Launch Center Pro · B2C · iPhone launcher app
Save features for big paid-app launches that spike revenue
Up to $60K in a launch week vs hundreds of dollars a day otherwise
Workedpr-launch
What they did
For the paid-upfront Launch Center Pro, packaged features into big updates and leveraged them into Apple and press attention, producing revenue spikes. Works for paid apps, not subscriptions.
What happened
Launch weeks brought about $60K.
- Stage
- growth
“Prior to subscriptions, when especially paid up front apps, it worked really well. Like Launch Center Pro would get massive spikes in revenue, where we'd make like 60K in a week”
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