Just to add my comment from the other thread as I think its relevant here : http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=5d08f29aeb3d9706&hl=en&fid=5d08f29aeb3d970600046438bbae6cbc
Now that I think about it, my app is on market at £0.69 = approx $0.99 and I am getting quite a lot of payment declined. Thats completely unfair if this is because Google won't let me sell my app in dollars - and I believe UK devs should be compensated for lost sales from payment declined and from currency confusion. And Google, you are losing 30% on lost sales too - surely you have an incentive to fix?! Alex On Mar 2, 2:55 pm, Sena Gbeckor-Kove <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks > > S > > On 2 Mar 2009, at 15:47, Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote: > > > > > I've already dropped a note to someone inside Google who might have > > visibility over this issue. > > > JBQ > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> * JBQ, this isn't aimed at you, this is aimed at the management of > >> the > >> Android project. I appreciate you putting the other side of the > >> argument, but this is affecting the feasibility of non-US developers > >> focusing on Android knowing that it will cover some of the bills. * > > >> This is a question which is only relevant to developers, and is > >> pretty > >> fundamental to those trying to sustain a business from developing > >> Android apps. As Stoyan pointed out, there's been no "official" > >> answer > >> to the question so what would you suggest?, Sit it out and wait until > >> someone from the support team can be bothered to reply? How would > >> Google feel if developers didn't answer support questions about > >> Android > >> apps for 10 days or more? Especially given developers have paid $25 > >> USD > >> for the privilege of getting into Market and asking the question. > >> With > >> 12 separate developers asking the question that's $300 USD of market > >> joining fees to get absolutley no response to an issue that is > >> affecting > >> sales. > > >> If Multi-Currency isn't implemented it's only a matter of time before > >> users are going to see apps in USD, GBP, CAD, EUR, and possibly AUD. > >> There are already instances of users not taking notice of the > >> currency > >> symbol so there will be people assuming that a $1.50 AUD app is more > >> expensive than an 0.99 USD app when in actual fact the AUD one is > >> cheaper. > > >> This isn't even something that can be solved by geo-targetting the > >> app > >> because UK developers can't sell to UK G1 owners so there just > >> isn't a > >> market they can target that deals in GBP. > > >> To me this really is showing up how inexperienced Google is at > >> selling > >> to consumers. It's one thing to work in the B2B world where currency > >> conversion is a fact of life, it's a whole other thing to put the > >> burden > >> of ForEx calculations onto Joe the plumber. > > >> Al. > > >> Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote: > >>> Those questions about Market are at a level of detail that goes far > >>> beyond using the SDK, and the people who support the SDK have little > >>> or no visibility over that level of detail in the way Market works. > > >>> Therefore, this discussion would be more appropriate on android- > >>> discuss. > > >>> Thanks, > >>> JBQ > > >>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Stoyan Damov > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> JBQ, this question was asked 10 days ago and not one Googler has > >>>> bothered to post "We're looking into this". > >>>> You can imagine that this forum (android-developers) will more and > >>>> more start looking like android-market-for-developers forum given > >>>> that > >>>> most of the list users are not newbies anymore, have released their > >>>> free and paid apps and are expecting *some* support from Google. > > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Stoyan > > >>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected] > >>>> > wrote: > > >>>>> Looks like this question was originally asked in the right forum. > > >>>>> JBQ > > >>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?fid=5d08f... > > >>>>>> Google *really* need to do something about multi-currency > >>>>>> pricing. The > >>>>>> idea that a customer can't buy because the developer can't list > >>>>>> a price > >>>>>> in their currency is just crazy when you consider that > >>>>>> alternative > >>>>>> worldwide payments systems have been doing this for years. > > >>>>>> Al. > > >>>>>> -- > > >>>>>> * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > >>>>>> ====== > >>>>>> 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. > > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Jean-Baptiste M. 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