Yes, we submit your apps to Amazon Appstore! We automatically transmit and propagate your changes and updates to Amazon Appstore as well. We do this through our in-house proprietary publishing software. By submitting your app, you agree to our TERMS OF SUBMISSION SERVICE as explained on this webpage and documents it links to. New app incurs one-time payment of processing fee of $10 (one payment for both paid and free versions of app): payment options

On Amazon Appstore, our trade name is "Android Mart".

Developers, to make money selling your own apps, please upload your new app (form at the top) and make payment of one-time processing fee of $10 (one payment for both free and paid versions; payment options) for us to review and submit your app to various marketplaces. You can make free unlimited updates and changes through the same form. Your changes and updates will be propagated to various marketplaces within 24 hours. You have complete control over where you want to market your app to and how you present your app. If you like to use our AdMob or other mobile ad network accounts to receive your free app ad earnings, we can provide that as well.

12 Major Android App Marketplaces:

Amazon Appstore Amazon is world largest online retailer. Apps listed on Amazon Appstore will enjoy all the merchandising features offered and fine-tuned by Amazon. Developers will be able to take advantage of 60+ million users already with payment information on Amazon. Sophisticated Amazon merchandising capability combined with one click check out process will make Amazon the choice of distribution venue for paid apps. amazon.com Google Android Market Google Checkout is the payment processor in this marketplace. Google is working with regulatory bodies around the world to provide access for more countries. Currently, not all countries can sell Android apps to this marketplace. android.com/market Verizon V CAST Apps It starts out as a tab in Android Market. It will go stand-alone. Marketplace operated by carrier will have billing advantage. vzw.com Motorola SHOP4APPS It is still being tested. The store is operated like a web site accessible through mobile browser, mobile client, or Motorola Media Link (MML). Free mobile client MotoAppstore can be used to download and install apps. MyLocker account stores purchased goods to be deployed to your handsets. MyLocker can be managed on desktop computer. I think it is organized like iTune. motorola.com China Mobile Mobile Market China Mobile is the largest wireless operator in China. It has close to half billion subscribers. China Mobile and other Chinese wireless operators have their own variant of Android operating system, OPhone OS or OMS (Open Mobile System), or Tapas. They run their own Android app marketplace for their subscribers. We can provide access to this marketplace and help you make money from the world's largest wireless user base. mm.10086.cn China Unicom WoStore Originally it was called UniStore to be consistent with UPhone and UniPlus Android OS. China Unicom is the 2nd largest wireless operator in China. store.wo.com.cn China Telecom eStore Another major Chinese wireless operator runs eStore. 189store.com NTT DoCoMo App Store It runs like current i-mode data content providers. It will be an open platform where developers can build apps to be listed in the store. There will be an approval process to ensure content compliance. NTT DoCoMo mobile strategy is in response to SoftBank Mobile's exclusive distribution deal with Apple iPhone in Japan. It is not unlike Verizon vs AT&T here in US. nttdocomo.com GetJar App Store Currently world 2nd largest app store. Second only to Apple App Store. It is an open platform that delivers apps for Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Symbian and more. getjar.com MOBANGO Free mobile applications, games, ringtones, videos and themes for your phone. Its distribution model is "Pay Per Distribution". They do not charge per number of downloads. Since the digital goods distributed through them are all "Free", I can see PPD is the most logical revenue model. mobango.com SlideME Apps are managed through SAM (SlideME Application Manager). SlideME provides applications to niche markets, based on geographic location, payment method or even types of applications that users can't find in traditional channels. We open up these markets to developers, who can deliver and sell their applications globally. a.k.a. Mobentoo slideme.org Handango App Store App store is operated by PocketGear. PocketGear is the world's largest cross platform, open app store and content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles available for discovery and download. handango.com

It is worthwhile noting that Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, is starting an app store for web applications. The future of Google's Chrome OS will have an app store too. We are seeing the convergence of "mobile app" and "browser web app" and a grand transformation of "mobile & web world" taking over "desktop world"!

In the early Internet history, "applets" built with visionary James A. Gosling's invention Java, promise "Write once, run anywhere". With Dalvik VM on Android, and J2ME on other mobile devices, and the help of JavaScript and XML, browser can finally play the traditional desktop role. As recently as late 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was talking about a Mac App Store modeled after iOS App Store.

More Players in the Android App Marketplace Field.

andappstore.com appoke.com mobihand.com sprint.com appbackr.com (wholesale) appslib.com (Archos only) Vodafone 360 Shop androidpit.com adroia.com (Norway) zdn.zedge.net Galapagos (Sharp Content Marketplace) Mozilla Open Web App Store appbrain.com phoload.com kuqu.com (Chinese) Camangi Market Best Buy (TBA) androidgear.com MiKandi (adult) pdassi.de (German) PlayStation Android Phone (Games) coolmart.net.cn (Chinese) Adobe AIR InMarket hiapk.com (Chinese) gfan.com (Chinese) eoemarket.com (Chinese) aimi8.com (Chinese) goapk.com (Chinese) yingyonghui.com (Chinese) S Market (Chinese) insydemarket.com bloomworlds.com (family friendly) souapp.com (Chinese) ollehmarket.com (Korean) handster.com handmark.com appia.com

Please contact me if you like to add entries to our alternative Android marketplace list.

