On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:33 PM, cyxb <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on adding a web-based feature to my paid app. I don't > want users who are using pirated copies to access this new web > feature, since I don't want to pay for their bandwidth usage...and > also because I think piracy is wrong! I've thought of a solution that > just might work, but it would involve users who want to access this > feature to submit their Google Checkout-generated order number for > validation the first time they try to access the new feature. After > they have been validated, the app will not ask them to validate again. >
I suggest you have a read of this first: http://www.androidguys.com/2009/12/22/rethinking-android-app-piracy/. You need to be sure that tackling the piracy of your app will have a significantly positive impact on your sales and bandwidth usage, before diverting your time from more productive development. > Technical details aside, my main concern is that having the user enter > their order # will be too tedious on their part. Has anyone gone down > this route before? Thoughts? By the sound of it, you are hoping to use the Google Checkout order number as a method of licencing your software to the user, there are other licencing options, such as the AndAppStore licencing system (http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/licensing.jsp) and SlideLock (http://slideme.org/slidelock). Introducing any kind of entry barrier to the user will definitely have an impact on it's usability, but if you are suffering from a significant loss of revenue through piracy then this entry barrier may be necessary. You might want to trial this approach for say a month, and compare your sales/return rate (and bandwidth usage) before and after the change. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
