Some fellow indie developers were really pissed about certain sites selling their games for discounts, small ones (10-15% off) but also big ones like 12.99$ instead of 19.99$ !
Well I don’t have many games on portals (and expecially none in those who do such discounts) but honestly I would be really pissed if I was in them!
Getting 4$ out of a sale (yes, 30% is the standard royalty rate, and 30% of 12.99$ is about 4$) is totally ridiculous, even if they sell 100 a month (and it’s already a big number even for a portal) they get 400$…!!! 🙁
Next time they sign a contract, I suggest them to ask for a simple clause “my game can’t be sold by you for less than xx.xx$ (price)”.