From dd3263c99003a9e2f111df8e21c1333e59a2b152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Solovay Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:06:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: New IAB "prorates" feature Added description of new prorated seasonal subscription prices. Also noted that free trials are now supported for seasonal subscriptions. Per Z's request, also folded in a bugfix that had been waiting a while. See first comment for doc stage location. bug: 25756808 bug: 14070005 Change-Id: Id43ed7bd6f84ec0ba9a05c4202fc2585c7fd6a22 --- .../play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd | 30 +++++++++++++++---- docs/html/google/play/billing/index.jd | 10 +++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/html/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd b/docs/html/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd index da9eafd105ef6..069947deba9cd 100644 --- a/docs/html/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd +++ b/docs/html/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.jd @@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ date to 15 August 2015 14:00:00 UTC.

try your subscription content before buying it. The trial period runs for the period of time that you set and then automatically converts to a full subscription managed according to the subscription's billing interval and -price. Free trials are supported for monthly and annual subscriptions only, and -are not supported for seasonal subscriptions.

+price. Google Play supports free trials for all subscription types, including +seasonal subscriptions.

To take advantage of a free trial, a user must "purchase" the full subscription through the standard In-app Billing flow, providing a valid form of @@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ against the credit card that the user provided during the initial purchase, at the amount set for the full subscription, and continuing at the subscription interval. If necessary, the user can cancel the subscription at any time during the trial -period. In this case, Google Play marks the subscription as expired immediately, -rather than waiting until the end of the trial period. The user has not -paid for the trial period and so is not entitled to continued access after -cancellation.

+period. In this case, the subscription remains active until the end of the +trial period, but Google Play sets the subscription not to renew +automatically; at the end of the trial period the subscription expires, and +Google Play does not charge the user.

You can set up a trial period for a subscription in the Developer Console, without needing to modify or update your APK. Just locate and edit the @@ -371,6 +371,24 @@ products available for purchase inside the app.

product from the product list offered in your app to prevent users from seeing or purchasing it.

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Prorated Seasonal Subscription Prices

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You can set up prorated prices for users who buy seasonal subscriptions +after the season's start date. You specify the date on which the discounted +price takes effect. The discounted price takes effect at 0:00 UTC on +the specified date. You can set multiple prorated prices, dropping the +subscription price lower and lower as the season goes on. If a user purchases +a prorated seasonal subscription and remains subscribed until the start of the +next season, Google Play charges them the full subscription price when the next +season starts.

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For example, the professional checkers season runs from March 1 to August 31. +The Checkers Dilettante app offers a seasonal subscription for €10. The +app also offers two prorated prices: €7.50 for users who sign up on or after +June 1, and €5 for users who sign up on or after +August 15. Regardless of when the user signs up, the seasonal subscription ends +on August 31.

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Subscription Cancellation

Users can view the status of all of their subscriptions and cancel them if diff --git a/docs/html/google/play/billing/index.jd b/docs/html/google/play/billing/index.jd index a964449c0a9a8..b20262f5bd885 100644 --- a/docs/html/google/play/billing/index.jd +++ b/docs/html/google/play/billing/index.jd @@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ and features, and more. You can use In-app Billing to sell products as

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