Making Money on Android - Droidcon London 2010

In the Wilderness...

Making Money on AndroidDroidcon London, 29 Oct 2010

@vhirsch

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Not enough? There’s many of them...

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In short...

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What You Need...

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Product

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Marketing

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A Curator ?

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Enough?

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Spare the group from scale. Scale alone kills conversations, because conversations require dense two-way conversations.

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In the Wilderness...

you need Direction.

Don’t let them Go...

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You need Context!

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You need Focus!

On your Own Games!

users’ gaming profile works across games and platforms

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Platforms: iPad, Android Galaxy S

Give them a Home and Connect Them

Mobile Gaming Profile

Games

Friends

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Social SDK

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Native In-Game SDK connects users and builds engagement

with immersive social features

Use activities from games to instil social context

Social Context API

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Virtual Currencies• Global currency (akin to Facebook

Credits)• Conversion to game-specific currency

possible• Ability to use as reward mechanism (e.g.

credit, free items, etc)• Ability to use as secondary billing tool

Virtual Goods & In-App Item Downloads• virtual goods and in-app item downloads • Fully integrated into the Social Market ecosystem

Versatile business models & DRM• Unlockable Trial versions (Try-before-

you-buy)• Freemium (add premium levels, character

packs, etc)• Effective DRM through tie to device ID

Social Vending

Freemium Model

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Friction can be good...

But not in billing!

Billing Solutions

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Live - Beta

- Create Fanatics.

- Provide avenues for passion.

- Activate people’s strongest community: their friends!

- Keep it in context (in the Game).

Combining Social and Commerce is Important.

Because...

Source: Bain Consulting

74% of all buying decisions are made on a friend’s recommendation

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The Law of Big Numbers

One last thing:

Live - Beta - Under Way / Symbian, Windows ME, Blackberry live via Airplay

@vhirsch / @scoreloop

http://vhirsch.com/blog

[email protected]

+44 7843 599 678

http://scoreloop.com

Thank you!