That's an interesting idea - I might sign up for something like that. In any case it will be very interesting first of all to see how well the paid apps will perform compared to a certain other Application Store. Another option for me personally would be to take a "field trip" to Germany and register a company if I get really desperate. I already have bank accounts setup there and I go there often, so it's not a big deal, but it really depends on when I can expect Denmark to join the "paid apps club". / Mads
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > OK, I'm going to float an idea that I'd like some feedback on from > developers and (hopefully) someone at Google (Justin, I'd appreciate any > clarification you can give on this). > > My company (Funky Android) is a UK Registered company and I would be > willing to allow it to act as a publisher for *some* non-US/UK > developers in order to get their paid apps into the app store. What I'd > look for is a 2% cut of the app sales price on top of the Markets 30% > cut in order to cover support and admin costs (i.e. forwarding user > queries, paying the accountant to make sure the money flow is tax > efficient and legal, etc.). > > Is this something developers would want and Google would allow? > > Al. > > Mads Kristiansen wrote: > > 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 > > <mailto: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 > > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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> > > >>> <mailto: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> > > >>> <mailto: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> > > >>> <mailto: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> > > >>> <http://market.android.com/>, but not > > functional yet. 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