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diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/monetize/subscriptions.jd b/docs/html/distribute/monetize/subscriptions.jd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a838e30 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/distribute/monetize/subscriptions.jd @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +page.title=Monetize with Subscriptions +page.image=/distribute/images/subscription.jpg +page.metaDescription=Sell subscriptions to your products to create continuing revenue streams. +page.tags="in-app", "iap", "monetizing", "free", "trials" +@jd:body + +<div class="figure"> + <img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-subscription-0.jpg"> + <p class="img-caption" style="width:300px;"> + In-App Subscriptions + </p> +</div> + +<p> + Subscriptions provide an excellent opportunity to create continuing revenue + streams. Subscriptions are similar to digital goods offered through <a href= + "{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</a> but made + available on a recurring monthly or annual basis. +</p> + +<p> + When users purchase subscriptions in your apps, Google Play handles all + checkout details so your apps never have to directly process any financial + transactions. Google Play processes all payments for subscriptions through + Google Wallet, just as it does for standard in-app products and app + purchases. This ensures a consistent and familiar purchase flow for your + users and reduces cart abandonment rates. +</p> + +<p> + At a basic level you can offer use of your apps or access to their content on + a subscription basis, using a <a href= + "{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.html#trials">free trial + subscription</a> to allow users to explore the apps or content. +</p> + +<p> + A more advanced approach is to offer specific features or content items as + subscriptions within your apps. This way you can offer users basic or core + features or content for free or part of the initial purchase and extended + features or content as subscriptions. You can have multiple subscriptions + active in an app at any one time. +</p> + +<p> + To get started with subscriptions you need to set-up a Google Wallet <a href= + "{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/start.html#merchant-account">Merchant + Account</a> from the Developer Console. You then define subscriptions for + published or draft apps in the <a href= + "{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/developer-console.html#in-app-billing">In-app + Products</a> section of the Developer Console, integrate the In-app Billing + API into your apps, and add the mechanisms to unlock subscribed features or + deliver content. +</p> + +<div class="sidebox" style="width:400px;float:left;margin-left:0"> + <p> + <strong>Tip:</strong> Due to some direct carrier billing limits, we + recommend monthly subscriptions. Annual subscriptions may exceed limits, + causing the purchase to be blocked and you to lose that revenue. + </p> +</div> + +<div class="headerLine clearfloat"><h1 id="related-resources">Related Resources</h1><hr></div> + +<div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" + data-query="collection:distribute/monetize/subscriptions" + data-sortOrder="-timestamp" + data-cardSizes="9x3" + data-maxResults="6"></div> + |