Nobu games hits it on the head. You can however host your own app and end users can click a link on your Site from their phone to install it from your site. Updates could be in the format of an email to your users that would again click the link from their phone to update. I believe this is possible. Thus as Nobu said you'd be managing your own distribution and would benefit for the full payment. You would have to write the processing code our provide some sort of payment option on your Site with an unlock code or a different apk file they would then download perhaps. On Feb 8, 2013 8:07 AM, "Nobu Games" <dev.nobu.ga...@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually we had this question a few times here and the usual answer is no you cannot do it because of the Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement<https://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement.html> . First of all you are limited to the use of so-called "payment processors" that are authorized by Google: *1.2 If you want to charge a fee for your Products, you must also acquire > and maintain a valid Payment Account from an authorized Payment > Processor. * > Then there's a special section about free apps on Google Play which explicitly forbid what you are trying to do: *3.3 (...) If the Product is free, you will not be charged a Transaction > Fee. You may not collect future charges from users for copies of the > Products that those users were initially allowed to download for free.* > Since your primary source of your paid app is outside the Google Play Market there's another clause that protects Google: *4.5 Non-Compete. You may not use the Market to distribute or make > available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the > distribution of software applications and games for use on Android devices > outside of the Market.* > Right now it looks pretty clear to me. No need for a lawyer, Google Play doesn't want that kind of thing to happen. You need your own distribution channel that is under your control. And since your app sounds very specialized I think it's pretty much ok to ask for more money. You could therefore bite the bullet and release your paid app on Google Play with a price tag that makes you happy (even minus 30%). On Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:44:24 PM UTC-6, Harish wrote: > > Dear all, > > Need your opinion for listing my app to play store. > > I have a medical app which we are planning to sell using various > distribution channel in bulk volume. > > We already have license checking mechanism with our site. and we will > manage license with our support team. > > We give our app 1 week for trial and user have to activate after one week. > > My question is - If I list my app to google play store for broader > audience then does there any way I can manage bulk licenses without paying > 30% transaction fees. I mean I will have list of users with me who already > paid for app and they can download app from app store freely. > > Or If I list my app free on market and after 7 days user will pay using > our payment channel does it violates developer agreement ? > > My main objective of using play store is to manage updates efficiently. > > I see many example where people list free and premium apps on Google, I > wants to list only free not the premium one. does it violates Google terms > and condition. > > Looking for your advice > > Regards > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
