10.5 Monetizing Apps: Using In-App Billing to Sell Virtual Goods
Google Play’s in-app billing service
http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/index.html
enables you to sell virtual goods (e.g., digital content) through apps on devices running Android 2.3 or higher (Fig. 10.8). The in-app billing service is available only for apps purchased through Google Play; it may not be used in apps sold through third-party app stores. To use in-app billing, you’ll need a Google Play publisher account (see Section 10.6) and a Google Payments merchant account (see Section 10.7). Google pays you 70% of the revenue for all in-app purchases made through your apps.
Fig. 10.8 Virtual goods
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