William, Tim pretty much has it broken down except we have an unlock code table that has a "uses" field that decreases each time it's used. When that gets to zero, the code is disabled. That's how we can give away batches.
I don't know if there's a market for this but it is very handy for beta testers, reviewers and for anyone or group you want to offer premium access without going though the Google Play in-app purchase process. -John Coryat On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 12:03:09 AM UTC-6, William Ferguson wrote: > > Without providing info that compromises the security of your setup, I > think there would be many here interested in hearing more about your > solution John. Could you elaborate? > > William > > On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 2:56:29 PM UTC+10, John Coryat wrote: >> >> We use In-App-Billing for premium access and built in an "unlock code" >> system. It works great. No trouble, no cost and we can give out batches. >> Recently, I gave out a batch of 100 to a first responder who loved the app >> and told me that he gets other first responders to download it. Now he can >> give them premium versions for free. >> >> Cost: $0.00 >> >> -John Coryat >> >> >> On Monday, December 3, 2012 6:23:14 PM UTC-6, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> I just wanted to mention my experience. >>> >>> I have wanted a way to do something that should be very simple - give my >>> app to someone free. >>> >>> There is still no good, completely free way to do that. >>> >>> However, I looked up the Google Play Gift Cards. >>> One of the options was to choose email delivery. >>> >>> I bought a batch of five $10 cards at walmart.com and chose 'Email >>> Delivery'. >>> In 20 minutes, I got an email with five gift codes. >>> >>> I gave one of the codes to a person who asked for a free license, for a >>> valid reason. I included the instructions. >>> >>> Some things to note: >>> It helps if your app is exactly $10 (or $25, or $50). >>> You are still out $3 in that case if they buy your app. >>> You are out all $10 if they don't buy your app. Not a big concern for >>> me. They just better not crawl back asking for another $10 code. >>> >>> In case you ask, yes, I know it can be free to hand out an APK. I won't >>> do it for these reasons. >>> I don't like passing APKs in the open. My APK is readily available on >>> several sites, I know. >>> LVL probably won't work. >>> Updates won't work. >>> I don't know if in app purchases will work. >>> After every single update, I will get an email from each and every >>> person to whom I have ever sent the APK, nagging me to send them the latest >>> update. >>> All the good feelings I had about giving them the free product for their >>> charitable nonprofit cause will then melt away and I will begin to think of >>> them as greedy and annoying. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> -- 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/-/_D9L64MSWIAJ. 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.
