Yep, you're correct. Google gets only a small portion of the 30% to cover the costs of the payment transactions. The bulk of the 30% goes to the carriers. At an Android Dev Lab Google told us Google's share just covers their cost.
On Feb 22, 9:16 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > You might want to drop the "let's not forget" clause as it's something > that wouldn't help any petition and could keep people from agreeing > with you. > > Google doesn't get 30% of your app sales, the carrier's cut, taxes, > fees for the merchant account and other costs eat that up to probably > zero profit or near to it. > > -John Coryat > > On Feb 22, 7:56 pm, Matthew LeMieux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Has anybody else noticed that it is very difficult for many users to go > > through the flow to even be able to purchase an app? I would like to see > > getting a paid app be as easy as getting a free app. Perhaps giving users > > the opportunity to register and add apps to their phone on a desktop rather > > than only on the phone (similar to the experience iPhone users have). > > > When I originally went through the flow on my G1, I found that the > > registration data was in a small dialog where I couldn't really see what was > > being entered while I was entering it. I was a highly motivated user and > > hence completed the whole process, but what about a casual user? > > > How many users do you think have fallen out of your sales funnel at that > > point? I would be very interested to see data on how many android users > > have completed the registration flow for purchasing paid apps... > > > -Matthew > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Rob Irondad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi fellow developers. > > > I've come up with this text for a petition (warning: long): > > > >http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9hmc43_0c9zh58gd > > > > You're all welcome to review it and send your comments before I > > > publish it to some petition website. > > > You can email me directly ([email protected]). > > > > -- > > > Rob > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2bunsubs[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
