> First - this is REALLY frustrating - by the time I can sign in and > sellmy apps, > the market may be filled with competitors.
> and they let me start > selling NOW, > and accumulate my funds until they can transfer them to me. > Amen. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:18 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to chime in on this. > > First - this is REALLY frustrating - by the time I can sign in and > sellmy apps, > the market may be filled with competitors. > > Now - I dont have any problem with competition - I LOVE competition, > and am sure > I can make the best app (otherwise I would not be in this business). > But > if other apps get to the market MONTHS ahead - it makes it harder to > even > impossible to gain the same exposure and market share. > > I think I understand the hardship on Google side, but I think they > need to > come up with a solution asap - maybe initiate a solution similar to > the > one suggested here, or hurry and make the arrangements to accept > developers > from all other countries. Go and buy an ESD that handles it - you have > the money... > > Or - I will settle for a commitment from Google that they will > eventually > make it so I can sell and get paid here in Israel (I dont mind selling > only > in the US - dont need to sell in Israel), and they let me start > selling NOW, > and accumulate my funds until they can transfer them to me. > > Anyway - Al - please keep us updated if you are going to suggest such > an arrangement - I tink I, for one, will be interested. > > Thanks ! > > > On Feb 14, 10:48 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK, I'm going to float an idea that I'd like some feedback on from >> developers and (hopefully) someone at Google (Justin, I'd appreciate any >> clarification you can give on this). >> >> My company (Funky Android) is a UK Registered company and I would be >> willing to allow it to act as a publisher for *some* non-US/UK >> developers in order to get their paid apps into the app store. What I'd >> look for is a 2% cut of the app sales price on top of the Markets 30% >> cut in order to cover support and admin costs (i.e. forwarding user >> queries, paying the accountant to make sure the money flow is tax >> efficient and legal, etc.). >> >> Is this something developers would want and Google would allow? >> >> Al. >> >> >> >> Mads Kristiansen wrote: >> > I'd like to see someone create a solution like armadillo - i.e. a >> > wrapper to make apps available in the Android Market while using an >> > external DRM/payment solution. There is no word on when I will be able >> > to publish priced apps form my country, so that could be anywhere from >> > 1 month to years from now (well, probably not, but just to make a >> > point). That's a bit of a problem. I'll probably just publish my first >> > app and then do some shameless self promotion in it ;) instead of >> > charging, see what happens with the priced apps and then concentrate a >> > bit on the iPhone development. >> >> > BR, Mads >> >> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > > Google checkout has been working since 2006 >> > It might be operational since then, but did anyone see Google's >> > checkout in the wild? >> > It is in Google's the best interest to finally do something about >> > it and make it mandatory to use for people so that they will >> > finally start using it, but I don't think it is in the best >> > interest of developers to be forced to use an exotic payment >> > system that no user has ever used before. >> > Given that non-us/uk developers are not allowed to publish their >> > apps makes the story worse, at least for those developers. >> >> > That's the beauty of Apple's solution. They also don't provide >> > paypal, but at least most user already have an iTunes account and >> > things go very smoothly. >> >> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Ivan Soto <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > I've been reading a lot about this whole Google Merchant thing >> > and it's actually that Google Checkout only allows to sell >> > goods from US and UK. It's not an Android thing, it's their >> > system is not even complete and operational for all countries. >> >> > Well, I know they will add more countries like they said in >> > the email but I wonder what is the ETA on Canada. Google >> > checkout has been working since 2006 I believe and people have >> > been whining since then. Still nothing has been done. So >> > seeing how slow is this going, I wonder if they will actually >> > add Canada (or more countries) in a matter of months or years >> > or what? >> >> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mariano Kamp >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > Yeah, that is really really bad and even worse and too >> > late communicated. I wonder why? >> >> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Ivan Soto >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > I knew you wouldn't be able to buy or sell IN Canada. >> > But I had no idea that if I was IN Canada I wouldn't >> > be able to sell to another countries. >> >> > Now I'm sad. >> >> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Al Sutton >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > wrote: >> >> > Does Canada appear in the list in the email? >> >> > Agus wrote: >> > > no Canada? >> >> > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Al Sutton >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> Google have already stated UK & US first, then >> > Germany, Austria, and the >> > >> Netherlands, followed by France, Italy, and Spain. >> >> > >> It was all in an email Google sent out at the >> > end of last year >> >> > >> > (http://www.talkandroid.com/526-android-market-paid-apps-2009/). >> >> > >> Al. >> >> > >> Ivan Soto wrote: >> >> > >>> I wonder the same. >> >> > >>> Will it be possible to sell from Canada to the >> > rest of the world? >> >> > >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Evgeny V >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> > >>> But it's available for US and UK countires! >> >> > >>> Means it that only US and UK citizen could >> > be a sellers? >> >> > >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, g1bb >> > <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> > >>> Woah, now I can specify a price! >> >> > >>> On Feb 13, 10:12 am, g1bb >> > <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > >>> > I noticed a 'Setup a Merchant >> > Account at Google >> > >>> CheckoutFree' is now >> >> > >>> > available at market.android.com >> > <http://market.android.com> >> > >>> <http://market.android.com/>, but not >> > functional yet. 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