As we reported a couple of day ago Microsoft revealed what’s in store for the upcoming Windows 8 Store which is slated to be released in February next year.
Yesterday at an event Microsoft previewed the much awaited Windows 8 Store.Earlier this year at the build developer conference when they showcased the Windows 8 Developer Preview they also indicated that the Windows 8 store will allow the apps licensing,downloading and purchasing of the Metro Based Applications over the Windows 8 Store.However when it comes to purely desktop based apps those apps can only be allowed to be promoted over the store,but are not allowed to be downloaded,though the developers can publish the links for the same.
Talking about yesterday’s event,addressed by Corporate vice president Antoine Leblond,who revealed more details about the store and the revenue model amongst other things.Windows 8 Store which will be released along side the beta release of Windows 8 in the month of February next year will be showcasing only Free apps at the time of launch and the app submission will be invite only.
The revenue model goes like this,Upto 25,000 USD the revenue share base is 70%, when the app will cross the 25,000 USD mark the revenue share will rise to 80% for the lifetime of that app.Individual developers would have to pay $49 USD while the companies would have to pay $99 USD for registration.
For easy access and discovery of the apps over the store the landing page of the store is highly optimized with categories like latest, most popular, and fast rising apps and users will also get personalized application recommendations.The store will also feature an optimized search with panning through categories fast and fluid.
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