Openspace – An HTML5 App store

App stores have become fashionable these days and now we have an HTML5 App store. Robert Reich, developer and founder of Openspace Store, Inc. has set out to build the world’s largest App Store, by establishing the Developers Cooperative.

The cooperative is for all developers building HTML5 applications. What’s more, there are no fees and developers join by recommending their current users to purchase apps, music, books or movies from the Openspace Store. There is a link for developers to submit their app at https://www.developerscoop.org/developer/.

While the Openspace Store is focused on HTML5 apps, it also supports apps for other platforms like Android, iOS, Desktop applications, Browser add-ons along with the plan to offer music, books and movies in the future.

“Often corporate rule making and platform-specific policies of large marketplaces prevent app developers from having the freedom to create and distribute apps the way they want to,” said Robert Reich, founder of the Developers Cooperative. “We are creating something new in the world of app development: a fair and representative process to make decisions about our store based on the input and interests of developers.”

So what are the incentive for Developers to submit their applications to this store? There are three according to Robert:

• Money: Developers set the price of their apps and keep 70 percent of the application sales. There is a 5% referral program for profit sharing. Once the store opens to the public, developers will be able to activate ad-networks.
• Distribution: Any developer can register their apps on Openspace, but Co-op members benefit from enhanced distribution opportunities.
• Voice: Developers influence the policies that govern how their apps are distributed and sold. App developers are encouraged to join the Developer’s Cooperative to find revived freedom in app development by having a voice and benefiting from a new distribution channel with additional monetization opportunities.

Can Robert become successful in creating a new kind of business model for App stores? Well, lets hope to see this become a success!

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