OK, I don't know the business reasons behind Google Checkout not being able to allow sellers from Australia. I suspect it is due to taxation legislatiion. Accorsing to Australian law sellers in Australia don't have to pay sales tax on sales to parties outside Oz. I suspect that conflicts with sales tax law in some or all parts of the US.
I can guarantee you it has nothing to do with anything to do with the local telecoms. It is common to pick up an unlocked phone in Oz and use it on another carrier. So the carriers long ago stopped trying to block access. So based on Pent's comment I either violate or subvert the TOS or be prepared to surrender 5/6 of my market. I suppose the alternative is to setup a US company to front the sale into the app market. Has anyone gone down this approach? On Jul 27, 8:37 am, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]> wrote: > If Google Android Market does not allow selling in country X, most > likely, it is because country X's telecom agency/company is still > blocking it. > > This is the Achilles's heel of the Google approach: it requires an > agreement with the local telecom. > > Now if you sell onhttp://slideme.orgOTOH, you have no such > limitation. You can use Paypal or credit card. You can even have it > wired straight into your bank account, though this is not likely to be > an attractive option given the price of a wire transfer. > > On Jul 26, 5:51 am, Tomá¹ Hubálek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is not only target audience but also supply. > > > I'm from country that can't even sell. > > > I have quite successful application (1300 users rated with more than > > 4,5 stars and I have a lot of positive comments) and currently I'm > > covering costs of support and development from donations. > > > If Google does not give me a chance to sell using their processor I > > will probably wait until they unpublish my app because of TOS > > violation and leave Android at all. > > > I'm really frustrated from Google's approach to the developers. I'm > > NOT citizen of some banana republic, I WANT give Google their portion > > of the profit and they don't want it. They are loosing Android Market > > opportunities in China an India and they are doing their best to lose > > rest of the world too. > > > Tom -- 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
