Using an alternative market is a start (hint: look at my signature for a suggestion :)).
Any market that takes a slice of app sales has to work out it's legal and tax position before allowing sales into a country, and, unfortunately, there may be countries where the cost of sorting out those tax and legal issues may exceed the projected income from selling in that country and thus it becomes uneconomical to offer paid apps there. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 3 Feb 2010, at 13:16, gjs wrote: > Hi, > > This is great for the all developers in > > AT Austria > FR France > DE Germany > IT Italy > JP Japan > NL Netherlands > ES Spain > GB United Kingdom > US United States > > but the other developers in the following countries are still waiting > to be allowed to sell apps in the Android Market > > AFGHANISTAN;AF > ÅLAND ISLANDS;AX > ALBANIA;AL > ALGERIA;DZ > AMERICAN SAMOA;AS > ANDORRA;AD > ANGOLA;AO > ANGUILLA;AI > ANTARCTICA;AQ > ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA;AG > ARGENTINA;AR > ARMENIA;AM > ARUBA;AW > AUSTRALIA;AU > > AZERBAIJAN;AZ > BAHAMAS;BS > BAHRAIN;BH > BANGLADESH;BD > BARBADOS;BB > BELARUS;BY > BELGIUM;BE > BELIZE;BZ > BENIN;BJ > BERMUDA;BM > BHUTAN;BT > BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF;BO > BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;BA > BOTSWANA;BW > BOUVET ISLAND;BV > BRAZIL;BR > BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY;IO > BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;BN > BULGARIA;BG > BURKINA FASO;BF > BURUNDI;BI > CAMBODIA;KH > CAMEROON;CM > CANADA;CA > CAPE VERDE;CV > CAYMAN ISLANDS;KY > CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;CF > CHAD;TD > CHILE;CL > CHINA;CN > CHRISTMAS ISLAND;CX > COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS;CC > COLOMBIA;CO > COMOROS;KM > CONGO;CG > CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE;CD > COOK ISLANDS;CK > COSTA RICA;CR > CÔTE D'IVOIRE;CI > CROATIA;HR > CUBA;CU > CYPRUS;CY > CZECH REPUBLIC;CZ > DENMARK;DK > DJIBOUTI;DJ > DOMINICA;DM > DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;DO > ECUADOR;EC > EGYPT;EG > EL SALVADOR;SV > EQUATORIAL GUINEA;GQ > ERITREA;ER > ESTONIA;EE > ETHIOPIA;ET > FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);FK > FAROE ISLANDS;FO > FIJI;FJ > FINLAND;FI > > FRENCH GUIANA;GF > FRENCH POLYNESIA;PF > FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;TF > GABON;GA > GAMBIA;GM > GEORGIA;GE > > GHANA;GH > GIBRALTAR;GI > GREECE;GR > GREENLAND;GL > GRENADA;GD > GUADELOUPE;GP > GUAM;GU > GUATEMALA;GT > GUERNSEY;GG > GUINEA;GN > GUINEA-BISSAU;GW > GUYANA;GY > HAITI;HT > HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS;HM > HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE);VA > HONDURAS;HN > HONG KONG;HK > HUNGARY;HU > ICELAND;IS > INDIA;IN > INDONESIA;ID > IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF;IR > IRAQ;IQ > IRELAND;IE > ISLE OF MAN;IM > ISRAEL;IL > > JAMAICA;JM > > JERSEY;JE > JORDAN;JO > KAZAKHSTAN;KZ > KENYA;KE > KIRIBATI;KI > KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF;KP > KOREA, REPUBLIC OF;KR > KUWAIT;KW > KYRGYZSTAN;KG > LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;LA > LATVIA;LV > LEBANON;LB > LESOTHO;LS > LIBERIA;LR > LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;LY > LIECHTENSTEIN;LI > LITHUANIA;LT > LUXEMBOURG;LU > MACAO;MO > MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF;MK > MADAGASCAR;MG > MALAWI;MW > MALAYSIA;MY > MALDIVES;MV > MALI;ML > MALTA;MT > MARSHALL ISLANDS;MH > MARTINIQUE;MQ > MAURITANIA;MR > MAURITIUS;MU > MAYOTTE;YT > MEXICO;MX > MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF;FM > MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF;MD > MONACO;MC > MONGOLIA;MN > MONTENEGRO;ME > MONTSERRAT;MS > MOROCCO;MA > MOZAMBIQUE;MZ > MYANMAR;MM > NAMIBIA;NA > NAURU;NR > NEPAL;NP > > NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;AN > NEW CALEDONIA;NC > NEW ZEALAND;NZ > NICARAGUA;NI > NIGER;NE > NIGERIA;NG > NIUE;NU > NORFOLK ISLAND;NF > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS;MP > NORWAY;NO > OMAN;OM > PAKISTAN;PK > PALAU;PW > PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED;PS > PANAMA;PA > PAPUA NEW GUINEA;PG > PARAGUAY;PY > PERU;PE > PHILIPPINES;PH > PITCAIRN;PN > POLAND;PL > PORTUGAL;PT > PUERTO RICO;PR > QATAR;QA > RÉUNION;RE > ROMANIA;RO > RUSSIAN FEDERATION;RU > RWANDA;RW > SAINT BARTHÉLEMY;BL > SAINT HELENA;SH > SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS;KN > SAINT LUCIA;LC > SAINT MARTIN;MF > SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON;PM > SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES;VC > SAMOA;WS > SAN MARINO;SM > SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;ST > SAUDI ARABIA;SA > SENEGAL;SN > SERBIA;RS > SEYCHELLES;SC > SIERRA LEONE;SL > SINGAPORE;SG > SLOVAKIA;SK > SLOVENIA;SI > SOLOMON ISLANDS;SB > SOMALIA;SO > SOUTH AFRICA;ZA > SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;GS > > SRI LANKA;LK > SUDAN;SD > SURINAME;SR > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;SJ > SWAZILAND;SZ > SWEDEN;SE > SWITZERLAND;CH > SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;SY > TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA;TW > TAJIKISTAN;TJ > TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF;TZ > THAILAND;TH > TIMOR-LESTE;TL > TOGO;TG > TOKELAU;TK > TONGA;TO > TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;TT > TUNISIA;TN > TURKEY;TR > TURKMENISTAN;TM > TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;TC > TUVALU;TV > UGANDA;UG > UKRAINE;UA > UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;AE > > > UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS;UM > URUGUAY;UY > UZBEKISTAN;UZ > VANUATU;VU > VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF;VE > VIET NAM;VN > VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH;VG > VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.;VI > WALLIS AND FUTUNA;WF > WESTERN SAHARA;EH > YEMEN;YE > ZAMBIA;ZM > ZIMBABWE;ZW > > including me... > > Regards > > On Feb 2, 3:57 am, Robert Fejer <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree with you, and hopefully Google will improve the comments >> system, and the Market in general. Until then, take comfort in knowing >> that all developers face the same issues, so there is no conspiracy >> against you :) >> >> I also got 2-3* reviews from people who could not properly run my app >> on their handsets. At least they mentioned the phone name, so other >> people with the same phones won't install the app. This is actually a >> useful comment for potential new users, even though the low rating >> hurts the average. >> >> To have a chance to respond to these comments, I set up a comments >> section on the app's site (DailyRoads Voyager), where I list all >> comments from users. To respond, I include a "Developer's note" in the >> list, so in the end it looks like this: >> >> http://www.dailyroads.com/voyager/comments >> >> Many potential users test the app first before reading anything on the >> site, and may post negative comments nonetheless. But, some users just >> might, and this is the only option I could think of. I am interested >> to see if other devs have something better in place... >> >> Robert >> >> Monday, February 1, 2010, 6:20:51 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> >>> So you are an Android dev, you've worked hard and you want to >>> distribute your app as widely as possible. >>> So realistically you have one distribution channel called the Android >>> market. (Yes I know there are alternate markets but they account for >>> less than 1% of my downloads and I would like to hear someone with a >>> different experience, but this is not the point of this thread). >>> So you publish your app on the Android market. And the user finds your >>> app. >>> But at the point of sale, you are at the mercy of market comments. >>> Don't get me wrong comments and rating system has its place. And spam >>> comments can generally be ignored. >>> But comments are harmful in all of the following cases : >>> 1. negative comments from rival devs (check the major apps comments >>> boards for some very troll like comments) >>> 2. comments from users who haven't taken the time to learn how to use >>> the app or contact you for help >>> 3. comments from users who have a handset where your app crashes but >>> this handset only makes up for 2% of installed userbase >>> 4. comments from users who have an old version of your app where the >>> bug they experience has already been fixed >>> I've seen my app selling well and as soon as a negative comment comes >>> in, sales more or less stop in their tracks. >>> Is it really fair to rely on this flawed comment system? >>> Couldn't Google give more emphasis on a rating and less on comments >>> (maybe an additional button click needed to get them)? Or a way for >>> devs to respond to comments? >>> Or how about having the market display comments in a random order so >>> we get a more balanced view and don't always have to see the latest >>> comment. >>> Or I like the idea of Amazon where you see : % of 5* reviews, % of 4* >>> reviews, etc. >>> What do other people think? > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
