How do you make money from facebook? There's so many idea for facebook apps and they are all free. So why should anybody pay for facebook app when there's free apps around??
I have been thinking about this for a while and there's a few ways i thought of. One would be to offer premium paid services on top of basic free services. There will definitely be some who prefers premium services and is willing to pay for it
Another method would be through advertising on your facebook apps. Putting some ads there will generate some income base on PPC or PPV. However, people don't usually click on ads and thus, the income would be quite low.
If you have any methods to share, do feel free to left a comment and maybe we can collaborate and work toward a common goal.
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The most reliable way to get hosting for your facebook apps is through joyent.com as they are offering a one year free package for hosting your app. However, due to overwhelming response, you will have to wait for a few weeks before you are granted a free account.
The joyent.com account offers full root access and lots of features for 1 year. This is really a very good marketing strategy as after a year, the good apps will be generating lots of traffic and the creator would want to keep it that way by purchasing a plan from joyent.com As for the not so popular apps, they will die off and joyent will be able to offer the space to the next better player.
It is indeed a very effective way to stay in business. The good will get better and pay for joyent services while the not so good will be ousted.
I wonder where my app will be after 1 year. Why should i be thinking of this when i don't even have an idea for an app yet?
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I have started working on my "Hello World" application and manage to get it working after several attempts. I am using PHP5 and the php5 client provided by http://developers.facebook.com The site is really the place for you to get started in developing apps for facebook. The step-by-step tutorial provided here really give you an idea of how to get started.
Although it's pretty easier to write a "Hello World" apps, it's not that straightforward to write a more advance app. The advance_demo package really provides further insights into the way facebook apps works.
Once i have figured out how things work in creating an app, i'll teach you how to make one. In the mean time, if you have any ideas for a facebook project, do drop your comments so we can work together to create an app. After that, maybe we can think of how we can monetize it. :)
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