Market Charging for Apps This Week???

[ickyfehmleh]

I have sent an email to the market support 1 month ago

never heard from them..

that sucks...

here was my original post:

Robin:
Is Google going to provide any information to the developers about the people who buy their apps
(ex: email, phone ID, etc), maybe they call a web page(developer site) after a user buys an app and supply the deviceID

This will be nice since the apps can use such information to prevent piracy ....

ex: a user buys an app from the market. Google sends the developer their device ID

App developer has Database for legit users (using information above), and app gets authenticated bases on that...

otherwise limiting piracy would be very hard

another thing they can do is provide an API that will tell if the user installed the app from the market or from anywhere else, this will prevent piracy, as the App will stop if it wasn't installed from the market.

any ideas ..

It'd be nicer if Google handled all that for developers as technically it's up to them to authenticate the app; it was purchased through Google's Market. If Google is taking a 30% cut out of my profits (plus a $25 upfront fee) for the joy of selling an app via their Market they should be maintaining all aspects of application authentication.

[orcking]

agreed 100%



I guess Google don't care too much because T-mobile is the one who is taking 30%

This thing should be taken into consideration...

It'd be nicer if Google handled all that for developers as technically it's up to them to authenticate the app; it was purchased through Google's Market. If Google is taking a 30% cut out of my profits (plus a $25 upfront fee) for the joy of selling an app via their Market they should be maintaining all aspects of application authentication.

[GasBot]

It'd be nicer if Google handled all that for developers as technically it's up to them to authenticate the app; it was purchased through Google's Market. If Google is taking a 30% cut out of my profits (plus a $25 upfront fee) for the joy of selling an app via their Market they should be maintaining all aspects of application authentication.

They won't. And Google Checkout is such a huge piece of **** that preventing piracy is going to be a nightmare. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to allow people to purchase a subscription to my app considering Google Checkout doesn't support subscriptions or any kind of recurring payments.

[queensnewbie]

I saw you made reference to a $7 charge in the description for the Gasbot app which was updated (obviously it's still listed as free for now). I am guessing it must be coming soon if you had to designate a price right? Those comments were not too pleasant...

[ickyfehmleh]

They won't. And Google Checkout is such a huge piece of **** that preventing piracy is going to be a nightmare. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to allow people to purchase a subscription to my app considering Google Checkout doesn't support subscriptions or any kind of recurring payments.

If Google doesn't do all the authentication, why should anyone sell an app via the market? Why shouldn't one distribute it for free via the market but require users to sign up via a website and provide credit card information? That way one would keep 100% of the profits (ok, minus 2-3% for the credit card processor) and be able to do all of their own authentication.

I refuse to believe Google is that short-sighted.

[GasBot]

If Google doesn't do all the authentication, why should anyone sell an app via the market? Why shouldn't one distribute it for free via the market but require users to sign up via a website and provide credit card information? That way one would keep 100% of the profits (ok, minus 2-3% for the credit card processor) and be able to do all of their own authentication.

I refuse to believe Google is that short-sighted.

Because like they did with my app, Google will remove your app from the market if you use an outside payment system to charge for an app. I had a long e-mail chain with Dan Morrill about how piss poor their method of implementing the market has been.

[g1ftmfw]

hope the apps for sale are tip calculators and fart machines.....hahahaha... actually im really excited for this...!!!!!!!

[GasBot]

I saw you made reference to a $7 charge in the description for the Gasbot app which was updated (obviously it's still listed as free for now). I am guessing it must be coming soon if you had to designate a price right? Those comments were not too pleasant...

I don't have any information about when its coming, but according to Dan, its very soon. I'm guessing that they're waiting until a majority if not everyone is running on RC33. After that they'll probably open it up to paid apps.

[ickyfehmleh]

Because like they did with my app, Google will remove your app from the market if you use an outside payment system to charge for an app. I had a long e-mail chain with Dan Morrill about how piss poor their method of implementing the market has been.

Ugh, this does not bode well.

[vbreal]

bit more info

Paid Android apps hitting Android Market next week?


Could Google (NSDQ: GOOG) be gearing up to offer paid apps in the Android Market starting next week? It might just happen.
We’ve been expecting Google to start accepting premium, for-pay Android applications into the Android Market sometime in this half of 2009. And, with T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) currently rolling out the Android RC33 update to T-Mobile G1 owners in the US, Google is seemingly poised to finally start peddling premium applications through the Android Market.
According to the Wall Street Journal:
“This week Google will start allowing developers to charge for software sold through the Android Market, according to people familiar with the matter.”
The WSJ article only makes a passing reference to Google’s Android Market as part of an analysis of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s mobile strategy, but it was enough to catch the attention of Android-savvy smartphone users around the blogosphere. The unassuming sentence in the WSJ has sparked speculation that Google will unleash premium Android applications later this week. But, there is also the distinct possibility that for-pay Android apps will debut next week, coinciding with the start of Mobile World Congress 2009.
Considering that the Android RC33 update isn’t scheduled to be completely rolled out until Feb. 15th, Google might just hold off on flipping the premium-app switch until the RC33 update penetrates the US fleet of T-Mobile G1’s. Even with the RC33 update floating around and ready to force-update any G1 to the latest Android OS build, there are likely thousands of G1’s roaming T-Mobile network with pre-RC33 firmware. If Google were to wait until T-Mobile finishes rolling out the update, it would push the launch of premium Android apps until at least next week.
This week, next week, next month, whatever the case, all eyes are on the Android Market to deliver on a monetizable distribution model. Just don’t go holding your breath for it to happen…