+1 Your idea is very strong. Gift cards are great retail mediums to promote Play to the masses. We have yet to see one come.
John K. Ubuntu enthusiast epikvision.blogspot.com On Jul 14, 2012 9:33 AM, "John Coryat" <[email protected]> wrote: > Walk into virtually any store in the US and by the checkout there will be > an entire line of iTunes gift cards. People buy these cards as presents all > the time. These cards familiarize users with the process of buying items in > the iTunes store. > > Why is it there are no Google Play gift cards? There are more Android > phones than iPhones in the US yet there is no way (currently) of giving > people gift cards for the most popular device. Sure, you can get a generic > gift card but that doesn't force the user into the Play store to redeem it. > > It would seem to me that Google is missing a huge opportunity to increase > the acceptance of the Play store by not offering these cards. It's a great > start that the Nexus 7 comes with a $25 credit in the Play store. This > should be expanded to also include gifting opportunities in the form of > easily purchased gift cards. > > -John Coryat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/pUC8sN4EeBYJ. > 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.
