Amazon Developer Account

HalfBakedProductions

Hi all,

I was wondering if the Developer account for Amazon costs money. I've heard some people say it was free, and some say it was only free for a year.

Thanks,
HBP

Gamelover456

it's free if you already have a Amazon account.

KevinCross

I signed up to it free today.

HalfBakedProductions

I signed up to it free today.

@Gamelover456 @KevinCross,

Do you guys know if it is only free for the first year, or is it always free?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Look it up on the Amazon site

KevinCross

I couldn't see any mention of price anywhere. Someone said it was $50 but I couldn't see that. I haven't filled in the tax part yet so I can't upload apps but it seems to have set me up as a developer. It'll be a long while before I use it.

HalfBakedProductions

Look it up on the Amazon site

@FryingBaconStudios,

I couldn't find any mention of costs on the site.

Chakku

It seems new accounts cost money, but not for existing ones...so my question is, couldn't someone make an account through the shopping-side of Amazon and then immediately use that to bypass the dev fee? That sounds like a very obvious loophole... :-?

Chakku

The_Gamesalad_Guru

How come I found the answer in one minute? Read question 6

https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html

KevinCross

How come I found the answer in one minute? Read question 6

https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html

You said it cost $50 in this thread: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/60635/gamesalad-and-amazon-team-up/p3

Maybe it did a while ago?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

When I signed up it used to cost $50 they must have changed it. It's been about a year. That's why you always look stuff up when needing solid info. I always read all the info when I'm signing up for something or doing stuff in GS that involves a third party. I had an account for my company that holds my golden book franchise but we haven't done much with that in the last year and I haven't put puck it on Amazon so I hadn't made an account for lost oasis games. I will be doing all that in the coming weeks. In the meantime I have been reading on Amazon how to do IAP and GameCircle. Perpetration is the key.

imGua

How come I found the answer in one minute?

Cause you're Guru.

imGua

When I register account on an agreement page there is

"Changes to App Distribution and Services Agreement posted August 20, 2013

We’ve updated the Mobile App Distribution Agreement to remove the $99 Program fee. Please review the full text of the updated Agreement carefully."

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Ah so they changed just a few months ago. Trying to get more developers.

jigglybean

I have both a UK and US Amazon account and signed up, free last night. Had to change a few things to suit using Jigglybean games instead of my actual name and bingo, it was all completed inside 10 minutes.

Amazon need to change their app store on their website to display apps like google or itunes does because it is a bit of a mess.

HalfBakedProductions

Thanks for all the help!