Sunday, February 08, 2015
The below image, which shows a Chinese lady sitting in front of hundreds of iPhone 5cs’, has gone viral on Chinese social media websites [1] . The image shows how the Chinese are gaming the rating system of the App Store.Â
F0r M0re UpDaTing: Be 0ne 0f My New F0ll0wers 0n Twitter [4] , 0ne 0f My New Fan 0n FaceB00k [5] , And Here Is The Feeds .  The table she’s working at seems to be specially designed for this purpose, and there’s another one across from her in the background.
Accompanying the photo on some sites [2] is a screenshot displaying the supposed prices for this service. To get into the top 10 free apps costs RMB 70,000 (US$11,200), and keeping it there will run you another RMB 405,000 (US$65,000) per week. The third column is the monthly fare, and negotiations take place over popular messaging service QQ.
According to TechInAsia, a search for “app store ranking manipulation†on one of China’s most popular C2C ecommerce â€" Taobao [3] â€" shows hundreds of firms offering services to boost the App Store ratings of iOS App, though the price is listed as 1 RMB.Are you an app developer who has used the services of such Chinese firms or were you approached by them? Drop in your comment and let us know your experience.
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