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Originally Posted by hacker
There are developers out there who claim that less than 1% of people who download their applications actually complete a purchase. If you look at PalmGear, that figure is pretty depressing, if accurate.
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It's been a while since I've been able to sum up all our downloads at all the sites (home sites, free posting sites, ESD's), but when we first started 1% was about right, but that is because we weren't well known and our software was more niche.
After we released Trip Boss in 2004, we have seen a steady increase in the download to sales ratio. For example, on Palm Gear, right now it ranges between 10% - 25% for Trip Boss and Date Wheel. (We get the 'real' monthly stats in the backend--the stats with the software description, are like Laurens said, have not been reset in months (at least since their new site came up).) Handango actually has the better ratio, but not as many downloads. I think our rates are good for these titles because the titles are less general, so only people interested in travel (Trip Boss) or calculating the time between two dates (Date Wheel) actually download the product. FWIW.
Also, FYI, over at All About Palm, Michael Mace, in his forum interview, answered a question on this subject.
http://www.allaboutpalm.com/forum/sh...&postcount=120 Scroll down to the question labeled ">>5)".