The iPhoneAppBuilder Contest literally pays you to build your own iPhone apps. $1000 can be yours if your app becomes the very best in the App Builder catalog by March 22nd, 2010. You'll have to promote your app wisely to move to the top of our best-selling list (which you can view at http://appliya-studio.com/en/marketingreport/　or on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Appliya-iPhone-Applications/303258732770). 

Promotion tips:

- post a video of your app on YouTube

- post on FaceBook about your app, including links to it (you can make a link directly to your app here: http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/itmsLinkMaker)

- tell your Twitter followers about your app

- tell your Flickr communities about your app. 

And remember, even if you don't win the contest prize, you still earn royalties on every application you sell. You can't really lose! 

If you'd really like to get a leg up on the competition while promoting your work to the widest audience possible, consider building an app that you'll sell for free. Free apps on the iTunes app store get up to 8 times more downloads than paid apps. There is a development cost for building free apps ($899), but the cost is worth it for the extra exposure you get, and if you win the contest, you'll get all your money back! 

iPhoneAppBuilder Contest Rules 

Qualification 

- Anyone can enter, regardless of nationality.

- To qualify, you must use the English App Builder site to submit your app, and have a valid PayPal account.

- Anyone under 18 years of age is requested to obtain the parents or guardian's approval. An entry by anyone under 18 shall be regarded to have been made with the parent's or guardian's approval.

- Appliya reserves the right to reject any app submission on the grounds of quality or legality. 

Limitations 

- Group work is okay - apps can include work from multiple artists - but prizes will only be paid to one PayPal account.

- If at least 100 qualified applicants do not sign up within the given time period, the contest will automatically be extended into the next month.

- All apps must be approved by Apple Inc. before going up for sale on the iTunes App Store. This process usually takes 7 days or less, if there is no objectionable content. Download data for each app is first available six days after the app first goes on sale in the App Store. 

Time Period 

- The contest officially begins on February 22, 2010. You can submit your apps before that time, but only sales data from that date until the end date will be counted for the contest

- The contest officially ends at 11:59 PM, March 22, 2010, Japan Standard Time. 

Prize 

- The prize of $1000 USD will be awarded to the PayPal account of the owner of the top-selling app built with the App Builder program at the end of the contest time period. 

Copyright and Legal Notices 

By entering this competition, you agree to these entry rules and the following legal conditions:

By entering, participants warrant that his or her entry materials are original, do not infringe on any third party's rights, and that participant has obtained any necessary permissions from any third party if a third party or third party's property appears in the photograph. Appliya Inc. reserves the right to disqualify any entry if it finds in its sole discretion that any of the foregoing warranties are not true. Decisions of Appliya Inc. shall be final and binding. 

By entering, participants release and hold harmless Appliya Inc., their affiliated organizations, and each of their directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives (collectively, the companies? from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or related to the Contest, any use of the entry materials by Appliya Inc., the warranties participants make, any misuse or malfunction of the applications created for the contest, or participation in any Contest related activity. 

The Companies are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the Contest, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. The Companies assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Companies are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, servers, providers, computer on-line systems, software, or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, including injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or uploading images or information in the Contest.