It's great to have promo codes, but that suggestion is for "gifting"
apps, not for gift cards.
Gift cards could also be really powerful, as mentioned. I made my own
custom "suggestion" about gift cards.
Tim
On 7/14/2012 3:40 PM, Adam Ratana wrote:
Great, +1'd this as well. Having recently ported an Android app to
iOS, and having made use of it's promo codes, this is something sorely
lacking with Android/Google Play. It's awkward when meeting other
developers when you want to show off your Android work, you can't
exactly ask them to buy it, and there's no way to give them a legit,
market upgradeable copy; sideloading is an awkward solution as well.
Meanwhile with people or other developers with iDevices, simply
exchanging promo codes is quite simple and easy.
On Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:03:50 PM UTC-4, David Erosa García wrote:
Today I got to this page, which existence I didn't know, for voting
and providing suggestions
http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=suggestions.cs&bucket=1238454&issue=1238108
<http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=suggestions.cs&bucket=1238454&issue=1238108>
The "promo-codes & gift-cards" is one of the suggestions, so maybe
we'll see this "soon".
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:31 PM, John Kim <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> +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 <http://epikvision.blogspot.com>
>
> On Jul 14, 2012 9:33 AM, "John Coryat" <[email protected]
<mailto:[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
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