Al Sutton 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?
I had much the same thought late last night: developers residing outside of Android Market-served areas need an agent to distribute the products in the Market on their behalf. For some developers, this might need to be a permanent arrangement, if Google Checkout never reaches their country for whatever reason. IANAL, but a quick read of the Developer Distribution Agreement didn't turn up anything that would prohibit agents from acting on a developer's behalf. The only thing lightly sticky is that I think the agent's "contact information will be displayed in each application detail page and made available to users for customer support purposes." The big-time headache, of course, is tax considerations. The agent would have to deal with the same tax considerations that Checkout has struggled with...which isn't a problem if the agent had to figure that out already. An agent could bundle this into a larger service, of course -- distribution through multiple channels, PR and blogger relations, front-line support (to deal with the "contact information" clause mentioned above), etc. A spin on the same concept would be to set up a US- or UK-based non-profit cooperative whose mission would be to provide those agent services to its members. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Published! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
