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by uptownben 5913 days ago
Hope you're in the United States or some other country that Google decided to support. I don't mean to sound bitter, but I'm in Israel and it's seems that even with a decent size Google presence here, Israeli Android devs can not sell apps on the Google Marketplace. I found this out AFTER I paid the signup fee. That was about 9 months ago, and Google still hasn't responded to my emails requesting a solution. So, you should basically check, and double check that your country is supported if you want to sell apps and get paid.
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Here is a link to the list of supported locations for developers who want to sell apps. Seems kind of short but I'm keeping my Android developer account open in the hopes that this list will get significantly longer in the near future. http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&an...
Hire a proxy in a valid country to sell them.

For instance, I'd happily sell your apps for you on the marketplace after licencing them from you (I run a US based iPhone and Android* development shop[see my profile for contact info])

*Still only 2 projects deep into android.

That sounds like an interesting option but I just think we shouldn't have to do that.
I agree, you shouldn't have to, but there are what we think the world should be and the facts on the ground. For whatever reason, Google doesn't care to expand their checkout regime
Exactly, thank you, that's important for people to know if they are planning to start developing for the Android platform and expect to get paid (directly). Too bad I figured it out AFTER paying the registration fee.