I'm working at company A and we're about to publish an app on behalf of company B. We have the code for both Android and iOS but we don't have accounts for Google Play Console or Apple Developer and neither does company B.
We want the publisher name in App Store and Google Play Store to be company B. So this is a two part question:
App Store:
I'm aware that you can have an organizational developer account but does this require company B to have their own account as well?
Google Play Store:
On this one I am totally lost. I have found no information about creating a Google Play Console account as a organization. Does it require you to have an enterprise account? What does it takes from company B?
I've tried to research this but I might have been searching for the wrong things.
If you want to publish On Behalf of Company B then Company B must have Apple developer account.
If you have credentials of the Company B then you don't need to purchase Developer Account for Company B(If you want to avoid two purchase)
If purchasing two account is not an issue or you don't have credentials to Company B then you can Assign your Company A as Developer in Company B and give rights at your that suits you the best.
I am an iOS developer i can just help you with Apple.
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I am looking for some information on how Google play payments work. So say we develop an app and that app is used by multiple clients. Each client has their own bank account. A customer pays for a service using Google pay. If that service was provided by client 1 how does that money end up in the client 1 bank account.
I'm thinking of this from an app developer perspective. Just looking for answers on what the work flow is where the clients bank account would be setup and would that be done on their Google account or the app developers account etc
I currently have a Google Play Developer account as an individual. However I am starting my own company as a sole trader, so I need to move my payment profile from individual to business. Is there a way to do this without creating a new developer account and moving all my apps from one account to the other?
From the Play Console Help:
Choosing an account type
Google Play offers two developer account types: Personal and
Organization. Personal and organization accounts have access to the
same functionality and are able to monetize on Google Play using a
payments profile; the only difference is the information we collect
from you when you're setting up your account. You will be able to
change your account type if your circumstances change.
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.
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