Thank you for your reply. Here's what I don't understand: Lookout - They have you enter your payment information directly into the app -- taking a credit card payment for their subscription service
Google does not support this yet in the market...So do you think I am SOL? On Feb 25, 7:39 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > I am no lawyer, but AFAIK you CANNOT take any 3rd party payments in an > app marketed through the Google Android Market. This is not against > PayPal per se and it's fair otherwise what would stop you from > offering a "free" app and then charge the user outside of the Market, > thus not giving Google their 30% cut? Of course, as opposed to > Apple, you have the option to sell your app on your own or on > alternate markets and do whatever you want. > > If you have a subscription tied into your app, and you are not giving > Google their cut, you could certainly wake up one morning and find > your app pulled -- and rightly so. > > On Feb 25, 2:53 pm, HeyYouThere <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, > > > I am a developer and I understand that you guys have this thing lately > > where you will randomly pull apps...Even ones that have been there > > since Genesis 1:1. > > > Anywho, I have a subscription tied into my app, and I am wondering, IF > > I WILL WAKE UP AND FIND MY SUPENDED PULLED BECAUSE I USE THE PAYPAL > > ANDROID API FOR SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENTS? > > > Quote: > > ======================================== > > 3.3 You may also choose to distribute Products for free. 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. This is not > > intended to prevent distribution of free trial versions of the Product > > with an "upsell" option to obtain the full version of the Product: > > Such free trials for Products are encouraged. However, if you want to > > collect fees after the free trial expires, you must collect all fees > > for the full version of the Product through the Payment Processor on > > the Market. In this Agreement, "free" means there are no charges or > > fees of any kind for use of the Product. All fees received by > > Developers for Products distributed via the Market must be processed > > by the Market's Payment Processor. > > =========================================== > > > Now while this IS clearly written, an app called Visual Voicemail was > > pulled after two years of being on the market...500k + downloads, 10k+ > > ratings, and a high ranking, and all that -- they sold additional > > addons thru their site I believe. > > > So I am confused, and since Google support seems to only respond every > > lunar eclipse, I have to post this question here. Anyone with any > > info, please do share. -- 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
