Bar-code Scanning RedLaser iPhone App reaches 750K downloads, over $1M in revenue
Yep, it’s still happening. You can still become a millionaire on the iPhone without a marketing budget and a brand name. Occipital , the company behind RedLaser [ iTunes Link ], has struck gold with its barcode-scanning iPhone app. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s much harder to be an indie developer on the iPhone these days. The App Store is riddled with brands and much of the Top 50 selling apps are backed by marketing/PR budgets or legacy users (meaning they’ve been on the store since the beginning, and have an install base that can boost future app sales via cross-promotion). In fact, almost every developer I talk to nowadays says the App Store has become increasingly difficult, and that it would be “impossible to get noticed” if you just stuck your app in the store. Well, if you create a good enough product on the App Store, people will come, and they came to buy RedLaser – in droves. Read the rest at MobileCrunch > > Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
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