Crossover: 2014

Chapter 164 Business opportunity reappears?

Lin Hui remembered that in his previous life, although TestFlight was mainly engaged in the distribution of Android applications.

But in fact, it also takes into account the business of Apple/Apple internal beta application distribution.

In the previous life, TestFlight stopped the Android application distribution business after being acquired by Apple/Apple.

After that, TestFlight turned to specialize in the distribution of Apple/Apple internal test applications.

In the previous life, TestFlight was a very powerful testing software distribution tool.

Software developers can distribute applications to be tested to up to 10000 testers through the TestFlight application.

Developers only need to upload the Beta version software and use iTunes to add the tester's name and email address, and then they can easily complete the distribution task.

In the previous life, TestFlight could also take into account many different Apple/Apple platforms when distributing.

Testers can download and use the TestFlight app for iOS, watchOS and tvOS and provide feedback to developers.

Such a powerful software, this time and space, simply stopped engaging in the distribution of Apple/Apple mobile phone applications?

For the trivial differences between the two time and space, Lin Hui is no stranger to it.

If there is a difference between the TestFlight of this time and space and the original time and space.

Then this space-time TestFlight must not have been acquired by Apple/Apple.

In this case, Lin Hui will be able to get out the TestFlight distributed by the Apple/Apple test application in the previous life.

The more Lin Hui thought about it, the more feasible it became.

I even thought about the name of the corresponding name after re-enacting TestFlight:
——Dandelion (Dandelion)

Isn't this name much more beautiful than TestFlight (testing machine)?

The reason why Lin Hui is so optimistic that there is great feasibility is not blind arrogance.

Although Lin Hui is not good at software distribution technology.

But Lin Hui has money.

Lin Hui can't handle it alone, but Lin Hui can arrange others to do it.

What's more, Lin Hui has advantages that others don't have when it comes to replicating.

Lin Hui is clear about the operating mechanism of the TestFlight app in his previous life.

Lin Hui still has a general understanding of the principles involved in the TestFlight application.

While the process might cost a little money, it's not a big deal.

A little cost Lin Ash can afford.

Compared with the possible returns, let alone hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Even if you spend $80 million, the high probability of future returns is worth the money.

After all, the app TestFlight was acquired by Apple in the previous life.

Although Lin Hui doesn't quite know how much Apple/Apple spent on this application in his previous life.

But since this was an acquisition made public by Apple/Apple in the previous life, it is almost certain that the starting price of the acquisition will be above US$2000 million.

If it really only needs less than [-] million US dollars to complete the acquisition.

Apple/Apple generally does not disclose acquisition news to the outside world at all.

Not to be mysterious, it is true, after all Apple / Apple is a listed company.

Listed companies sometimes have to take their reputation into consideration when doing things.

If you want to acquire an application or technology worth several million dollars.

If it gets out, Apple/Apple has to buy even a technology worth less than ten million dollars, and they can't handle it at all.

This is very detrimental to the reputation of the company (...although it is not a good reputation)

When it comes to the TestFlight application.

If it is really done in the future, it will be sold to Apple/Apple.

Just $2000 million seems a little low.

The recent down-frequency door incident reminded Lin Hui of his past life.

It is rumored that Apple/Apple paid more than 9000 million US dollars in legal fees for the Apple/Apple frequency reduction incident in the previous life.

It's not enough to start a lawsuit, it's just too violent.

This kind of deep-pocketed enterprise cannot be justified without being brutally slaughtered.

And even if it is sold, Lin Hui doesn't plan to sell it directly after the Dandelion app is really created.

It seems unreasonable not to use such a powerful and invincible test software distribution application to harvest a wave of leeks from potential users [emoji].

But these are things for the future.

This space-time TestFlight cannot distribute test software on Apple/Apple mobile phones.

It's not all good news for Lin Hui.

In this case, if Lin Hui wants to continue the internal testing of workflow, he can only distribute it through his personal developer account when it comes to testing software distribution.

However, the distribution quota for individual developer accounts is really too small.

There are only 100 distribution places a year.

What is enough for a hundred places?

I can barely carry out a small-scale internal test distribution and the quota is used up. What should I do after that?

...In fact, in the previous life, besides the TF signature, there were many other signatures that could be distributed.

But the rest of the signatures are generally unstable.

Because of the inertia of thinking, even if the space-time is changed, these possible pheasant signatures are not within the scope of Lin Hui's consideration.

