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user1150958
user1150958

Reputation: 91

Alternative in-app-purchase methods for Android

I want to use an alternative way for in-app purchases in my Android application such as Fortumo or PayPal libraries. Don't they violate Android Developers Terms of Services? Or will it cause the suspending of my developer account?

Can I also sell electronic currencies in my application using Android native In-App-Purchase?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 4501

Answers (3)

Andrew Chan
Andrew Chan

Reputation: 21

Direct in-app payment would violate Google's terms. However there are a large number of developers (e.g., KKBox) which do not want to pay Google 30% split. What they do is essential setting up a login page with passcode. On the other hand, they sell those passcode as pay-as-you-go or subscription. I believe this does not violate the terms of Google.

Upvotes: 0

LordRaydenMK
LordRaydenMK

Reputation: 13321

In-app purchases: Developers offering virtual goods or currencies within a game downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing service as the method of payment. Developers offering additional content, services or functionality within another category of app downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing service as the method of payment, except:

where payment is primarily for physical goods or services (e.g., buying movie tickets, or buying a publication where the price also includes a hard copy subscription);
or where payment is for digital content or goods that may be consumed outside of the app itself (e.g., buying songs that can be played on other music players).

Developers must not mislead users about the apps they are selling nor about any in-app services, goods, content or functionality they are selling. If your product description on Google Play refers to in-app features to which a specific or additional charge applies, your description must clearly notify users that payment is required to access those features.

Source: https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html

Upvotes: 5

Nikolay Elenkov
Nikolay Elenkov

Reputation: 52936

Consult a lawyer, not SO. IANL, but the Market agreement states that

All fees received by Developers for Products distributed via the Market must be processed by the Market's Payment Processor.

AFAIK, the only authorized payment processor is Google Checkout/Wallet, so you decide whether using PayPal violates the agreement.

Upvotes: 2

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