BTW, my suggestion assumes that all the app versions use the same code base and are the same app. If you made 3 distinct apps, of course that wouldn't work for you :)
On Sunday, August 4, 2013 10:28:57 AM UTC+3, Piren wrote: > > why not just have 3 options to buy in the In App purchase: > - Lite to Pro Upgrade > - Lite to Full Upgrade > - Full To Pro Upgrade. > > You control which versions appear to each client according to their > current version...With proper pricing, you might even consider everyone to > upgrade to Pro directly (make it so upgrading Lite to Pro costs less than > upgrading using the two other options instead of costing exactly the same) > > > On Saturday, August 3, 2013 12:07:46 AM UTC+3, Steve Gabrilowitz wrote: >> >> I have an app that has been in the play store for a while with 2 >> different flavors: an ad funded free version and an ad-free version with >> all the exact same features. Now I am adding a bunch of new features and >> want to make a 3rd flavor so that users can choose whether they want to pay >> extra for the extra functionality. The question here comes how to handle >> my current customers of the "lite" version, I want to give them an upgrade >> opportunity and not make them pay full price for the "pro" version. Way >> back when I started working on the "pro" features what I had planned to do >> was to have those folks who wanted to upgrade just buy the pro version >> normally, and I would give them a partial refund. But now "pro" is almost >> ready for release and Google has taken away my ability to issue a partial >> refund, and even my ability to look up an order by name or e-mail (I HATE >> that, WHY did they do that?) >> >> What would be ideal would be if I could allow them to purchase the pro >> version from the play store at a discount if they do it via an in-app >> purchase from within the "lite" version. Is such a thing possible? If so, >> can I get a pointer or 2 on how to implement it or if not then any other >> ideas on how to accomplish my objective? >> >> Thanks >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
