Monday, September 11, 2006
Announcing the new Pocket PC Thoughts Software Affiliate Store - Save 20%!
Posted by Jason Dunn in "UPDATE" @ 06:00 AM
I'm pleased to announce that we're partnered up with MobiHand to launch the new Pocket PC Thoughts software store. Why MobiHand? Two reasons: first, they only charge developers a 20% fee, which is less than half of what other competing services charge. Since it has been developers that have supported Pocket PC Thoughts through advertising from the beginning, I'm a big fan of developers and making sure they are successful. Some very strong opinions were expressed about companies that charge 40%+ for selling applications, and I have to agree that it seems high. 20% seems much more reasonable. Score one point for MobiHand.
Next, as someone who's trying to make a living off this whole "Internet" thing, affiliate earnings are an important factor for me. MobiHand offers a significant bump in affiliate rates over our previous default store, so that means more money to pay for our two dedicated servers. The affiliate percentage factors into what the developer earns of course, but even after my cut the developer ends up with 10-15% more than with Handango. And I think most developers would agree that if they're getting active promotion on a third-party site, the affiliate is earning their fee.
If you're a dedicated Handango shopper and would like to continue shopping with them, and still supporting us by purchasing through our affiliate store, please do so: the store is still there at the same location. MobiHand has a more selective catalog, focusing more on quality rather than quantity, so we'll keep our Handango store up as long as they'll have us.
No matter how you chose to support Pocket PC Thoughts with your software purchases, we appreciate it! Here's the money-saving part: as part of our store grand-opening, we have a 20% discount coupon code (PPC20) that's valid until October 11th. Enjoy!
Next, as someone who's trying to make a living off this whole "Internet" thing, affiliate earnings are an important factor for me. MobiHand offers a significant bump in affiliate rates over our previous default store, so that means more money to pay for our two dedicated servers. The affiliate percentage factors into what the developer earns of course, but even after my cut the developer ends up with 10-15% more than with Handango. And I think most developers would agree that if they're getting active promotion on a third-party site, the affiliate is earning their fee.
If you're a dedicated Handango shopper and would like to continue shopping with them, and still supporting us by purchasing through our affiliate store, please do so: the store is still there at the same location. MobiHand has a more selective catalog, focusing more on quality rather than quantity, so we'll keep our Handango store up as long as they'll have us.
No matter how you chose to support Pocket PC Thoughts with your software purchases, we appreciate it! Here's the money-saving part: as part of our store grand-opening, we have a 20% discount coupon code (PPC20) that's valid until October 11th. Enjoy!
