Sorry I can't address plans on Market, that's not what I work on. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:54 PM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson.au@ gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep. Just wish that as well as the Managed and Unmanaged Purchase > Types there was also Managed-Periodic that supported limited lifetime > purchases (ie subscriptions). > > Yes I know its possible to implement this using Unmanaged and having > your own server to track the subscription. But its clumsy, fragile, > easily subverted and requires quite a bit of extra work for each > developer for what looks like a very common use case. > > A subscription service means that there is an incentive to continually > improve your app for your existing users. > And honestly, getting them to part with $1/year sounds like a > reasonable proposition for a well maintained app. > > Dianne, is there any movement in that direction that you are aware of? > > > On Feb 3, 12:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > How about using it to be able to put your app up on market as a free > trial > > version, using in-app billing to unlock the full version? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Damien Cooke <cooke.dam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Mainly for apps where buying extra services makes sense. Like a > magazine > > > application that allows you to buy and download magazine subscriptions > or > > > editions within the > > > app. > > > > > Damien > > > sent from my HTC Desire > > > > > On 03/02/2011 11:39 AM, "sblantipodi" <perini.dav...@dpsoftware.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I just received a mail from google that informs me that In-App Billing > > > will be available soon. > > > > > Can you explain me please what is the in app billing and what is used > > > for? > > > We can create "buy now" button now without any additional apis that > > > redirect customers > > > to the market, why use in app billing on android? > > > > > -- > > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
