Paid application to become available on Android mid next week
Developers from US and UK can go to the publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish to upload their application(s) along with end user pricing for the apps. The, priced applications will be available to end users in the US starting mid next week.
From Android market blog:
“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. Developers can find more information about priced applications in Android Market at http://market.android.com/support/
Google Checkout will serve as the payment and billing mechanism for Android Market. Developers who do not already have a Google Checkout merchant account can easily sign up for one via the publisher website.
Also, Android Market for free applications will become available to users in Australia starting February 15th Pacific Time and in Singapore in the coming weeks. Developers can now make their applications available in these countries via the publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish.”
Will we start to see much polished applications as a result? From the comments on the Android market for various application, users definitely hope so.
From the developers prospective, many would probably be concerned with the fact that the developers have to open a Google merchant account, since all the transactions are supposed to be handled through Google checkout.Consequently will they have even less than 70% of the sales due to fees associated with Google merchant account?
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