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docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd

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<p>The payment methods available to users worldwide may vary, based on

location, carrier network, and other factors.</p>



<div style="float:left;margin-right:2em;margin-top:1em;width:220px;">

<div style="float:left;margin-right:2em;margin-top:3em;margin-bottom:1em;width:220px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-subs.png" style="width:220px">

</div>
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<ul>

<li>Free (no charge to download)</li>

<li>Priced (user charged before download)</li>

<li>In-App products and subscriptions</li>

<li>In-app products and subscriptions</li>

</ul>

</div>

</div>
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ could set a nominal price for your app at download and sell value add-ons, 
gameplay levels, and upgrades as in-app products. The only restriction is that

free apps must remain free (to download) for the life of the app.</p>



<p>For details about in-app products or subscriptions,

see <a href="/guide/google/play/billing/index.html">Google Play In-app Billing</a>.</p>



<h2 id="buyer-currency" style="margin-top:1.5em;">Flexible pricing in the currencies of your customers</h2>



<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

docs/html/guide/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd

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        <li><a href="#publishing">Subscription publishing and unpublishing</a></li>

        <li><a href="#pricing">Subscription pricing</a></li>

        <li><a href="#user-billing">User billing</a></li>

        <li><a href="#trials">Free trial period</a></li>

        <li><a href="#cancellation">Subscription cancellation</a></li>

        <li><a href="#uninstallation">App uninstallation</a></li>

        <li><a href="#refunds">Refunds</a></li>
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<p>As with other in-app products, you configure and publish subscriptions using

the Developer Console and then sell them from inside apps installed on an

Android-powered devices. In the Developer console, you create subscription

products and add them to a product list, setting a price for each, choosing a

billing interval of monthly or annually, and then publishing. In your apps, it’s

products and add them to a product list, then set a price and optional trial

period for each, choose a billing interval (monthly or annual), and then publish.</p>



<p>In your apps, it’s

straightforward to add support for subscription purchases. The implementation

extends the standard In-app Billing API to support a new product type but uses

the same communication model, data structures, and user interactions as for
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ subscription and if so, allow access to your content. </p> 
    <li>You can set up subscriptions with either monthly or annual billing</li>

    <li>You can sell multiple subscription items in an app with various billing

    intervals or prices, such as for promotions</li>

    <li>You can offer a configurable trial period for any subscription. <span class="new" style="font-size:.78em;">New!</span></li>

    <li>Users purchase your subscriptions from inside your apps, rather than

    directly from Google Play</li>

    <li>Users manage their purchased subscriptions from the My Apps screen in
@@ -251,6 +255,41 @@ notify your backend servers of subscription purchases, tokens, and any billing 
errors that may occur. Your backend servers can use the server-side API to query

and update your records and follow up with customers directly, if needed.</p>



<h3 id="trials">Free Trial Period</h3>



<p>For any subscription, you can set up a free trial period that lets users

try your subscription content before buying it. The trial period

runs for the period of time that you set and then automatically converts to a full subscription

managed according to the subscription's billing interval and price.</p>



<p>To take advantage of a free trial, a user must "purchase" the full

subscription through the standard In-app Billing flow, providing a valid form of

payment to use for billing and completing the normal purchase transaction.

However, the user is not charged any money, since the initial period corresponds

to the free trial. Instead, Google Play records a transaction of $0.00 and the

subscription is marked as purchased for the duration of the trial period or

until cancellation. When the transaction is complete, Google Play notifies users

by email that they have purchased a subscription that includes a free trial

period and that the initial charge was $0.00. </p>



<p>When the trial period ends, Google Play automatically initiates billing

against the credit card that the user provided during the initial purchase, at the amount set

for the full subscription, and continuing at the subscription interval. If

necessary, the user can cancel the subscription at any time during the trial

period. In this case, Google Play <em>marks the subscription as expired immediately</em>,

rather than waiting until the end of the trial period. The user has not

paid for the trial period and so is not entitled to continued access after

cancellation.</p>



<p>You can set up a trial period for a subscription in the Developer Console,

without needing to modify or update your APK. Just locate and edit the

subscription in your product list, set a valid number of days for the trial

(must be 7 days or longer), and publish. You can change the period any time,

although note that Google Play does not apply the change to users who have

already "purchased" a trial period for the subscription. Only new subscription

purchases will use the updated trial period. You can create one free trial

period per subscription product.</p>



<h3 id="cancellation">Subscription cancellation</h3>



<p>Users can view the status of all of their subscriptions and cancel them if

docs/html/guide/google/play/billing/index.jd

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<div class="sidebox-wrapper">

<div class="sidebox">

  <h2>Support for subscriptions <span class="new">New!</span></h2>

  <p>In-app Billing now lets you sell subscriptions in your apps, as well as standard in-app products. 

  For details on how to sell subscriptions to content, services, and features, see the

  <a href="{@docRoot}guide/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.html">Subscriptions</a> documentation.</p>

  <p><strong>Free trials for subscriptions</strong> <span class="new" style="font-size:.78em;">New!</span></p>

  <p>You can now offer users a configurable <a href="{@docRoot}guide/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.html#trials">free trial period</a> for your in-app subscriptions. You can set up trials with a simple change in the Developer Console&mdash;no change to your app code is needed. 

</div>

</div>