Yes, well hopefully I can create apps that are able to compete with the other really skillful developers out there. What happens is that I'll probably just give it away for free <sarcasm>and make it my mission in life ruin it for somebody else trying to sell a similar app until I can charge myself.</sarcasm> ;) .. Well, not quite - I'll probably figure something out.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: > You wouldn't be on equal footing with us/uk developers. The category > winners could already be picked when you are allowed to finally publish your > app. > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Mads Kristiansen < > mads.kristian...@nullwire.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to see someone create a solution like armadillo - i.e. a wrapper >> to make apps available in the Android Market while using an external >> DRM/payment solution. There is no word on when I will be able to publish >> priced apps form my country, so that could be anywhere from 1 month to years >> from now (well, probably not, but just to make a point). That's a bit of a >> problem. I'll probably just publish my first app and then do some shameless >> self promotion in it ;) instead of charging, see what happens with the >> priced apps and then concentrate a bit on the iPhone development. >> >> BR, Mads >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> > Google checkout has been working since 2006 >>> It might be operational since then, but did anyone see Google's checkout >>> in the wild? >>> It is in Google's the best interest to finally do something about it and >>> make it mandatory to use for people so that they will finally start using >>> it, but I don't think it is in the best interest of developers to be forced >>> to use an exotic payment system that no user has ever used before. >>> Given that non-us/uk developers are not allowed to publish their apps >>> makes the story worse, at least for those developers. >>> >>> That's the beauty of Apple's solution. They also don't provide paypal, >>> but at least most user already have an iTunes account and things go very >>> smoothly. >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've been reading a lot about this whole Google Merchant thing and it's >>>> actually that Google Checkout only allows to sell goods from US and UK. >>>> It's >>>> not an Android thing, it's their system is not even complete and >>>> operational >>>> for all countries. >>>> Well, I know they will add more countries like they said in the email >>>> but I wonder what is the ETA on Canada. Google checkout has been working >>>> since 2006 I believe and people have been whining since then. Still nothing >>>> has been done. So seeing how slow is this going, I wonder if they will >>>> actually add Canada (or more countries) in a matter of months or years or >>>> what? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mariano Kamp >>>> <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah, that is really really bad and even worse and too late >>>>> communicated. I wonder why? >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I knew you wouldn't be able to buy or sell IN Canada. But I had no >>>>>> idea that if I was IN Canada I wouldn't be able to sell to another >>>>>> countries. >>>>>> Now I'm sad. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does Canada appear in the list in the email? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Agus wrote: >>>>>>> > no Canada? >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >> Google have already stated UK & US first, then Germany, Austria, >>>>>>> and the >>>>>>> >> Netherlands, followed by France, Italy, and Spain. >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> It was all in an email Google sent out at the end of last year >>>>>>> >> (http://www.talkandroid.com/526-android-market-paid-apps-2009/). >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Al. >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Ivan Soto wrote: >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >>> I wonder the same. >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Will it be possible to sell from Canada to the rest of the world? >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Evgeny V <evgen...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>> <mailto:evgen...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> But it's available for US and UK countires! >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Means it that only US and UK citizen could be a sellers? >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, g1bb < >>>>>>> corymgibb...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> Woah, now I can specify a price! >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> On Feb 13, 10:12 am, g1bb <corymgibb...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>> <mailto:corymgibb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>> > I noticed a 'Setup a Merchant Account at Google >>>>>>> >>> CheckoutFree' is now >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> > available at market.android.com >>>>>>> >>> <http://market.android.com/>, but not functional yet. >>>>>>> We're >>>>>>> >>> getting >>>>>>> >>> > closer! 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