Good news Indian developers, Google has just announced that it is extending the Google Play seller support to India. Now Android developers who live in India can now sell their paid applications in one of the largest app markets of the world and earn profit of their content. This is the second major update Google has released today for its Google Play Store. First was the inclusion of the Wishlist feature.
Previously developers from India could only make free apps for Google Play that weren’t very profitable for them. Not only Indian developers can sell their apps on Google Play now but they can also earn money through in-app purchases feature of Google Play by offering upgrades in their applications. Google has not only extended seller support to India for Google Play developers but has also updated the store, which will now show app prices in Indian Rupees instead of USD.
It is not only a great news for Indian developers but for whole of Android community as now Indian app developers will be able to offer premium quality apps that they couldn’t before due to lack of payment option.
While announcing this news Google also shared on its Android Developers Blog that Android activations in India have jumped over 400% over the past year. In the last six months Indian Android users have downloaded more apps than they did in previous three years combined. This signifies the importance of Indian and other Asian markets not only for Google but for all other companies who are deliberately ignoring such opportunities.
Now Google Play seller support is available to Android developers of 32 countries including around the world including India.