As a follow on to those wanting to know more about the limitations on Checkout you can find Googles page on it at http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134420
Al. On Jul 8, 12:52 pm, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > Market makes use of Google Checkout which is probably the cause of > some payment problems. > > At AndAppStore we usePayPalwho 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
