Communication with your developers is key. We’ve found that developers who bid on our projects who have more repeat customers are more likely to churn out some good quality apps and be easy to communicate with. One of the most important aspects for us is the number of “repeat customers”. Just like everyone else, we look at the feedback and reviews. What metrics do you use to select a developer and what tips do you have to make sure you find the right person? I know a lot of the SPI readers are interested in this industry and have been looking to places like Elance and Odesk to find developers. Sometimes you can get 20 to 30 people bidding on a particular application, and with all of the different prices and pitches, it can really be a headache sometimes. We’ve had a lot of experience working with several developers at the same time, so we’re pretty good at looking at the right metrics before selecting someone to work with. Of course, if you use Elance or a similar site to find developers, you’ll have to do your research and really make sure a particular developer is right for you.
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We’ve used Elance for graphic design, marketing, copywriting, and our How to Make iPhone Apps ebook cover and sales page. Not only have we used the experts at Elance to develop our apps, but we’ve outsourced all aspects of our business. With the ability to collaborate with quality professionals all over the world, we’ve been able to leverage their talents to build quality apps for our users. How has Elance specifically helped you with your iPhone app business?Įlance has definitely been a key to our success. I recently read a guest post you did on Elance about your success story, which is why I wanted you here on SPI. True, but I'm not making $800,000 a year! Those are seriously some incredible numbers. That being said, it’s obviously not impossible to make some good money in this business, as you know yourself Pat. Needless to say, we’re quite pleased and a little surprised when we step back and see just how much we’ve accomplished in such a short period of time. If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’m sure my readers are curious to know: how much money does 20 million downloads translate to?įor us, we’re currently maintaining an $800,000 a year business through our iPhone apps. It’s been an amazing ride and we currently have a lot more projects in the works. Several of our apps have hit the #1 spot in different categories and in total we’ve had our apps downloaded about 20 million times. Since then, we’ve released over 22 iPhone apps in less than a year and a half. The idea to outsource our business was the single smartest decision we made. We didn’t have months to spend learning Objective C, so we did what any efficient entrepreneurs would do, we hired a team of experts to develop it. We were amped to make it happen, but we ran into the hurdle of learning a new programming language. Making a few bucks off it was merely an afterthought, let alone creating a real life-changing business out of it. Knowing our app would be available to the huge pool of iPhone/iPod touch users was enough to get us started. We’re huge tech-geeks so we talked about how cool it would be to have our own apps on the App Store. (This is Pat chiming in- here is Joel Comm’s public release of his earnings for his app, iFart Mobile) One guy made almost $30k in a single day with iFart. We were hanging out last summer and talking about the insane amount of revenue that some indie developers were generating by creating iPhone apps. Thanks again Pat, for letting us share our story. Me: I’m personally quite familiar with you guys and your story, but can you quickly share with the SPI readers some background on how your company got started? They saw an opportunity, went with it, and created a life changing passive income business as a result.Įven though I have my own iPhone app business too, it's nothing like what these guys have. (Editor's Note: As of 2015, Elance has combined with oDesk to create Upwork.)Īll I have to say is that I couldn't be more proud of what my friends have accomplished. I saw them in a recent article on that blew my mind which is exactly why I had to get them here to share their story with you today. I knew they were doing really well since picking up their iPhone App Guide, but up until recently I had absolutely no idea how successful they actually were.
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I'm really excited to share an amazing and inspiring interview with Mike & Quoc of Free The Apps, an extremely successful iPhone app development company that I've actually paid a lot of attention to since their start, primarily because Mike & Quoc are two of my good friends from high school.
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