Market makes use of Google Checkout which is probably the cause of some payment problems.
At AndAppStore we use PayPal who have a more mature product than Checkout and extend to more countries. We also pass 100% of payments to the developer in a direct user to developer transaction which side steps the need for us to get involved in any tax and legal issues surrounding the transaction (in the same way a hosting company isn't involved in transactional issues when they host an eCommerce site for another company). So it's not that we're small or fast, it's just that we've set our business model to make use of existing providers who have well developed services (e.g. PayPal), and workflows that avoid the need to get involved in the complex legal side of things. Hope this helps you understand the differences. Al. On Jul 8, 9:28 am, ko5tik <kpriblo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jul 7, 11:40 pm, "Michael A." <michael.aki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The legal & logistical issues are of course why this is not just a > > technical issue, but after 2 years? There are dozens upon dozens of > > digital distribution platforms out there - some of them started after > > the Android market - that manage to handle purchase and developer > > sales from multiple countries. It may not be trivial issue, but it is > > not rocket science either. The only explanation that really makes > > sense is that Google just isn't interested (i.e., to prioritize it). > > Google is big and visible - so they have to comply with goverment > demands > in the countries they are physically present. (everybody likes to > chisel out > something - like german cities a fee for streetview based on street > length). > Small fish just does not care - they are invisible and too small and > too fast . > > So there will be no official sales in embargoed countries - like iran > or kuba, > and nobody will bother with small ones like swiss, because management > overhead > will be bigger than potential revenues. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
