I would like to boost my app downloads, as they are same for months and I really don’t know what else to do to improve them.
I read somewhere - I think right from David on this forum, but also somewhere else - that sometimes it helps to republish same app again. I mean do following:
- change package name of your app (this is of course a MUST - otherway you won’t be able to release it as new app)
- slightly change app name and description
- publish as new app
- do massive marketing, like pay per install for 2-3 weeks as in first month it’s easier to get higher in ranking than with your “old” app
I hear some success stories about this, however I have few questions - if somebody experienced this, I would really like to know for example:
- if you will have 2 very similar apps, won’t you get ban or warning from google?
- or to be safe you un-publish old app first. However, this seems very risky to me - you never know if you will have success with republished new app and you can lost everything
Any ideas or real-life experiences would be very very helpful, I’m sure not just for me