HTML5mtl & MWNW hackathon - 2012-12-01 - The Windows Store opportunity

HTML5mtl & MWNW hackathon - The Windows Store Opportunities

Frédéric HarperTechnical Evangelist @ Microsoft Canada

@fharper | outofcomfortzone.net

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Starts at 70%for new apps

Jumps to 80%once your app makes $25,000

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Trials Matter

70x

downloads

10%

conversion

10x

revenue

Windows Phone Developer blog, March 2011

Trials in Windows 8

Time limited Feature differentiated

Time-based trials

/* No code*/

Trial conversion // get current productvar currentProduct = Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentProduct;

// get the license informationvar licenseInformation = currentProduct.licenseInformation;

// check to see if the user has an active non-trial licenseif (licenseInformation.isTrial) { // user has trial version of the application // prompt them to purchase before so we can enable full functionality

currentProduct.requestProductPurchaseAsync().then( function () { // Purchase succeeded

EnableFullFunctionality(); });

}

In-App Purhase// can’t do in-app purchase in trial mode, must convert first if (!appLicensingInformation.isTrial) {

//load the listings with all the products currentApp.loadListingInformationAsync().then( function (listing) {

//lookup a specific product var product1 = listing.productListings.lookup("product1");

if (!product1.isActive) { // purchase

currentApp.requestProductPurchaseAsync("product1").then( enableProduct1 );

} });

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Transparent Terms

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Opportunity

500M

Windows

234M

Android phones

112M

iPhone

40M

iPad

13M

Android tablets

247M

Android

152M

iOS

30M

Mac

The Most Significant Developer Opportunity.

Ever.

Questions

Frédéric Harper

fredh@microsoft.com@fharper

http://webnotwar.cahttp://outofcomfortzone.net