As the title mentions - How can I change the ownership of a Google Play Console Developer's Account?
Change the ownership means to associate the developer's account with a different Gmail account & let the previous association be let go off (and possibly not pay the $25 USD registration fee again).
Note: There is a similar question asked but I think it's incorrectly marked as a duplicate of a question which doesn't answer the question. (It answers How to transfer apps to another account).
I also beg to differ that the accepted answer also doesn't seem to answer the question.
Hence, asking & answering this as a separate question for the future readers.
You cannot change/transfer the ownership of a Google Play Console Developers Account.
Once a developer account is created, the email address used to register is permanently tied to the account.
From the Official Help:
Account owner email address and country
The account owner email address and country can't be changed. However,
you can create a new account using a different email address or
country and transfer your apps to your new account.
Accounts with published or unpublished apps
To transfer apps to a new account, go to our app transfer checklist.
Accounts without apps
If you haven't published any apps using your existing Play Console
account, you can create a new account and cancel your existing
account.
However, there is a workaround.
You can create a new developer account & make the payment for the same.
Transfer your apps to the new developer account.
Ask google to close the previous account & they will refund the registration fees of the previous account.
References From official Help Docs:
Transfer apps to a different developer account
Step 1: Make sure your Google Play Developer accounts are registered &
active
Before our team can transfer apps from your original account to a
different account, known as your target account, both Google Play
Developer accounts need to be fully registered and active.
Note: You need to pay the $25 USD registration fee for both accounts.
After the transfer is complete, if you want to close your original
account, our team can refund its registration fee.
Protect your developer account
Use a different account for your developer account
If your developer account is linked to your personal Google Account,
consider creating a new account to use for your developer account.
This way, if one account is compromised, the other account can still
be secure.
If you’ve already registered, our support team can transfer your apps
to a new account. To transfer your apps to a different account,
register a new developer account, then prepare and request the
transfer with our support team.
Note: If you close your old account, we will refund your original $25
registration fee.
2021 Method
You can change the ownership of your account to another in few steps and it usually takes a few hours to get everything done. Steps that I followed to transfers my account is as follows.
Unpublish all apps. all apps > setup > advance settings
Open a support ticket in google play support.
Wait for them to reply
Create a new developer account and reply them the details of both new and original accounts (account email and transaction ID/Order ID).
Google play support will reply with the transfer confirmation (with the refund).
You can transfer the ownership of apps, not the ownership of accounts.
Have you considered transferring the ownership of all your apps to the new account instead? It should have the same effect. See Transfer apps to a different developer account
Related
I want to transfer my app with subscriptions to another company, but it seems that it was not possible before, and the document of google is vague.
Does anyone know if it is still not possible or is there any good way to do that like transferring the developer account itself?
Transferring android app with subscription to another account
Android Developer Console - Change app owner
It is allowed nowadays! You can transfer apps with in-app subsriptions to a new developer account. And you need pay extra attention to linked project if you used Play Developer APIs to verify the purchases or used other integrated services. After the transfering process, the renewal orders will be visible in the Play Console under the new developer account while the previous orders will only be visible under your current account.
I wanna know if one of my account gets banned,will it affect second one, since both are created using same debit card?
You can have multiple developer accounts.
If one account get banned Google will try to find all your other accounts and they will be banned too..
After your account has been terminated
When your developer account is terminated, all applications in your
catalog will be removed from the Google Play store and the users,
stats, and ratings associated with those applications will be
forfeited. Additionally, you will no longer be able to publish new
applications. Please do not attempt to register for a new Google Play
Developer Console account.
If your account was terminated for violating the developer terms, we
can no longer accept applications from you. This means that any
related accounts are also permanently suspended, and any new accounts
that you try to open will be terminated without a refund of the
developer registration fee.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2491922?hl=en&ref_topic=3453554
It will effect if they find them.
i have a developer account to upload android apk , but i have few queries
where does the incoming money of paid application falls , in my developer account ?
as the application will be paid so how my client gets the incoming money i.e. money which is being paid by the users ? do i need to give access to my developer account or i got to create a new for him ?
is there a way to integrate my clients under my developer account and they will get their payment on their google checkout ?
from my experience, you have a merchant account where all the payments goes.
This merchant account has the following details:
-Account holder name:
-Bank name:
-SWIFT code:
-IBAN:
Each month Google makes a payment and the money earned ends up in that account.
Sorry, but I don't think the third option is feasible.
Added:
I think the Merchant aacount is strictly connected with
the Developer Account. So I think you can only have one merchant account each developer account. Anyway, in settings you have "User accounts & rights"
From there, you can invite users to see your data.
You are currently the only person who has access to this Developer
console.
You can give access to this console to an unlimited number of people.
You will remain the owner of this console and will be the only person
who can grant or revoke access to other users.
If you have multiple clients then it is better to keep separate Google account for each. So your clients cannot see other application.
As a developer you can give access to all their accounts so that you can view and check updates.
So each client will have a separate financial details based on their bank.
I don't think you can have multiple financial details in google console. But you can raise your question to google play support team and they will confirm you.
I am about to create Android Market Account. Lets say I have two accounts, account A and account B.
Can I use account A to pay android market registration fee of 25$ ?
Can I use account B to get money on sale of my app ?
From the Google Play support site:
At this time, Google Play Android Developer account and the Google Checkout Merchant account must be the same Google Account address.
However, depending on your needs, you may well be satisfied with the workaround I use:
Use account A to register and pay the $25 fee.
Add account B as a "Full Access" user in your Google Checkout settings.
Technically that satisfies both of your requirements, with the caveat that both accounts can access Google Checkout.
I am an iOS and Android developer, but newer to the Android Marketplace.
On iOS, you can have multiple iTunes Connect & developer.apple.com accounts to access provisioning, applications, stats, etc.
Is such a thing possible on Android? When I log into the marketplace to upload an app, I see no links referring to "settings" or really anything other than "Upload an app".
2 reasons: 1, I paid the $25 fee with my private Gmail account - want to change that to company email. 2, I have a client that wants to have multiple logins to the marketplace backend.
You cannot link to other accounts. However, recently Google started to let developers to transfer application ownership to other accounts.
"If you would like to change the Google Account that you use to publish your applications, we are able to transfer applications to a new account. When applications are transferred, all ratings, comments, metrics, and users will be preserved."
The process is described here:
(http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139626)
Nope, you can't link other logins to the publisher account.
You can, however, change the account (google will migrate your apps to the new account and refund the fee). Instructions here.
Now I see a new link on my developer console to manage user accounts and there is a message which says:
Account owner and user access
Starting on March 29, we are adding
support for account owner and user roles within developer accounts. Go
to our Help Center to learn more about what account owners and users
can do.
Learn
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