In the case that TF distribution is not available, it seems that if you do not use a personal developer account for software distribution, it seems that you can only distribute it through enterprise signatures.

The enterprise signature must require the enterprise development account.

Although Lin Hui has cooperated with Apple/Apple for so long, it may be easy to apply for an enterprise development account in the future.

But some hard requirements still have to be met.

The applicant for an enterprise development account must be an enterprise with more than [-] employees.

But now Lin Hui has no place to set up a company with hundreds of people.

The so-called enterprise with more than [-] employees is only one of the theoretical conditions.

In fact, let alone companies with more than 500 employees.

Many companies with more than a thousand employees want to set up an enterprise development account for the Apple/Apple App Store, but they may not be able to do so.

It is precisely because the application for an enterprise development account often requires a bunch of messy conditions.

As a result, existing enterprise development accounts are generally very precious.

If you have to use value to measure, the value of many enterprise development accounts is basically tens of thousands or even 10,000+ yuan.

10,000+ yuan is not a big problem for the current forest ash.

But the problem is that this stuff is largely priceless.

Few companies choose to sell food, unless they can't keep going.

But having said that, it really is the kind of enterprise development account that can't be opened quickly.

Apple/Apple may cancel the corresponding enterprise development account at any time.

It is too risky to buy such an account.

Rent an enterprise development account for use?
This sounds theoretically possible.

But it's actually even more unreliable.

It is true that many companies will rent out their corporate development accounts.

But you need to know that generally leasing an enterprise development account will definitely not only be leased to you alone.

And the rest of the people who rent the account may not all want to conduct software testing honestly.

It is likely to bypass AppStore's review and release illegal applications through this set of mechanisms.

If another developer who rents the same enterprise development account with you distributes software that violates relevant laws and regulations through the signature of the enterprise.

After the incident, when the government or the platform side cracked down on this kind of software, they often directly abolished the company signature of the company's development account.

In this case, your software uses the same corporate signature.

Even if you have not carried out any illegal activities, there will be a fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond.

In short, there is no place to cry at that time.

And even if everything is going well, you have a different corporate signature when it comes to such a high-value piece of software.

What is the difference between this behavior and luring wolves into the house?
In short, low-level mistakes can not be made.

From this point of view, compared to distributing software with an enterprise signature.

It seems that using a personal developer account to distribute test applications is suitable for Lin Hui's current situation.

But to be honest, Lin Hui doesn't like these two methods very much.

Besides these methods, is there any other method?

Some people may wonder, isn't there a company development account in addition to the personal development account and enterprise development account when it comes to Apple/Apple development accounts?

Why not consider using a company development account?

When it comes to application distribution, the company/organization development account of the Apple/Apple App Store is as useless as the individual development account.

They can only be distributed one hundred times.

Speaking of which, Lin Hui can try to apply for a company development account after a while.

Although the company account is very tasteless in application distribution.

However, when the company's development account involves specific development, multiple people are allowed to develop a piece of software at the same time.

This will undoubtedly be very helpful for some future projects that require collaboration.

Apart from the several ideas that he thought of earlier, Lin Hui didn't think of a better idea for the time being.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. In the case of TF going off track, Lin Hui has no good solution now.

Compared with workflow, Lin Hui thinks that he should consider the pricing of the app after it is launched.

The price of this software in the previous life workflow was 18 yuan domestically and 2.99 dollars overseas.

However, this space-time forest ash does not intend to continue the previous pricing strategy.

When it comes to the workflow software, Lin Hui obviously wants to make a fortune and leave.

Therefore, the price must be higher.

and many more.

Thinking of a higher price, Lin Hui suddenly had an idea.

When it comes to application testing, in addition to application enterprise signature distribution, TF signature, and individual developer account distribution.

There is also a very weird test distribution method:
——Use redemption codes to distribute test software for testing.

Of course, the redemption code of this space-time is different from the redemption code on TF.

When it comes to app redemption codes for distribution.

The general operation process is:

Put the application on the shelves in the normal process, and then arrange a vague introduction for the application.

Then set a price that is enough to make people retreat.

At such a price, most ordinary software consumers would not consider this application at all.

At this time, it is completely possible to test.

Of course, when testing, there is no need for developers to spend extra money to let internal testers spend a lot of money to download applications.

You only need to distribute the redemption codes to internal testers.

It was not Lin Hui's fault that Lin Hui didn't expect this method before.

Because generally speaking, very few efficient software are tested in this way.

On the contrary, some paid games often use redemption codes for internal testing.

