Germany, Old Europe and all, is also on the axis of the forgotten. So your
field trip would need to go to the UK.

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Mads Kristiansen <
mads.kristian...@nullwire.com> wrote:

>
> That's an interesting idea - I might sign up for something like that. In
> any case it will be very interesting first of all to see how well the paid
> apps will perform compared to a certain other Application Store.
> Another option for me personally would be to take a "field trip" to Germany
> and register a company if I get really desperate. I already have bank
> accounts setup there and I go there often, so it's not a big deal, but it
> really depends on when I can expect Denmark to join the "paid apps club".
> / Mads
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, I'm going to float an idea that I'd like some feedback on from
>> developers and (hopefully) someone at Google (Justin, I'd appreciate any
>> clarification you can give on this).
>>
>> My company (Funky Android) is a UK Registered company and I would be
>> willing to allow it to act as a publisher for *some* non-US/UK
>> developers in order to get their paid apps into the app store. What I'd
>> look for is a 2% cut of the app sales price on top of the Markets 30%
>> cut in order to cover support and admin costs (i.e. forwarding user
>> queries, paying the accountant to make sure the money flow is tax
>> efficient and legal, etc.).
>>
>> Is this something developers would want and Google would allow?
>>
>> Al.
>>
>> Mads Kristiansen 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
>> > <mailto: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
>> >     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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>
>> >                     >>> <mailto: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>
>> >                     >>>     <mailto: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>
>> >                     >>>         <mailto: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>
>> >                     >>>         <http://market.android.com/>, but not
>> >                     functional yet. We're
>> >                     >>>         getting
>> >                     >>>         > closer! Is the link working for
>> anyone?
>> >                     >>>
>> >                     >>>
>> >                     >>>
>> >                     >>>
>> >                     >> --
>> >                     >> ======
>> >                     >> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>>
>>
>> --
>> ======
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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