As I have opened account, I got this kind of tax info related message on Google Play Console.
As per Indian tax standard its asking for GSTIN info as per my business.
But I don't have any registered business exist so I am not business tax payer of the country so I don't have this kind of GSTIN number.
So what is the solution in this case for me?
Now I got proper reply from Google Support Team and posting here so if other users have noticed same point then they can get relief.
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I have contacted google payment help desk. If you are an individual developer you can ignore this error let the banner flash. Google currently does not have category as individual tax payer and businesses.
This error will not affect your application uploads. This will also will not affect your payment receipts.
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I signed up for Google Play console yesterday and paid US$25. It asked for authentication documents. I entered the photo of my official ID card and my address. Here's a response today:
Reason for failure: You submitted a document associated with individual accounts, but you are using an organizational account. Please submit one of the documents we accept for organizations or contact customer support to change your account type.
I looked at the account details page. my account is personal. What do I do now?
I'm afraid to repost because nothing has changed. My photos or other official documents are ready, but I couldn't find phone support like Apple on Google.
At first I was waiting for Google to accept this situation.
From Google Play Console, click on the (?) icon in the upper right corner.
Then click on Contact Us and tell them about your situation.
Note: Always use your passport as an identification document. Google does not recognize most countries' personal IDs.
And don't worry. This happened with one of my clients recently and was resolved in one month.
I am a Android game developer in Nigeria. My app is in the playstore and it has in-app products. The default price is naturally in Naira, as is my Merchant Bank account.
Here is the problem: when I try to purchase a product from my game, it gives me this error
My banks subsequently tells me that I have selected the DCC Payment option(Dynamic Currency Conversion) which allows me to pay in Naira which has temporarily restricted on all the cards.
It further tells me to "reattempt the transaction and select the currency of the country you are transacting in".
Now, I do not think this is my bank problem because I have a website hosted on Hostgator, and Hosgator charges 11 dollars from my account every month successfully.
And when I try to buy stuff from Candy Crush, it does not give any problem. It goes straight ahead and shows me this
I really do not know what the problem is - do I need to get a dollar account for my Google Merchant bank, so that it charges me in dollars and works?
Did anyone in foreign countries have this issue? Please help.
Thank you.
Common mistake why we encounter this error is not being able to set the product id. It is important that you set up the in-app product id which should be the same as in the console and activate it.
As stated in Creating a Product List, you can sell an item using Google Play's in-app billing feature only if the item is listed on an application's product list. And to activate it, access In-App Products link in your developer console then check status field.
This related SO post - Android In-App Billing error You need to sign into your google account might help in getting other possible solutions.
I set the ID of my product incorrectly. Sorted it out now.
I have an app with in-app-billing & google analytics setup and now I want to track my transactions and purchases from within the app. My issue is that I can't get my head around how I'm supposed to get the tax for the transaction.
The tax is different in each country (based on the credit-card i think) if I'm not mistaken so there should be a way to get it programmatically. I am using Googles in-app-billing api v3 and Analytics SDK for Android V4.
I dunno, I might be missing something obvious. Help would be appreciated, thanks.
I believe that you need to provide the tax amount when you are submitting your transaction hit. Check the ecommerce tracking guide. You can set the tax amount using setTax method on the HitBuilders.TransactionBuilder. Since taxes differ based on many thing (like the address zip code in US or the product category) Analytics can deduct the tax based on location alone. Your app needs to provide this with the transaction.
This question has already been asked a lot of times but no complete/detailed answer has been provided so far.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question. I need to configure the Google Developer Console (and Google Wallet as well) in order to sell apps in Play Store. As you probably know Google has a list and not all countries are easily allowed to sell applications. However, there is one workaround using Payoneer and Google Wallet in order to get money from the apps sold. Basically you need to obtain an account in Payoneer and apply for "US Payment Services", doing this you will get a banck account in the US, after that you will need to create a Google Wallet Merchant Account and here is the problem:If your country is not listed in Google as an allowed location you will need to change the configuration in Google Wallet to an US address (you can get one in usbox.com for instance) and after that you will be able to create the Merchant account. The problem is that sells in Play Stores fail even if these steps were completed. I think that the problem is that I cannot verify my identity because I don't have an SSN or ITIN number.
Does anyone have more experience about this or know the required steps and configuration for Non-US Residents?
There is no general answer because if you are not a US resident, it still depends on your country. Depending on your country, you may get paid through wire transfer:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2700656?hl=en
This applies to many but not all non US residents.
The general process is described here:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/173779?hl=en
Is there any way of getting to know who has bought your app on the Android Market? I currently haven't got an account on the market, my app is still in development so i'm asking you guys.
I'd like to know and make a list of the people who purchased, or downloaded for free, my apps. Not their email addresses or anything, just some unique usernames, maybe from the Android Market itself. Is that possible?
If not, is there any way to get this information AFTER the app has been bought? The in-app billing system i'm guessing is anonymous as well, as it's still part of the Google/Android Market billing system. But if i were to use PayPal to make "my own in-app billing" would that work? I'm guessing i can see any PayPal transactions from where/who it originated, no?
If someone can offer me a suggestion on how i could get this information, with the user's willing participation of course, i'd be grateful.
To track users, people generally use some kind of Analytics app:
Google Analytics for Android and Flurry are popular, to name a couple.
I know of no other way to track general downloads, other than the Android developer dashboard/console
To answer your first question:
Google Android purchases (market and in-app) show up in the Merchant section of Google Checkout.
EDIT: Also, once a purchase is made, it is not anonymous and you as a merchant have freedom to contact the customer directly.
EDIT #2: To address your second comment:
From https://checkout.google.com/sell/orders a merchant can see the following information for each order:
Google Checkout Order Number
Total $ (or other currency) Amount
If they've yet been charged/pending/or other Credit Card/Other processing problems and current status.
Order Details (Include user name - which is Full Name - and App Name)
Additionally, within each order you get:
Customer's full name
Billing Address
Full email, not masked
Sold on, Charged on, Confirmed on Dates/Times
App name ID
So, Quite a bit information.