On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM, intbt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't entirely agree with Google needs to make a profit to handle > these situations. They take 30% to handle e-commerce, advertise,
Only part of that 30% is used to cover Google's cost, and the rest goes to the carrier. As I said, Google does not make a profit on app sales. > > distribute, display, etc. If you sold a game to Game Crazy (or similar > game vendor) they pay you a wholesale price and then re-sell the game. > 30% is probably less than their mark-up, Exactly, and it's because of this extra mark-up that outfits like that can provide extra services such as covering credit card chargeback costs. They've simply factored the average cost of chargebacks in to their mark-up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
