YNOT – Mobile applications store Mikandi has celebrated its first anniversary with an online presence that has been redesigned from the ground up. Boasting faster performance, more intuitive navigation, better search capabilities and support for video, the new user-side client will be rolled out to more than 300,000 existing installations of the app store before the end of November, the company said.

In conjunction with the upgraded app store, MiKandi also has built its own virtual currency system, dubbed MiKandi Gold. Given the challenges developers face in selling apps through Android’s existing marketplace, a MiKandi representative said the company’s goal was to create a virtual currency solution that is safe and secure for users and easy for developers to implement.

“Since our initial launch a year ago, the number one question from developers has been ‘When can I charge for my apps?’” said Tim Adams, MiKandi’s chief of developer relations. “Today we reward their patience with a solution that we’re proud of and a future payment roadmap that includes in-app purchases, subscription billing and rewards programs.”

According to Pink Visual Director of Special Projects Liam Colins, “As one of the first companies working with MiKandi on monetizing mobile adult applications, we’ve been very pleased. The MiKandi difference is that they provide a highly targeted customer base of adult users who are interested in quality applications which, when combined with their simple and effective user interface, creates conversion ratios that exceed other mobile channels.”

Adults with Android devices may download the latest version of the MiKandi app store at m.Mikandi.com. Developers who want to join the more than 600 others who already have signed up with MiKandi may visit Developer.Mikandi.com or contact the Developer Relations team via [EMAIL=developer@mikandi.com]email[/EMAIL].