Application reskins: Reduce Costs and Increase Profits – iOSAppsOnline

If you're someone like me, then I'm pretty sure that there have been moments in your life that you've felt awe and appreciation at how technology is used in so many different aspects of our life and which helps us in achieving so much in so little time. And you also can go a day without using your smartphone for various activities throughout the day. Everything from setting an alarm to wake you up in the morning to the staying connected to the people that matter the most to you, be it social networking with friends and family or professional work with setting reminders about meetings and creating documents to send to your colleagues. Sure, all of us can't claim to be tech geniuses, but you don't really have to be one to make judgments about a particular smartphone app that you're using for quite some time now. And what all that basically boils down to is the fact that good apps are created from a user friendly perspective. The reason that an app is good is because you're able to get it to do exactly what you want. Or pretty close to what you want. These apps are intuitive and original and want to help the user with a need that they didn't think they really had. That's how you get closer to the best level of user satisfaction.

But again, as is said of software development that not even the best developers can create the perfect app; it can still happen that in the real world when actual people are using the app in their smartphones, they might encounter problems or solution to a problem that wasn't really thought of by the developers themselves.

So, there might have been at least a couple of incidents where you must've thought to yourself, "hey, why can't this task be done in a certain way to create a more efficient solution?" or you've thought up of a brilliant idea that you haven't seen in any other app and think that your idea can enrich other peoples' lives as well as your own.

When it comes to technology, the one thing I've noticed is that there's usually, always a way to do things. For example, if you're having trouble with a program you can always look it up on a tutorial website for example, because people can be awesome like that in submitting free stuff online. Well, it definitely is a great way to market their own name and also their online presence.

But the point I'm trying to make is that there's usually a way. And sure enough, if you're someone that's been rattled by how people are making incredulous amounts of money in the mobile app business. And you think you have the perfect idea that's sure to start up a storm in the app store, or atleast in your niche.

Then you need to try to app reskin if in case, you belong to the category of the non-technology person. In fact, it's become such a lucrative option for many that people are even started to and a few have also seen a lot of success in making it into a career.

If you're having trouble picturing the scenario, here's a side by side comparison of what would the case of creating a smartphone app from square one, starting with nothing pre-made and of the case of a reskin.

Case 1: Creating an app from the ground up.

Now, we're assuming that you don't have the skills to develop the app yourself, therefore, you have to get external help. Although, the actual estimations may vary, because they depend on the scope and the functionalities of the app. But we'll consider the app to be developed in six months.

And the developer that you hire, depending upon whether you choose to hire someone from say the USA, would cost anywhere from $50-$100+ per hour. If you choose to go with a development company that offers offshore app development, the costs could be cut considerably, bringing it down to $15-$40 per hour.

You'd definitely need quality graphics and images for the app, let's say the total price for all that comes to $500. Now, looking at the marketing of the app which is very important in the current times, equals $200, since we're not looking at anything too flashy.

Again, if the app is a game, then you can add anywhere North of $1000 for graphics. So, the development fees would be $19,000+ which would bring the total cost to approximately $20,000.

Case 2: Developing an app through application reskins.

Again, the person who wants to develop the app in our case doesn't have any experience with programming. Let's start then. Looking up various resources and online forums to gather knowledge on their own time? $0.

Researching the app market to choose a good, lucrative niche to create a reskin for? $0. Selecting the app niche and then proceeding to buy the source code of the available app anywhere from $500-$2000. Getting hold of graphics for the app; if it's something that can be found of a free website then $0 otherwise $500. Plus the price for marketing the app: $200.

Now, with doing an app reskin the developers who you buy from are more than happy to help you by providing the tutorial that can help you to do the entire reskin process on your own without any outside help at all. So, let's have a look at the total now, shall we? In a very un-shocking fashion, the total comes to less than $3000.

With some numbers at your disposal, you are now at a better position to say from a cost point of view, which path would be beneficial, especially for someone who's starting out. Of course, the important point here is to remember that you're creating a product and that product should be of value to the users who would get it.

It's pretty easy in this business to get carried away with the thought of profits, but that isn't going to get you anywhere as a business. Because first off, the app store where you'd want your products to be available wouldn't accept it, thereby eliminating your chances of any profit at all.

Plus, cloning a good selling idea with create a negative image with the users.