Anyone used FAAD (Free App A Day) to promote their game?

[ericlu2006]

I was quoted 10k from one FAAD provider for guaranteed top 25 in US AppStore. I am back off from it.

[schplurg]

Originally Posted by ericlu2006

I was quoted 10k from one FAAD provider for guaranteed top 25 in US AppStore. I am back off from it.

Uh huh, then they quote somebody else the same thing an hour later. How many apps can fit in the top 25?

Anyways, I tried them about a year and a half ago. They wanted half of the difference in sales for a month. It didn't work. Sales went up very slightly after going back to paid. Daredevil Dave had started to decline in sales by then - obviously or I wouldn't have tried it. I have no IAP. Dave had been as high as 8 or 6 in the app store, so maybe it had simply run it's course.

For a thousand bucks...maybe, depending on your game. My opinion, you could spend $7-10k better elsewhere.

[Luke Kellett]

Originally Posted by ericlu2006

I was quoted 10k from one FAAD provider for guaranteed top 25 in US AppStore. I am back off from it.

Wow, I thought 7k was a lot but 10k? schplurg is right, that sort of money can be spent elsewhere with much better results.

Oh, and just an update on my progress. I've managed to get FAAD down to a more reasonable price of $4k. Which still isn't pocket change but from my research into the results of other campaigns it can work. I am combining it with a few other efforts, so fingers crossed :-)

My campaign will start at the end of the month, so I'll have more details then and post em back here if you guys are interested?

[Hercule]

Originally Posted by Luke Kellett

My campaign will start at the end of the month, so I'll have more details then and post em back here if you guys are interested?

Yes we are interested

[Astraware]

Originally Posted by Luke Kellett

Wow, I thought 7k was a lot but 10k? schplurg is right, that sort of money can be spent elsewhere with much better results.

Oh, and just an update on my progress. I've managed to get FAAD down to a more reasonable price of $4k. Which still isn't pocket change but from my research into the results of other campaigns it can work. I am combining it with a few other efforts, so fingers crossed :-)

My campaign will start at the end of the month, so I'll have more details then and post em back here if you guys are interested?

Definitely interested as we're looking at doing the same for a freemium game in the future.

[Emeric]

Very much interested.
Anyone heard about any rev-share contract for FAAD promotions?
I just did one in France and it was a rev-share deal. Reached #3 in France, but couldn't beat goddam Fruit Ninja!

[FlyingRoosters]

Yes Luke indeed we are interested.

Emeric could you could tell us more about your experience?

[ericlu2006]

Originally Posted by Luke Kellett

Wow, I thought 7k was a lot but 10k? schplurg is right, that sort of money can be spent elsewhere with much better results.

Oh, and just an update on my progress. I've managed to get FAAD down to a more reasonable price of $4k. Which still isn't pocket change but from my research into the results of other campaigns it can work. I am combining it with a few other efforts, so fingers crossed :-)

My campaign will start at the end of the month, so I'll have more details then and post em back here if you guys are interested?

Sent you a PM.

[Trillion]

It depends on your app. Is the app free with IAP the rate right now runs at $6500. The problem with free games is that FAADS businessmodel is based of off paid apps, switching their apps to free for a limited amount of time. Already free apps affects them negatively from a branding standpoint. The value proposal created by switching a regularly paid app to free is how they are able to expand and retain their audience. Since free apps affect them negatively they limit the number of free apps they feature weekly on FAAD to a minimum and the prices are higher. Either way, I think the money s only worth it if you have a good weekday for the push. Otherwise you can lose a lot of downloads. I would recommend using FAAD rather as a supplement than by itself...

[layzerboy]

For myself, they wanted 5K for BetterLetter but with the 5K, its a lot of moolah for me to spend on one sitting so i gave it up sadly.