Android Police reports exciting news:
Today, the doors are open for developers from 12 additional countries to register for merchant accounts and begin selling paid apps to the world.
Support for merchant accounts has been added for:
- Bahrain
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Dominican Republic
- Estonia
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Panama
Just to clarify, it was already possible for customers in these countries to buy paid apps and make in-app purchases, but developers registered in these countries were limited to submitting only free apps without IAPs – until now. Without support for merchant accounts, developers usually have to rely on advertising revenue, if they can get it, or turn to alternate business models.
Out of the 152 countries Google Play currently accepts for developer registration, 74 now support merchant accounts.
This has been a long time awaited update!