Hi, You may not add a price to an existing app; instead, you will need to upload a new application version and add a price to that. Section 3.3 states that people who download a free app can not be charged at a later date for what they have already downloaded. For example, they can't be charged an ongoing subscription fee for additional content. However, the user can be redirected back to the market to download a "full" version (this would be considered a different version) for a price.
Thanks, David On Feb 17, 12:12 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a free app on the Market. With paid support finally arriving, I > want to be able to charge for my app. I have readied a new version > that includes new features. Can I publish this as a version 2.0 and > charge for it including to existing users? > > http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=138412&topic=1... > says: > Please keep in mind, that in accordance with section 3.3 in the > Developer Distribution Agreement, any users who installed the free > version of your application are entitled to upgrades of that free > version for no extra charge. > > However The Distribution Agreement 3.3 says: > 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. > ----- > If I release an upgrade that has new features, that is not "copies of > the Product that users initially downloaded". It is not a copy, it is > a new changed version. I should be able to charge for a version that > has new features. But Google seems to want to disallow that citing > 3.3 > which doesn't disallow it in my view. > > Can I charge existing users for upgrades to a version with new > features? > How do you other developers view this and what are you planning on > doing? > Jay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
