Economic issues of working with Windows Store in Windows 8 for developers
The Windows Store application store in the developed Windows 8 was officially announced by Microsoft on December 7th. The developers of the store said that the applications in it will be paid and free, and it will work in 231 countries of the world.
Today, the Ukrainian IT-public on one of the rather large resources devoted to IT-topics, it was reported that the Windows Store application store will also work in Ukraine. Moreover, Ukrainians will be able to buy applications in their own national currency, which should be extremely convenient ... The statement came from Microsoft Director in Ukraine Dmitry Shimkiv, so there’s no reason to doubt the validity of the information.
I, as a developer, of course, were more interested in the questions of getting programs in the Windows Store. Fortunately, this question was also covered and it looks like this:
Thus, we can conclude: given that Microsoft has passed "... the mark of 500 million licenses sold for Windows 7, representing 500 million computers that could be upgraded to Windows 8 when delivered", then the potential audience for the applications being developed is really more than significant. It remains only to wait for the launch of Windows 8 and evaluate the real possibility of working with the Windows Store.
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Today, the Ukrainian IT-public on one of the rather large resources devoted to IT-topics, it was reported that the Windows Store application store will also work in Ukraine. Moreover, Ukrainians will be able to buy applications in their own national currency, which should be extremely convenient ... The statement came from Microsoft Director in Ukraine Dmitry Shimkiv, so there’s no reason to doubt the validity of the information.
I, as a developer, of course, were more interested in the questions of getting programs in the Windows Store. Fortunately, this question was also covered and it looks like this:
- When registering at the Windows Store, developers will be required to make a payment of $ 49. For new Metro applications, there is a procedure for their certification, the requirements of which can be found here .
- For legal entities the amount of payment will be $ 99.
- In the Windows Store, developers can use any convenient advertising platform created by both Microsoft and a third-party manufacturer.
- Developers receive 70% of payments for the purchase of their applications. In addition, if revenues exceed $ 25 thousand, the amount of payment to the developer increases to 80%.
Thus, we can conclude: given that Microsoft has passed "... the mark of 500 million licenses sold for Windows 7, representing 500 million computers that could be upgraded to Windows 8 when delivered", then the potential audience for the applications being developed is really more than significant. It remains only to wait for the launch of Windows 8 and evaluate the real possibility of working with the Windows Store.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/135205/
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