I have an Android Market Merchant Account!!!
WARNING….really bad formatting follows! I’ll try and make it a little nicer when I get a chance.
Could it be true???
This is what I got after I filled out the form with my private data. The Merchant form is accessed off of my main Android Developers page. This is what the invitation looks like…
I haven’t figured out how to put a price in for an application yet, or if you can…but we are very close. Guess I know what I’ll be doing with my free time this weekend! The deck has been shuffled, the hands have been delt, how are you going to play yours??
(Update)
From the email I got from Android Market Support, it looks like the charging of apps will start mid next week. I’m assuming that’s why I can’t actually put a price towards my apps yet.
From the email:
“Initially, priced applications will be available to end users in the US starting mid next week.”
Other news from the email, the Android Market will be open in Australia soon (Feb 15th) and Singapore in the coming weeks.
Also, paid apps are only supported in the US and UK Android Markets, but other countries will be coming online this quarter. Another, quote from the email:
“We will also enable developers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, and Spain to offer priced applications later this quarter. By the end of Q1 2009, we will announce support for developers in additional countries.”
February 13th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I read it differently. Developers from other countries are not allowed to sell their stuff until some later date. Of course, in line with their bad communication style, this information is not qualified.
So for the time being developers that don’t live in the US or UK are out of luck.
If I understand this right, this is totally lame to say the least.
And it’s not any new information for them. They could have announced keeping non-us/uk developers out last week, last month or last year.
February 14th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Hey Mariano,
Yea that would suck if only US and UK developers where allowed to sign up for paid apps. Not sure why they wouldn’t be able to allow all developers? Guess we will know for sure by mid-next week.
I’m still not sure if I’m going to charge for my first app, Jumpy. It’s kind of funny that I’m undecided over 99 cents.
February 14th, 2009 at 3:21 am
OK, after re-reading Google’s blog post on the Android Developer Blog and a couple other sources, I agree that Google is only allowing US developers. This is strange, I’m not sure from a software or legal or biz case why. Seems like it’d be in everyone’s best interest to open it wide up.
February 14th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Yeah, and it would make for a level playing field, i.e. to give everybody the same change to become the category winner.
They also try to force-feed us with Google checkout. Afaik this is very, very unsuccessful, but now with forcing it onto people they might have chance. Problem is, it is only available in the US and UK.
I think when forcing the inferior product onto people at least they should have been up to the task and be ready world-wide.
Having said that, I understand that they don’t want to rollout the apps to all markets at the same time. But this doesn’t cause inequality among the developers.
What makes me furious is their communications or lack thereof (see above). Truly unprofessional.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Now July 16, and still only U.S and U.K based merchants can register.