Mite be just me but that name sucks. very useful tool but name sucks

The name seems very misleading. From that name I'd expect something like an app that does screen captures without the user noticing it.

Also, Dusty Technologis?

I may lower the price or I might raise it. I am unsettled on that issue.

For comparison, there are a few dozen apps in the $5 - $25 range (and they're all crap). Most of these are for wifi use only.

A handful claim to work over the internet. I don't have the budget to verify these claims but I suspect most only do given specific firewall settings (aka. they do not work for the average consumer).

There is 1 app for $30 by LogMeIn that I believe works in practically all conditions. In terms of connection quality my app falls somewhere between the $25 app and this $30 app. Corporate firewalls often block all (even outgoing) traffic that is not TCP port 80 or 443. To work in these conditions I must create a TCP->UDP proxy that relays on TCP port 80. Due to a few missing features (Control, Shift etc) and lack of this TCP 80 proxy I have come down from the top price bracket ($30) to the next down ($25).

LogMeIn runs in-app advertising campaigns to drive sales. With a $30 app this becomes practical. I may copy this approach. Or I may go cheaper and just be an amazing and affordable app. On this issue I have not yet decided.

For reference, I estimate LogMeIn($30) revenue to be 250k-500k/yr and iTeleport($25) to be 250k/yr. The cheaper apps likely have much less revenue.

I will look more into changing the name.

I've actually lowered the number considerably to sound more believable. The description very clearly says "up to 15x" btw, not 'over'.

We can assume you have compression turned on but since my protocol also utilizes compression we will discount this for both.

In a better case (for my comparison) we will do the comparison:
VNC: 24 bits-per-pixel / 3 bits-per-byte * 320 width * 480 height = ~1.2 MB per frame
SS: 24 bits-per-pixel / 3 bits-per-byte * 320 * 480 - "magic" = 1.5 KB per frame

This case is a command line program with text scrolling by at a ferocious rate. "magic" is my secret sauce. You can see in this ideal case the factor is actually 100x, but no one would believe that.

There are other very significant benefits to the algorithm that aren't revealed by a raw comparison of this nature.

Edit

When you're in this long enough and talking to the right people you find ways to learn these things.

Which algorithm are you alluding to? If you mean dirty rectangles it will have essentially no effect in the example given.

Okay! Have a nice day.

Okay, no problem. I'll give a few clues as to how I get to these numbers. The charts tell you who is making the most sales and in what order. If you managed to find out how many sales someone is making that is also in that chart, you can guess fairly accurately how many sales the other person is making.

With this app in particularl I may have heard a rumor or two from a guy who heard from a guy who heard from the owner of an app how many sales that app was making. I know all the people involved and trust that they have no reason to lie.

<Edit>I have a buddy with an app in the top charts in this category, extrapolating from his app sales and his chart number to the app(s) in question is one of the approaches I used</Edit>

Every once in a while someone posts their sales numbers in a blog. You can see where their app is in the charts and extrapolate from there.

In summary, there are a bunch of ways to get a sort of gray feeling of where things are. You also kind of know how much the top apps are making per year and as long as you stay in tune ('cause it'll change from year to year) you develop a guy feeling for how everyone is doing. This might be analogous to getting a gut feeling what your grade your class mate is getting or what the salary of a co worker is -- You can usually get a good ballpark.

Edit
It looks like I can't change the name...
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Drat.

Thanks for all the advice so far -- I'm still looking for more .

Things that turn me off:

• Screen Spy: Stupid name.

• By Awesome Game: Stupid name.

• The next evolution over VNC: I can't even parse this into a sensible phrase, are you saying it's the next big thing and it works over VNC, or that it's the successor to VNC?

• 15x more responsive: Sounds 99.2% made up.

• when using your phone's internet connection: So, it's more responsive when you're actually connected to your computer? No way!

• Holy shit, I'm going to use every single sentence, aren't I?

• We're the only app that uses our collection of proprietary ultra-efficient algorithms:

• Color Fade technology:

• Pretty much the entire thing.

Basically, you come across as a grifter, which isn't any different than how you come across on this site, but... Well, no "but", you just come across as a grifter.

It's perfect, good job, I don't see anything wrong with it. Better? Passive-aggressive strikethrough text.

Edit: Don't take this silly post to mean that my previous was in jest. I was 100% serious, and if you're not interested in criticism then you shouldn't ask for marketing help.

I find it educational to watch you sell your app, and document some of your process here. Did you develop it on your own, or are others helping you here? I really am curious to watch this, because I suppose its educational to people like me who haven't sold work independently and it is nice to watch a fellow developer earn money from his work

I got an email from AdWords about a week ago offering $100 of free advertising for new users. This is the link which also came with a coupon code. I don't know if the coupon code is unique to me, so I won't post it here. You can just try the link and Google around if it asks for a coupon. Or I can PM you my coupon if you can't figure out some other means of getting the $100 offer.

You could use that $100 to gauge the click-through rates as ML described, and make some money-cash in the process!

Something more plain English.

"IE 7 has Multi Tab technology." vs. "IE 7 supports tabbed browsing."

The former has a tone of superiority and is trying to sell rather than inform. The latter is more humble and purely informative. Trust is essential in any marketing effort, but it's especially important for places like the App Store where scam artists are so common.

It's very hard to regain trust once you've lost it. For instance, by making several posts talking about flooding the App Store with shitty apps for a quick buck. Or by calling someone a douche when they mistake your self-promotion thread for one that was genuinely interested in opinions. Or both.

I think you're using and making up buzzwords like they're goin' out of style. But I don't know jack about marketting. Personally I'd K.I.S.S. And no trial version? Only people with too much money are going to buy a $25 app without even trying it first.

That's common in the AppStore, from what I've found. Plus I think you can always get a refund on an App later, if you so choose.

I'm not a marketer, but I consider myself your customer (though I am a programmer). If I had the money, I would buy your app. What I would want to see is a video showing a side-by-side of your app vs. VNC. Both doing the same thing, and obviously your app would be keeping up with the ferocious stream of text, while VNC crumbles and falls.

Does it require a coupon code at some point? I'll be happy to give you mine, assuming it actually works (maybe they tie it to my gmail account?) ... mostly because I'm interested in how it boosts your sales, and because I won't be using it myself.

EDIT:
Call it Speed Booster or something It boosts the speed of the screen updates, albeit by "compressing" the color space.