That's a cool use case, but I'm curious about how commonly people sell apps that way. Are you doing this because of the limitations of where Android offers paid apps? Is it because of the costs involved in doing transactions on Android Market?
I think that the value offered by Android Market only begins to be realized when your app makes into the rotation within the top 25 or so of any particular category. Said another way, 30% overhead is worth it if your volume is high enough. AAL is modular and can have additional validation targets, so doing validation through PayPal should be possible, although authentication would be the sticky part. AAL works so well with Android Market because it can use the user's existing account credentials when validating the purchase (i.e., no username/password required). On May 5, 7:48 am, westmeadboy <westmead...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Non-Android Market solutions would be more interesting to me. > > I'd like some way to stick an apk on my website and allow users to pay > using paypal. Everything else would work seamlessly... > > On May 4, 11:20 pm, dadical <keyes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've spent the last few weeks developing a new tool to stoppiracyof > > my paid apps on the Android Market. In a nutshell, licensing is tied > > directly to purchase verification. There is no license server to > > manage, no key for the user to enter. User experience is basically > > uninterrupted from normal application purchase. > > > I'm excited about this, as my paid apps are now reachingpiracyrates > > as high as 90% on some days,with the average somewhere around 75%. > > For pirated apps, purchase verification (and subsequently licensing) > > will fail after a certain number of attempts, and pirates will be left > > with anything from a "buy me" nag, to a disabled app (behavior is > > configurable). > > > Android Market is the only supported purchase validation target so > > far. Others will be forthcoming if demand warrants. > > > This isn't a perfect solution (I have yet to find a perfect licensing > > solution), but I feel it is the best balance of security, features, > > and workflow that I've seen to date. > > > You can find a write up, download, and purchasing information > > here:http://keyeslabs.com/joomla/index.php/projects/auto-app-licensing > > > I'll be looking forward to the comments, suggestions, and death > > threats. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
