Color: Six major mysteries of Google Play

When I saw the title and the word "cai", I felt like I have watched too much TV series "The Qin Empire" recently. The way ancient people spoke was really interesting: cai (meaning well said).

A few days ago, I shared an article titled "How did I go from 0 to 1 to have a stable income on Google Play?" The article detailed how an independent developer can use Google Play to make money from foreigners.

Then many students asked some questions of their own. Today I will help you fill in the gaps and answer your questions based on the comments and questions you left under that article.

In fact, to be honest, as a very common and unified application download channel abroad, the process of listing applications on Google Play is much simpler than in China, and the review is not that strict. It can be said to be quite relaxed, so there is no need to worry.

Moreover, unlike the domestic application market environment, there are many domestic application markets with complex environments, and the review rules and conditions of each application market are also different. Therefore, putting an application on the shelves in China is really a physical job and is particularly tiring.

Next, I will select some questions asked by readers and give unified answers.

Question 1: What do I need to prepare to apply for a Google Play developer account?

What you need to prepare:

A Google account is used to associate with Google Play Developer. A Google account is the account you register with Google products, such as Google Search and Google Mail.

Think about it, if you want to register a Google account, how can you register if you can't access the Internet scientifically?

Support Visa credit cards and domestic bank debit cards that support receiving foreign exchange. One is used to pay the account creation fee, and the other is used to receive the payment from Google.

Question 2: How to apply for a Google Play account?

Creating an account is very simple. The address to apply for a developer account is as follows:

https://play.google.com/console/signup

Here you can fill in the content one by one according to the application steps. Fill in the developer name, email address, contact number, agree to the service agreement and terms, and then you can create an account.

Special attention:

• It costs $25 to register a Google developer account. This fee is lifetime and you only need to pay $25. You do not need to pay it every year. This is different from Apple's AppStore. Apple's developer account requires an annual payment of $99.

After paying the money, the registration is successful and you can publish the application.

Question 3: Do I need to register on Google Play?

Actually, I did not reply to the classmate who asked me this question in the message, because this question is not worth replying. Why? This thing called soft-holding only exists in China. It is not recognized at all abroad and is not necessary.

Therefore, there is no need to upload software copyright information on Google Play.

Question 4: What is the difference between an enterprise account and a personal developer account?

A classmate left a message and asked this question: Is it a company account or a personal developer account?

Let me make it clear here: Google Play does not distinguish between individuals and companies, and the registered accounts are all called: developer accounts.

Therefore, when listing applications here, there is no need to distinguish between companies and individuals.

Question 5: About payment

Many people ask: How can I transfer the money I earn on Google in US dollars?

The wire transfer is in US dollars, and the bank will show it as US dollars. If you want to convert it into RMB, you need to convert it into RMB. The minimum amount for wire transfer is 100 US dollars, so the wire transfer will be made only when the amount reaches 100 US dollars, and there is no handling fee.

Regarding the payment time, it is generally in the middle and late part of each month, and will be postponed in case of holidays.

Question 6: What should I do if I don’t know how to use the backend?

This actually has nothing to do with Google Play, but someone asked me this question in the background, so I will answer it here.

Many mobile and front-end developers want to be independent developers to make extra money, but they don’t know how to use the back-end, so they don’t know how to save data and how to interact between the front-end and back-end.

There is really no good way to do this.

Either make a local application yourself without the need for a backend application.

Either you learn backend technology by yourself and strive for full stack. It is always better to have more skills. Learning backend technology is actually not that difficult.

Or you can find a backend friend to work with, and share the money when you make it. (This method is not encouraged, because if you don’t make money, many people can’t stick to it just because of their feelings. In addition, once you make money, you may have conflicts over the distribution of money.)

Do you know backend cloud technology? If you don't know backend technology, you can use backend cloud. Creating databases and interfaces is a one-stop, fool-proof operation that can solve the problem. As for the manufacturers of backend cloud, you can search and judge by yourself. I will not recommend them here. Once I recommend them, you will accuse me of advertising.

As long as you want to do it, there are always more ways than difficulties.