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Sothink

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Hi everybody,

I just finished one app, and submit it to app store last last Friday, May, 15th.
Hope it would be approved one week after, that is May, 22nd.

But it was approved this Monday, May,25th. :(

So I suggest everyone who will submit the application to app store submit not on Friday, but before Friday.
Thus, your application will be approved probably 7 days after, will not wait for a weekend.

BTW, if you are interested, please review our app iLotus. ;)
Link to appstore: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=316684107&mt=8&s=143441
Any suggestion is welcome! It is my first app...
 

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Sothink said:
Hi everybody,

I just finished one app, and submit it to app store last last Friday, May, 15th.
Hope it would be approved one week after, that is May, 22nd.

But it was approved this Monday, May,25th. :(

So I suggest everyone who will submit the application to app store submit not on Friday, but before Friday.
Thus, your application will be approved probably 7 days after, will not wait for a weekend.
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One thing that we've learned is that submitting an app to the App Store is one of the more mysterious, oracular things you can do while not levitating. It is a calling out to the black box, it is a laying on of hands of unknown origin.

The smartest thing you can do is to submit the app, and then make sure you have all of your supporting promotional materials/strategies on-hand to go immediately to work when it is approved.

With our current app RunningTotal, we were planning on a staged roll-out, so the fact that we were approved much sooner than expected didn't interfere with things too much.

They do approve apps on Saturday, BTW. Keep on it, you can't count on advance notice.

Doug
 
Hi Linkmobile, dougdawson,

Thank you two for your info.
Yes, they do approve on both Saturday and Sunday.
All we have to do is to get ready in advance, I agree.

Would you please share any promotion tips or tricks?
My application got little downloads in the past two days. :(
 
Sothink said:
Hi Linkmobile, dougdawson,

Thank you two for your info.
Yes, they do approve on both Saturday and Sunday.
All we have to do is to get ready in advance, I agree.

Would you please share any promotion tips or tricks?
My application got little downloads in the past two days. :(
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For starters, you need to drop the references to beer and farting in your app description, it leaves the wrong impression for an app devoted to inducing serenity.

Doug
 
dougdawson said:
For starters, you need to drop the references to beer and farting in your app description, it leaves the wrong impression for an app devoted to inducing serenity.[/url]
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I agree completely. The only possible reason for mentioning those programs at all in your description can only be keyword spamming. You're trying to get people who search for those applications to find yours.
 
iFerd said:
I agree completely. The only possible reason for mentioning those programs at all in your description can only be keyword spamming. You're trying to get people who search for those applications to find yours.
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Yes, I did add the reference.
"Recommended for fans of iBeer, Koi Pond, iFart Mobile, etc. "

But it seems it does not work. I get only 2 downloads per day now.:(
 
My app iLotus 1.1 was finally approved today after about 3 weeks since I submitted it to app store. But it only spent 1 week for iLotus 1.0 approval.
Does anybody have the same experience with me? V1.0 spent less time, but V1.1 spent more.
 
Sothink said:
My app iLotus 1.1 was finally approved today after about 3 weeks since I submitted it to app store. But it only spent 1 week for iLotus 1.0 approval.
Does anybody have the same experience with me? V1.0 spent less time, but V1.1 spent more.
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Right now, since 3.0 has just come out, apparently Apple has been inundated with new/updated apps for the new OS, I'd say that's why it took a bit longer this time :)
 
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We've had apps approved on a Sunday. What you really have to look out for are the completely unhelpful rejection emails: We've had apps rejected for no apparent reason and the rejection emails give you absolutely no help at all with fixing whatever issue they imagined ;)
 
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