Re: [android-developers] Re: Why won't Google Play allow developers to gift their apps?
No, this answer doesn't help because this makes it so that your app is in promotion to ALL potential buyers. iTunes allows you to give out promo codes while the app is still displayed at its purchase price. This solution makes you give away your app to anyone and everyone who finds out your app is being "promo'd". So the question again is: why does Google do this? Why doesn't Google Play allow developers to gift as many copies of their app to individuals as they want? On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:22 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6321495?hl=en > > On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 3:56:30 PM UTC-5, twitter swag wrote: >> >> Anyone? Anyone from Google Play here? An admin or supervisor who can >> explain why the policy is like this? >> >> On Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:39:11 AM UTC-7, twitter swag wrote: >>> >>> We are trying to develop an app for Android by raising funds on >>> Kickstarter. We had to halt the fundraising when we realized we can't gift >>> a copy of the app to the people who donated. This is possible on the iTunes >>> store - you're giving a token that you give to people to get a copy of the >>> app. Why doesn't Google Play allow the same policy? Google Play's gift >>> cards are a minimum of 5$ and our app is 2.99 so buying gift cards is not >>> an option because the gift card exceeds the price of the app. Why won't >>> Google Play allow developers to gift as many copies of their app as they >>> want? What is the purpose of having this policy? All it does it prevent >>> developers like us from releasing on Android. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/GoQjWRPzqb0/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/e8e1fb85-3773-4a17-bc7f-709480ca360b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/e8e1fb85-3773-4a17-bc7f-709480ca360b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/CAD%3DfRY%3Dpx%2BZ%2BKmSyjEe3yUWAnBLdHFXNXao8UtXOY-seymgLdw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[android-developers] Re: Meta: Changes to new-user moderation policy
Thanks Trevor. I posted in the group but no one has replied yet. Any idea when i'll get a reply? On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 3:28:00 PM UTC-8, Trevor Johns wrote: > > *As of today, new members to this group are able to post immediately, > without being subject to moderator approval.* > > Previously, posts from new members to this group would be held for > moderation. However, with the addition of Stack Overflow and Google+ as > popular discussion mediums, it's been difficult to find volunteer > moderators. As a result, the moderation queue has been showing signs of > neglect -- which means that new posts just aren't getting through. > > To address this, effective immediately, I've removed the moderation > restriction for new members. > > While this means that some spam may get through, this is necessary in > order to keep this group functioning properly going forward. If you do see > spam, simply report it through the Google Groups web UI. (Click on "Report > Abuse" next to the "Reply" button.) For larger/urgent issues, you can also > contact the group owners via email: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!contactowner/android-developers > > -- > Trevor Johns > Google Developer Programs, Android > http://developer.android.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/1ff4b4db-c56d-4986-9430-0b16818f0cd5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[android-developers] Re: Why won't Google Play allow developers to gift their apps?
Anyone? Anyone from Google Play here? An admin or supervisor who can explain why the policy is like this? On Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:39:11 AM UTC-7, twitter swag wrote: > > We are trying to develop an app for Android by raising funds on > Kickstarter. We had to halt the fundraising when we realized we can't gift > a copy of the app to the people who donated. This is possible on the iTunes > store - you're giving a token that you give to people to get a copy of the > app. Why doesn't Google Play allow the same policy? Google Play's gift > cards are a minimum of 5$ and our app is 2.99 so buying gift cards is not > an option because the gift card exceeds the price of the app. Why won't > Google Play allow developers to gift as many copies of their app as they > want? What is the purpose of having this policy? All it does it prevent > developers like us from releasing on Android. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/32735f41-8660-41b3-aba8-61fe70838f0f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[android-developers] Why won't Google Play allow developers to gift their apps?
We are trying to develop an app for Android by raising funds on Kickstarter. We had to halt the fundraising when we realized we can't gift a copy of the app to the people who donated. This is possible on the iTunes store - you're giving a token that you give to people to get a copy of the app. Why doesn't Google Play allow the same policy? Google Play's gift cards are a minimum of 5$ and our app is 2.99 so buying gift cards is not an option because the gift card exceeds the price of the app. Why won't Google Play allow developers to gift as many copies of their app as they want? What is the purpose of having this policy? All it does it prevent developers like us from releasing on Android. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/33e6aa03-15f1-48ba-981f-5b4c795fcedf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
