I'm also an Australian Dev. However, I gave up waiting for Google and started selling my app through a friends U.S. address.
Although, I haven't cashed out any of the money yet (don't want to deal with the tax implications of a US bank account). The wierd thing is, Google are already paying straight into my Australian bank account for my AdSense account, so I'm not sure what the trouble is. On Sep 21, 12:14 pm, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I too have been waiting a long time to sell paid app's from Australian > devs. Initially I thought we would be included much earlier as Optus/ > Singtel have been selling 'G1' type phones for quite a while now and > you can buy apps through the market with these phones. But alas this > is not to be yet, despite being able to use Google checkout for other > purposes. I guess Google knows there is only a few Android devs here > in Australia ( and they would probably know the number of android > phones Optus has been selling ) so it is not worth their efforts yet > and are probably concentrating on regions where more devs reside... > > Regards > > On Sep 17, 2:28 am, monsoon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > FYI > > > I joined up to Android Market the other day (10th Sep 2009), and also > > could not get past the 'Location' drop-down menu (and, it was only > > encountered 'after' paying up the membership) - but I did notice that > > in the locations list of countries there-in, that can currently buy- > > and-sell at that time, were: > > > Austria > > France > > Germany > > Netherlands > > Spain > > United Kingdom > > United States > > > I am most interested in when software publishers from Australia can > > sell on the Android Market. > > I.e. I currently have a game which I can't get to any users/players > > (because it costs $1.33). > > > Our previous government made a big song-and-dance about the long- > > negotiated US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, which I was hoping would > > lubricate this sort of thing (from both sides of the fence). Lets hope > > that it does. > > ...Maybe the EU and the US have a 'Really Truly Free Trade Agreement'? > > Maybe their respective tax departments are more responsive than ours? > > Who knows what the log-jam is? Maybe it is a government department > > issue on our side of the fence?? ... I'll start digging along that > > line of enquiry (i.e. government departments get more responsive as > > elections start to loom) next week when I have some free time and let > > you know if I make any progress. > > > Cheers > > Steve > > > On Aug 24, 3:58 pm, Michael Leung <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > That is near the end of Q3 now. Does anyone know whether there will be a > > > new list of Countries for selling priced applications in Android Market? > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Michael Leunghttp://www.itblogs.infohttp://www.michaelleung.info- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
