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In-App Purchase

In-App Purchase
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Darryl K. Taft
Darryl K. Taft
Dec 7, 2011
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In-App Purchase

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The Windows Store will support in-app purchases. This slide for Animoto shows how it works.


Third-Party Payment

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The Metro-style app for eBay uses PayPal to manage transactions, mirroring the way eBay’s Website works today.


Third-Party Transaction Platforms: Daily Telegraph

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Developers who want to use their own transaction platforms for in-app purchases can do so with the Windows Store.


Trial Apps

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The Windows Store fully supports trial apps. This one is for Cut the Rope.


International Opportunity

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The Windows Store will be available in 231 markets worldwide. This version is in Chinese.


Windows Store Preview

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Antoine Leblond, corporate vice president of Windows Web Services, gave a preview of the Windows Store coming with Windows 8 at a developer event in San Francisco on Dec. 6.


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Windows Store Policies

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Leblond and Ted Dworkin, director of program management for Windows Store, unveiled Windows Store policies and showcased partner apps being built for Windows 8 at the developer event.


Windows Store Revenue Model

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Developers learned that with successful apps they can earn up to 80 percent of the revenue the apps generate during Leblond’s presentation at the Windows Store developer event.

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