Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android market?

Posted by nischalshetty on Thursday March 15, 2012 @04:22AM
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Google Checkout does not create a merchant account for Indians and a Google Checkout merchant account seems mandatory in order to sell on the Android Market. What's the way out? Is opening a US bank account the only option?

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Re:Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android... by michaelpinto on Thursday March 15, 2012 @04:55AM (#3707471)

Man Google just doesn't get it sometimes — I found this thread and it seems there is a mini-industry of people who are actually cashing in on this problem: http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!c...

Google needs to fix this...

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Re:Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android... by nischalshetty on Thursday March 15, 2012 @05:41AM (#3707603)

Thanks! Looking into that thread, helpful. mini-industry indeed. I just don't get the fact how a company like Google is finding it difficult to allow Indian developers to see their apps in the Android Market. More so because Google has offices in India!

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Re:Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android... by plinkplonk on Sunday March 18, 2012 @12:55AM (#3719141)

Even more funny is that Indian developers can sell apps in Apple Store. If Google is in a mindshare battle for mobile devs, ignoring Indian devs is a dumb, dumb move.

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Re:Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android... by swapsmagic on Saturday March 17, 2012 @05:41PM (#3718295)

Looks like there is a place for a company who can upload apps on behalf of developers from none supported country.

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Re:Ask HN: As an Indian, how do I sell an app on the Android... by robwgibbons on Sunday March 18, 2012 @12:48AM (#3719137)

I am guessing this is due to the fucked up Indian spying policies

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