Well, This is what Google told us at the Android Developers Lab. The bulk of the 30% goes to the carriers, a fraction of this 30% goes to google to run Google Checkout and the payment processor.
I guess the bulk of the 30% that goes to the carrier is an incentive to have Android Market (and not other markets?) installed. On Feb 23, 10:49 am, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Google has been very vague about where that 30% goes when you're on a nexus, > adp, etc. > > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Hekki <kaye...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Are you sure about the carrier thing ? > > > I don't see when they are involved : > > > Clients only use the carrier as a dumb pipe here to get internet > > access, they pay using google checkout which have their credit card > > information(much like itunes does). > > So google handle the payment itself. > > > When is the carrier involved at all ? I don't understand. > > > Yahel > > > On 23 fév, 15:58, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yep, you're correct. > > > Google gets only a small portion of the 30% to cover the costs of the > > > payment transactions. The bulk of the 30% goes to the carriers. At an > > > Android Dev Lab Google told us Google's share just covers their cost. > > > > On Feb 22, 9:16 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > > > <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > You might want to drop the "let's not forget" clause as it's something > > > > that wouldn't help any petition and could keep people from agreeing > > > > with you. > > > > > Google doesn't get 30% of your app sales, the carrier's cut, taxes, > > > > fees for the merchant account and other costs eat that up to probably > > > > zero profit or near to it. > > > > > -John Coryat > > > > > On Feb 22, 7:56 pm, Matthew LeMieux <cycleme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Has anybody else noticed that it is very difficult for many users to > > go > > > > > through the flow to even be able to purchase an app? I would like to > > see > > > > > getting a paid app be as easy as getting a free app. Perhaps giving > > users > > > > > the opportunity to register and add apps to their phone on a desktop > > rather > > > > > than only on the phone (similar to the experience iPhone users have). > > > > > > When I originally went through the flow on my G1, I found that the > > > > > registration data was in a small dialog where I couldn't really see > > what was > > > > > being entered while I was entering it. I was a highly motivated user > > and > > > > > hence completed the whole process, but what about a casual user? > > > > > > How many users do you think have fallen out of your sales funnel at > > that > > > > > point? I would be very interested to see data on how many android > > users > > > > > have completed the registration flow for purchasing paid apps... > > > > > > -Matthew > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Rob Irondad <rob.iron...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi fellow developers. > > > > > > I've come up with this text for a petition (warning: long): > > > > > > >http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9hmc43_0c9zh58gd > > > > > > > You're all welcome to review it and send your comments before I > > > > > > publish it to some petition website. > > > > > > You can email me directly (rob.iron...@gmail.com). > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hidequoted > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- 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 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
