techcrunch I haven't done any marketing.

luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Awesome! Thanks for taking the screenshots. If you would like to get Typeli, send me your email (http://www.typeli.com/support.html) and I'll send you a promo code so you can get it for free.

The zooming issue I obviously understand and will try to fix. For bold/not bold however, I'm not really seeing it?

luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
That's a good point. I added that (I will need to make it look better) but yes, I agree it adds a lot.
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
I think I don't have a way of automatically refunding my customers. The folks who got it have to ask Apple for a refund if they wanna re-purchase at the new lower price.
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Thanks for letting me know. I'm looking into it.
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
I'll edit it in the post. What's the syntax for links?
luke5dm··on My day one Mac Appstore sales
Thanks! From your experience what's the ceiling for impulse purchases? I'm thinking $8.99?
luke5dm··on I'm graduating soon. Please share/buy my app to help bootstrap my startup.
It's the best note taking app I've ever used.
luke5dm··on I'm graduating soon. Please share/buy my app to help bootstrap my startup.
It's true. I think the app is a good start for something that could eventually compete with Evernote.