Your interpretation would make more sense, but that doesn't seem to be the way it's being done.
I don't have the option on my current app to change from free. When I unpublish it and attempt to "Upload an application", I have the option to set a price, but the publish site won't allow me to upload my .apk because it sees that that application package has already been published, and asks that I "upgrade" that app. Am I the only one that this was a suprise to? I am really not looking forward to the annoyed user comments & emails. I had planned for a much easier transition. What are others doing to migrate data between free & paid versions of an app? On Feb 16, 8:39 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Developers could always add a couple of features and charge for the > feature added version. > > Al. > > > > > > Blake B. wrote: > > Ok, maybe I missed this along the way (or heard comments of this and > > couldn't believe it to be true), but this statement seems clear in the > > "Setting the price of applications" section: > > > "If you have previously published an application for free, you cannot > > change it to have a price." > > > This seems to mean that any app that has been in the Market up to this > > point that plans on charging a price now will have to re-package > > itself as a new application. If the app contains a database or other > > private data not accessible to other apps, I suppose that means we > > will have to release ANOTHER version of the FREE app that includes > > some kind of support for exporting data, then have the user download/ > > install this version and run it IN ADDITION TO the new paid version if > > they want to migrate their data to the new paid version? This seems > > like a major headache for users and developers alike. > > > Am I reading this correctly? > > > On Feb 16, 2:57 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>http://market.android.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=15867 > > >> Highlights; > > >> - All fee information is shown in USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, and CAD so I think > >> that tells us who is going to be able to sell apps in the coming months. > >> - Allowable price ranges are $0.99 to $200 (YES $200 - Sheesh) or 0.50 > >> GBP to 100 GBP. > >> - Chargebacks for less than $10 USD will be automatically charged back. > >> - A $3 USD fee may be added to chargebacks on top of the refund. > >> - The 24 hour refund period starts when the user has *downloaded* the > >> app, not when they purchase it. > > >> -- > >> ====== > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > >> subsidiaries. > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