Now that he suddenly thought of this, the more Lin Hui thought about it, the more he felt that it was very feasible.

However, this method still requires a little bit of strategy when it is implemented.

It is necessary to take into account the fact that users who do not know the truth accidentally pay for downloads.

Because even if the price is outrageous and the introduction is wonderful, someone may accidentally download this software.

In order to avoid some unnecessary leaks, a little adjustment must be made on the software structure.

When it comes to this, it is easy to say, directly repackage the main functions of the software into a black box.

It is designed to be roughly similar to the secondary structure, so that even if users download it, they can only get an empty shell software.

You must enter another code in the app to unlock all functions, similar to the professional mode in the software.

It's just different from the professional mode of Nanfeng APP, which requires money to open.

This time, the normal functions encapsulated by Lin Hui can only be unlocked by entering the corresponding password.

Issues related to distribution are resolved.

The problem seems to have returned to the previous starting point, where to find internal testers?
Lin Hui still had no idea when it came to internal testers.

But Lin Hui felt that Huang Jing should have a solution.

After all, Huang Jing's seniors are everywhere.

To be honest, Lin Hui thought a lot about the internal test.

The reason why I think so much and make so much trouble,
It has something to do with Lin Hui's current identity.

If Lin Hui is a rookie, there is no need for internal testing at all.

After all, who cares what's wrong with a program developed by a programmer.

But not now.

A bunch of Lin Hui blessed with titles, countless pairs of eyes were watching.

Waiting for Lin Hui to make a low-level mistake.

Even though Lin Hui can change the vest and release it, the so-called vest has no secrets in the eyes of the platform.

There are no secrets in the eyes of the officials.

Under such circumstances, Lin Hui undoubtedly needs to be very cautious in doing things.

Lin Hui thought about the re-engraving of the previous TestFlight.

If the software is tested internally through a mechanism similar to the redemption code.

Can you still do dandelions?

The two don't actually conflict.

Because in this world, only paid apps will have redemption codes when they are released and updated.

And the redemption codes obtained once are extremely limited.

Basically, 100~200 redemption codes at a time.

Although this is not much, it can at least crush the efficiency of distribution through individual developer accounts.

But this is completely incomparable with the previous life of TestFlight, which can easily distribute applications to be tested to as many as 10000 testers.

Except that the amount of distribution is not an order of magnitude.

In the previous life, the app TestFlight could still be used on all platforms when it was distributed.

However, the application redemption code currently only covers the mobile terminal.

And the value of TestFlight in the previous life is not only in software distribution.

Everyone knows the value of the Apple App Store.

In the previous life, TestFlight was once known as the existence of the second app store.

The importance of this can be seen.

In short, although now Lin Hui has found a way to distribute it.

However, distribution testing of redemption codes in the app is only a stopgap measure.

In the long run, it is still necessary to come up with the Dandelion software.

Once you have a clear idea, the next thing is easy.

Lin Hui's next task is to hide the main functions of the software in the professional mode.

This is not complicated, just "hide" some functions, and you must enter the corresponding verification code to unlock it.

By the morning of the 24th, Lin Hui had already finished the software.

As for the name of this software.

Lin Ash intends to call it "shortcuts"

Although in the previous life, this software was called workflow when it was first launched.

But speaking of the name workflow (workflow), it is not very intuitive to reflect the software function.

After Guozi acquired workflow, it renamed the software shortcut (shortcut command)
That being the case, Lin Hui might as well do it in one step.

Named directly after shortcuts.

When the Nanfeng APP was launched, Lin Hui made a bunch of catchy slogans.

All arrangements such as "the most powerful news summary software on the surface", "the world's most efficient news summary software" and "comprehensively crushing software of the same type".

But it's different now, as a piece of software that doesn't want to be conspicuous.

Everything should be low-key, low-key and low-key.

As for the pricing, Lin Hui directly arranged a price of US$9999.99.

Although this price is still likely to be downloaded by some people, there is no way, this is the highest price in this space-time app store.

And even downloading should be useless, because even if they do download, they will only get a shell software.

Lin Hui didn't intend to waste money, he used the privilege of an outstanding individual developer to set up a super long refund cycle.

After the review was correct, Lin Hui uploaded the software to the AppStore.

Of course, Lin Hui didn't use the previous two vests.

Instead, a new Azure_pig vest was opened.

Although there is no mental fatigue after staying overnight, you still need to rest.

(End of this chapter)