If by love, you mean money.

With the recent release of the iPhone SDK, developers are jumping all over the chance at launching iPhone-friendly applications that users can purchase directly from their iPhones. Wow, I just realized there's no other way to say iPhone without confusing people, so .. prepare for repetition.

The real question is - what does this mean for us?

If you watched the presentation on the subject, you know that Apple is only taking 30% to handle hosting and sales of apps. That means you get a nice 70% of each sale (assuming you don't set your price at free). Oh also, you can set your own price!

So that means we can develop apps and make a decent profit off of them. But the smart people are the ones who think outside the box -- the ones who wonder: "How can I attach the affiliate marketing business method to this subject?"

I'll put it another way. There's going to be a lot of money circulating through the hands of Apple -- why wouldn't you take some of it? Now, of course, Apple could foresee this fact and put some sort of legal statement in their terms that bars it. But so far, they haven't. And until then, it's fair game.

If you still have no idea what I'm talking about, just think of an application you might put on the iPhone: game, contact manager, favorite game manager, some kind of social networking tool, etc. Then think of how you could create the next iPhone Myspace or iPhone Facebook. That means you'll have room for advertising.

On the flip side, think of an application that uses incentivized offers to get people points or something of that nature. The possibilities go on and on. I've already got some ideas, but what about you?

This could be the next big thing, so if you've got the programming skills, put on your thinking cap. Or if you can't program on your own, hire someone.

In any case, you should always be on the look out for new technology to exploit in terms of sales. This is just one more example.

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