在未来几年内，第三方手机应用商店将越来越为开发商所重视——独立应用商店GetJar的地位几乎与Android Market不相上下，而亚马逊也马上就要推出自己的Android Appstore了，种种迹象表明，第三方应用商店百花齐放的时代已经来临了。

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为了从众多竞争对手中脱颖而出，刚刚登台的第三方应用商店MobileApps.com宣布将推行95：5的营收分成政策，即应用销售95%的营收归开发商所有，MobileApps.com仅抽成5%。据游戏邦了解，该应用商店宣称这5%的抽成仅用于支付信用卡服务以及基本的日常管理费用。

该公司CEO及创始人Alvin Koay表示，自己相信MobileApps.com有望吸引那些希望获得更多曝光率的开发商，其最高宗旨是为应用开发商主持公道，捍卫他们应得的利益，“我们提供了最多的优惠，尽全力提供最好的曝光率解决方案、计费系统，负责与运营商协商计费服务费用问题，我们致力于弥补自身的不足，追赶主流应用商店，为开发商创造更多利益。”

游戏邦还发现，MobileApps.com不但将目标锁定了对谷歌Android Market颇为不满的开发商群体，而且也不忘向iOS开发商主动示好。

虽然该应用商店不可直接发售iPhone应用，但访问该网站的用户可以通过自己的附带链接进入iTunes，如果促成了一笔应用交易，这些用户还可以从中获得相应的佣金。

MobileApps.com如果要顺应市场发展的需求，那么它必将同时扮演应用销售终端以及应用搜索工具的双重角色。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

MobileApps.com to offer 95% revenue cut to Android and iOS developers

It’s clear that third party app stores are likely to have an increasing role in a developer’s route to market in the years to come.

Android already has alternatives to its official marketplace – GetJar for free apps being the most prominent, with Amazon looking to launch its own Android Appstore in the near future – and there would seem to be plenty more to come.

In an attempt to differentiate itself from said rivals, MobileApps.com comes to the table offering a 95 percent revenue cut for developers from each download.

Rather humbly, the firm claims its own 5 percent share will be used to pay off credit card and basic admin expenses rather than drive profits.

Robin the app rich

It’s a set up CEO and founder Alvin Koay believes will appeal to a development community struggling to get its titles noticed in amongst the mire.

“Ultimately, our highest intent is to be portrayed as the Robin Hood of app developers that truly champions their interests,” Koay said.

“We pay the highest payouts we can and provide the best facilities such as app discovery solutions, payment infrastructure, negotiations with carriers for bulk carrier-billing rates, etc. We strive to discover gaps in the present app store markets and fulfil them to the benefits of app developers.”

Indeed, what makes MobileApps.com interesting is, as well as targeting developers unhappy with Google’s restrictions on paid apps on Android Market, the firm is also touting its wares at iOS developers.

Two pronged attack

Though iPhone apps naturally can’t be sold directly, visitors to the site will be directly channelled from the site to iTunes using their own affiliate links, earning them commissions from any sales that result.

It’s an app store that will, as the market demands, act simultaneously as both a marketplace and discovery tool in its own right.（source:pocketgamer）