I'd like to see someone create a solution like armadillo - i.e. a wrapper to make apps available in the Android Market while using an external DRM/payment solution. There is no word on when I will be able to publish priced apps form my country, so that could be anywhere from 1 month to years from now (well, probably not, but just to make a point). That's a bit of a problem. I'll probably just publish my first app and then do some shameless self promotion in it ;) instead of charging, see what happens with the priced apps and then concentrate a bit on the iPhone development.
BR, Mads On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Google checkout has been working since 2006 > It might be operational since then, but did anyone see Google's checkout in > the wild? > It is in Google's the best interest to finally do something about it and > make it mandatory to use for people so that they will finally start using > it, but I don't think it is in the best interest of developers to be forced > to use an exotic payment system that no user has ever used before. > Given that non-us/uk developers are not allowed to publish their apps makes > the story worse, at least for those developers. > > That's the beauty of Apple's solution. They also don't provide paypal, but > at least most user already have an iTunes account and things go very > smoothly. > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've been reading a lot about this whole Google Merchant thing and it's >> actually that Google Checkout only allows to sell goods from US and UK. It's >> not an Android thing, it's their system is not even complete and operational >> for all countries. >> Well, I know they will add more countries like they said in the email but >> I wonder what is the ETA on Canada. Google checkout has been working since >> 2006 I believe and people have been whining since then. Still nothing has >> been done. So seeing how slow is this going, I wonder if they will actually >> add Canada (or more countries) in a matter of months or years or what? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Yeah, that is really really bad and even worse and too late communicated. >>> I wonder why? >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I knew you wouldn't be able to buy or sell IN Canada. But I had no idea >>>> that if I was IN Canada I wouldn't be able to sell to another countries. >>>> Now I'm sad. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does Canada appear in the list in the email? >>>>> >>>>> Agus wrote: >>>>> > no Canada? >>>>> > >>>>> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> >> Google have already stated UK & US first, then Germany, Austria, and >>>>> the >>>>> >> Netherlands, followed by France, Italy, and Spain. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> It was all in an email Google sent out at the end of last year >>>>> >> (http://www.talkandroid.com/526-android-market-paid-apps-2009/). >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Al. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Ivan Soto wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> I wonder the same. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Will it be possible to sell from Canada to the rest of the world? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Evgeny V <evgen...@gmail.com >>>>> >>> <mailto:evgen...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> But it's available for US and UK countires! >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Means it that only US and UK citizen could be a sellers? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, g1bb <corymgibb...@gmail.com >>>>> >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Woah, now I can specify a price! >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Feb 13, 10:12 am, g1bb <corymgibb...@gmail.com >>>>> >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>> > I noticed a 'Setup a Merchant Account at Google >>>>> >>> CheckoutFree' is now >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> > available at market.android.com >>>>> >>> <http://market.android.com/>, but not functional yet. >>>>> We're >>>>> >>> getting >>>>> >>> > closer! 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