These stores provide alternative distribution channels and marketing venues developers can monetize their apps on. Some of them cater to a special market segment or age group. Some are niche players that curate a unique list of apps.

Seller retains ownership of all intellectual property rights of apps. Seller and submitter rights and responsibilities are spelled out in this agreement. Developers and publichers as sellers retain all intellectual property rights of their apps.

Android App Submission Service Agreement

Service Fee. It depends on the volume of submission business and is negotiable. We have "Fixed Term" and "Flexible Term" service plan options. "Fixed Term" service plan normally goes for two years and has the lowest fee structure. On "Fixed Term" service plan, we keep 9% of gross revenue as expense. As of late 2010, Amazon Appstore expense ratio is 30%. Each new app also incurs $10 one-time total processing fee (one payment for both paid and free version).

Accounting Transparency. We pay out last month earning one day after we receive payment from market operator. All our customers have access to daily sales and accounting data. We understand developers are very interested in their sales activities in various marketplaces. We provide timely sales records and reports to our clients.

We accommodate varieties of payment methods accepted and preferred by our customers. PayPal, ACH or other forms of electronic direct fund transfer is available.

There are advertising networks that bring advertisers, publishers and Android developers to facilitate the sales of advertising space and clicks inventory. It normally requires that developer adds a few lines of network software codes for ads to be picked and displayed dynamically.

List of Mobile Advertising Networks

Google AdMob™ You can monetize your Android app through AdMob advertising. Please contact us to help you set up AdMob advertising for your free ad supported app. Here are documents on how to make your app AdMob ready. AdMob_Android_SDK_Instructions.pdf Admob on Android Wiki admob.com WOOBOO Largest mobile advertising network in China. Contact us on how to publish and monetize your app to Chinese users through this advertising network. wooboo.com.cn ADITIC The ADITIC brand is a product from Sofialys, the leading mobile advertising and marketing company. Our team has been working for over 6 years in the field of new technologies and advertising and we have leveraged this expertise to develop Aditic and make it an easy-to-use platform for all of our customers. aditic.com Admoda Admoda was launched in the summer of 2006 by MobVision. Since its formation in 2003, MobVision has gained an unrivaled wealth of experience in the mobile internet, mobile entertainment, and mobile advertising sector. This experience and expertise is embedded in Admoda. admoda.com Mojiva Mojiva is a young and dynamic startup company with a mission to help monetize all mobile content across the globe. All of Mojiva's products and solutions are built with simplicity in mind. We believe that the less time you spend managing, the more time you can spend selling. Mojiva is simple. Mobile. Advertising. mojiva.com Crisp Wireless Crisp Wireless is a rich media mobile advertising company that offers a mobile ad platform, unique Adhesion fixed ad placement, and a full catalog of beyond-the-banner ad formats to enable premium brands to interact with consumers on mobile devices. crispwireless.com BuzzCity BuzzCity is a mobile media company offering brand owners and agencies access to a global advertising network on the mobile internet buzzcity.com

Just like device and other carriers specific Android variants, OPhone is implemented through "add-on" mechanism of Android platform. You can visit the following website to download OPhone SDK, which has everything you need to build, and test your apps and widgets. The SDK contains system image file for emulator, the emulator phone skin, OPhone API, documents, sample codes. It also comes with two Eclipse plugins, OPhone Development Tools(ODT) and Widget Development Tools(WDT) which you can install into your Eclipse environment. Once you have installed your OPhone SDK as a component to your Android SDK, you will be able to create Android Virtual Device(AVD) to test your apps.

A good programming practice is to build your app targeting lowest version platform API to maximize your app deployability.

ophonesdn.com (OPhone Software Development Network)

E-Commerce EU VAT Collection Obligation

Council Directive 2002/38/EC
THRESHOLDS for distance selling B2C VAT Collection

There are plethora of resources on the web for Android software developers. Here are some tips and technical how-tos on application publishing and distribution.

Application Localization
Signing Your Applications
Versioning Your Applications
Licensing Your Applications
Platform Compatibility

Trademark
Copyright
Digital Millennium Copyright Act

App can be any marketable mobile content in APK format (a variant of JAR format), downloadable or hosted, interactive or static. It can be application, game, widget, music, ringtone, mp3/mp4/midi, images, jpeg/mpeg, wallpaper, eBook, text, story, joke, comics.

Intellectual Property Rights. When marketing Android apps, a lot of developers like to use well known trademarks as keywords to help users discover their newly released software. Using competitor's trademark can be risky. But there are certain techniques we can use without infringing copyright and trademark. The key is to use the marks in a manner that does not confuse the source of goods in the marketplace.

Google Android Market Availability. Developers from these countries can particularly benefit from our submission service. As per officially published list List of Countries That Can Sell Paid Apps, these countries could use our submission service: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Myanmar(Burma), Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.