Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 10 months agoDon't expect iPhone apps to get cheaper now that you can pay for them outside of the App Storebgr.commessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1186
arrow-up1159external-linkDon't expect iPhone apps to get cheaper now that you can pay for them outside of the App Storebgr.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months ago15% is not cheaper than using your own payment processor, don’t be silly. Stripe costs me around 3% and can be set up in five minutes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoStripe standard is 3% plus 30 cents per transaction. If your app costs $1 or you IAP costs $1, stripe would cost you 33 cents for that transaction. Or 33%. To get down below 15% total you would need to have your average transaction would need to be $2.50 or higher. The average app price on the App Store is 88 cents. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267346/average-apple-app-store-price-app/ And the median in app purchase is about $1.30. https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/apples-in-app-purchase-prices-jumped-40-year-over-year-likely-tied-to-privacy-changes/ The vast majority of developers would pay more to use something like stripe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months ago The average app price on the App Store is 88 cents. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267346/average-apple-app-store-price-app/ Is that using free apps to bring the average down? How many purchases were actually made at such rates? Apple has a credit system last I checked which means the fee could be taken for a higher amount, bringing that commission down hugely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months ago And the median in app purchase is about $1.30. https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/apples-in-app-purchase-prices-jumped-40-year-over-year-likely-tied-to-privacy-changes/ I can’t see that number mentioned.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoAh it’s on one with a percentage on the other side, didn’t see that. Are purchases individual card ones or from credit, I wonder?
15% is not cheaper than using your own payment processor, don’t be silly. Stripe costs me around 3% and can be set up in five minutes.
Stripe standard is 3% plus 30 cents per transaction.
If your app costs $1 or you IAP costs $1, stripe would cost you 33 cents for that transaction. Or 33%.
To get down below 15% total you would need to have your average transaction would need to be $2.50 or higher.
The average app price on the App Store is 88 cents. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267346/average-apple-app-store-price-app/
And the median in app purchase is about $1.30. https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/apples-in-app-purchase-prices-jumped-40-year-over-year-likely-tied-to-privacy-changes/
The vast majority of developers would pay more to use something like stripe.
Is that using free apps to bring the average down?
How many purchases were actually made at such rates? Apple has a credit system last I checked which means the fee could be taken for a higher amount, bringing that commission down hugely.
I can’t see that number mentioned.
It’s in one of the charts
Ah it’s on one with a percentage on the other side, didn’t see that. Are purchases individual card ones or from credit, I wonder?