Developers could always add a couple of features and charge for the feature added version.
Al. Blake B. wrote: > Ok, maybe I missed this along the way (or heard comments of this and > couldn't believe it to be true), but this statement seems clear in the > "Setting the price of applications" section: > > "If you have previously published an application for free, you cannot > change it to have a price." > > This seems to mean that any app that has been in the Market up to this > point that plans on charging a price now will have to re-package > itself as a new application. If the app contains a database or other > private data not accessible to other apps, I suppose that means we > will have to release ANOTHER version of the FREE app that includes > some kind of support for exporting data, then have the user download/ > install this version and run it IN ADDITION TO the new paid version if > they want to migrate their data to the new paid version? This seems > like a major headache for users and developers alike. > > Am I reading this correctly? > > > > On Feb 16, 2:57 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > >> http://market.android.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=15867 >> >> Highlights; >> >> - All fee information is shown in USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, and CAD so I think >> that tells us who is going to be able to sell apps in the coming months. >> - Allowable price ranges are $0.99 to $200 (YES $200 - Sheesh) or 0.50 >> GBP to 100 GBP. >> - Chargebacks for less than $10 USD will be automatically charged back. >> - A $3 USD fee may be added to chargebacks on top of the refund. >> - The 24 hour refund period starts when the user has *downloaded* the >> app, not when they purchase it. >> >> -- >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> subsidiaries. >> > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
