I just added my Mac apps (Sleep Aid & App Wrapper) to IndieAppSales for their March promotion. If anyone else is interested in joining, visit https://indieappsales.com/
Wow⊠The number of Indie developers here seems to have radically declined in the last few years.
Iâd be really curious to see what Xojoâs usage statistics are. I personally use it for internal development projects at my business - just as I have at prior positions.
I suspect the increased approachability of OS provider toolkits, in particular Appleâs, is taking a bite out of Xojoâs indie appeal.
I wouldnât deny that, outside of Xojo, the rest of the industry continues to move at a break-neck pace.
There are toolkits that allow you to target, Mac, Window, Linux, iPad, Android and iOS from one single code base. Appleâs of course allows you to target all of itâs devices from a one project and one UI design.
Or arenât interested in âindieappsales.comâ.
Never heard of it. Seems a bit amateurish site anyway. With very likely low visitor rate.
Or am I wrong?
Itâs one guy, whoâs doing what he can to help other indie developers gain exposure in the times of the App Stores. If you donât want to participate, thatâs entirely up to you, but for me personally, Iâm grateful that thereâs people like Matt whoâre willing to put their time into creating programs like this, the more we help him, the more it will help us over time.
But like @ChristopheDV , I am also interested in finding out how, based on your post, you conclude that this number has âradically declinedâ.
Please do not get me wrong. I have benefited from your apps such as AppWrapper for a long time and I admire your talent. Just as I have valued your expertise here in the forum for a long time.
Unfortunately, in the last few months Iâve come to associate your posts more and more with complaints about the direction in which Xojo is developing. Thatâs a shame, because even if many people here may agree with you, that doesnât mean that the majority of Xojo users have the same opinion.
Maybe Xojo is developing exactly the way it needs to develop in order to be able to adequately support the majority of itâs users in the future? We do not know it. Or do we?
Can you share some figures how popular that site is? What are the daily visitors? Hit rate?
For sure, if that site is very popular and does gain some momentum, I could add my apps too.
Otherwise I wouldnât bother (sorry).
The simple fact that hardly anyone here is interested in participating in an event that is designed to help them. Out of everywhere Iâve shared information on this promotion, this forum is the only place where people have turned their nose up at it, as if itâs not good enough for them.
So, you donât wanna participate, donât. At least I now know, not to waste my time sharing these kind of promotions in this community, because theyâre beneath the developers here.
The site looks like a cool idea. Are most of the site visitors developers or potential buyers? I wouldnât mind listing my stuff there as I have no desire to use the various App Stores.
I honestly couldnât say, but the creator is on Twitter and Mastadon, you could ask him https://twitter.com/Matt1Corey
Why do you have to make everything so negative? Iâm doing a promo with BundleHunt currently. I canât do 2 promos just after each other. There may be other reasons why there was no reaction here.
Because I tried to do something that I believed was good, everywhere else was positive, but hereâŠ
Honestly, thatâs below your levelâŠ
If you really canât help but complain about Xojo and us, then maybe you should take a break. It would be a shame if you continued to build up your disappointment and it ultimately came to a rupture.
BundleHunt is very good. It definitely gives a sales boost.
It has been pointed out to me that more members of this community are grateful to hear about promotional opportunities for their Mac apps, than those who have written comments.
I have been asked to ignore those comments and individuals, and to continue sharing this kind of information with those who appreciate it.
@Sam_Rowlands I think your idea is cool, and it is definitely appreciated around here, and I even would like to join up.
That being said, I think you somewhat misunderstood the feedback / questions you got above: I think people here are just curious about what it is, and wanted to know more, hence the questions. Thereâs no need to malign them, as far as I can tell.
TL;DR Thanks for sharing, this is a good initiative. But trying cooling down a bit.
+1
9to5Mac did an article on IndieAppSales and look at the first product listed!
The event starts next week, so youâve still got time to participate.
Looking through the list I see
- Michael Tsaiâs âDropDMGâ, and seems like all of his apps.
- Thomas Tempelmannâs âFind Any Fileâ.
- Cihat GĂŒndĂŒzâs âCrossCraft: Custom Crosswordsâ (Cihat GĂŒndĂŒz has been helping devs convert their apps to visionOS).
- Onlabâs âDisplayBuddyâ,
- Leitmotifâs âKaleidoscopeâ.
- Mark DiFrancoâs âPicassoâ.
So thereâs some well known indie apps, Mac apps, iOS apps, iPad apps, visionOS apps, Android apps, I wonder how many Xojo apps can get there?
p.s. Also cool to see Sleep Aidâs icon used in the banner.