OK, I'm going to float an idea that I'd like some feedback on from developers and (hopefully) someone at Google (Justin, I'd appreciate any clarification you can give on this).
My company (Funky Android) is a UK Registered company and I would be willing to allow it to act as a publisher for *some* non-US/UK developers in order to get their paid apps into the app store. What I'd look for is a 2% cut of the app sales price on top of the Markets 30% cut in order to cover support and admin costs (i.e. forwarding user queries, paying the accountant to make sure the money flow is tax efficient and legal, etc.). Is this something developers would want and Google would allow? Al. Mads Kristiansen wrote: > I'd like to see someone create a solution like armadillo - i.e. a > wrapper to make apps available in the Android Market while using an > external DRM/payment solution. There is no word on when I will be able > to publish priced apps form my country, so that could be anywhere from > 1 month to years from now (well, probably not, but just to make a > point). That's a bit of a problem. I'll probably just publish my first > app and then do some shameless self promotion in it ;) instead of > charging, see what happens with the priced apps and then concentrate a > bit on the iPhone development. > > BR, Mads > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com > <mailto:mariano.k...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Google checkout has been working since 2006 > It might be operational since then, but did anyone see Google's > checkout in the wild? > It is in Google's the best interest to finally do something about > it and make it mandatory to use for people so that they will > finally start using it, but I don't think it is in the best > interest of developers to be forced to use an exotic payment > system that no user has ever used before. > Given that non-us/uk developers are not allowed to publish their > apps makes the story worse, at least for those developers. > > That's the beauty of Apple's solution. They also don't provide > paypal, but at least most user already have an iTunes account and > things go very smoothly. > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com > <mailto:ivanso...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I've been reading a lot about this whole Google Merchant thing > and it's actually that Google Checkout only allows to sell > goods from US and UK. It's not an Android thing, it's their > system is not even complete and operational for all countries. > > Well, I know they will add more countries like they said in > the email but I wonder what is the ETA on Canada. Google > checkout has been working since 2006 I believe and people have > been whining since then. Still nothing has been done. So > seeing how slow is this going, I wonder if they will actually > add Canada (or more countries) in a matter of months or years > or what? > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mariano Kamp > <mariano.k...@gmail.com <mailto:mariano.k...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Yeah, that is really really bad and even worse and too > late communicated. I wonder why? > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Ivan Soto > <ivanso...@gmail.com <mailto:ivanso...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I knew you wouldn't be able to buy or sell IN Canada. > But I had no idea that if I was IN Canada I wouldn't > be able to sell to another countries. > > Now I'm sad. > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Al Sutton > <a...@funkyandroid.com <mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com>> wrote: > > > Does Canada appear in the list in the email? > > Agus wrote: > > no Canada? > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Al Sutton > <a...@funkyandroid.com <mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com>> > wrote: > > > >> Google have already stated UK & US first, then > Germany, Austria, and the > >> Netherlands, followed by France, Italy, and Spain. > >> > >> It was all in an email Google sent out at the > end of last year > >> > > (http://www.talkandroid.com/526-android-market-paid-apps-2009/). > >> > >> Al. > >> > >> Ivan Soto wrote: > >> > >>> I wonder the same. > >>> > >>> Will it be possible to sell from Canada to the > rest of the world? > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Evgeny V > <evgen...@gmail.com <mailto:evgen...@gmail.com> > >>> <mailto:evgen...@gmail.com > <mailto:evgen...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> But it's available for US and UK countires! > >>> > >>> Means it that only US and UK citizen could > be a sellers? > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, g1bb > <corymgibb...@gmail.com > <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com> > >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com > <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Woah, now I can specify a price! > >>> > >>> > >>> On Feb 13, 10:12 am, g1bb > <corymgibb...@gmail.com > <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com> > >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com > <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > >>> > I noticed a 'Setup a Merchant > Account at Google > >>> CheckoutFree' is now > >>> > >>> > available at market.android.com > <http://market.android.com> > >>> <http://market.android.com/>, but not > functional yet. We're > >>> getting > >>> > closer! Is the link working for anyone? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> ====== > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England > & Wales with the > >> company number 6741909. The registered head > office is Kemp House, > >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & > Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head > office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. 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