How to Earn Money By Developing Blackberry JAVA Applications
Blackberry Application Development is one of the most lucrative profession today. If a $3 Application is downloaded by 3000 users in a day then after Blackberry's revenue split, a developer can earn $7200 a day. This is not a work from home scheme but it takes a lot of efforts to become a Blackberry application developer and work from home.
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Things You'll Need
- Windows XP / Vista / 7 operating system
- Blackberry JDE and Plug in for Eclipse
- Basic JAVA programming knowledge
- $200 for registration
- $20 for Signature Key
- Blackberry Simulators
- Blackberry device (optional)
Instructions
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DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL JAVA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Download Blackberry JDE and Plug-in for Eclipse software from the resources link provided. These tools are required for writing JAVA code, compiling code and debugging in a simulator. Follow the instructions from Blackberry Developers website to set up tool environment.
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PURCHASE SIGNATURE
Blackberry Applications developed by developers may use some of the secured APIs which require the developers to sign their applications before releasing them to be used on Blackberry device. Purchase Blackberry Application Signature from Developers website for about $20. Blackberry will send signature keys and installation procedure within 10 days after verifying the developers' information.
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ADMINISTRATION FEE DETAILS
Once satisfied with a newly developed application for Blackberry, developers need to pay $200 administration fee in order to release their JAVA applications to other users on Blackberry App World. This administration fee allows a developer to submit 10 applications to App World. This also includes updates to a previously submitted application.
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PRICING YOUR APPLICATIONS
Unlike iPhone applications, Blackberry applications are required to be priced at a minimum of $2.99 per application. iPhone and Android applications can be priced at $0.99 per application at minimum.
The following pricing system should be used for Pricing Blackberry applications:
* Tiers increment by $1 USD from $2.99 to $19.99
* Tiers increment by $10 USD tiers from $19.99 to $99.99
* Tiers increment by $50 USD tiers from $99.99 to $599.99
* Tiers increment by $100 USD tiers from $599.99 to $999.99 -
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MARKETING YOUR APPLICATIONS
It is important to market your applications in order to make maximum profits. Blackberry allows co-marketing your applications by using their logo "Get it at App World" . Third party websites can also provide good marketing assistance at a price or revenue split agreement. It is a good idea to market your applications on Blogs, social networking websites, friends, Twitter, etc.
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REVENUE SPLIT 80-20
Blackberry deposits 80% of revenues generated from sale of applications in the developers' accounts. It keeps 20%. This is still a good deal considering huge number of application purchasers.
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Tips & Warnings
Price your applications appropriately according to their quality, usefulness, room for improvement and other factors.
Sign your applications before releasing to Blackberry App World so that they can be used on Blackberry devices.
Market your applications heavily on Internet to increase profits.
Check your applications for Viruses, Exceptions, Code warnings and errors before releasing them. App World team will reject such applications and administration fee is non refundable.
