How to register an Android developer account for a company?
I'm trying to register an Android Developer account for our company that we'll use to publish our company's apps to the market. So we don't want a account which is bound to a single developer.
But this statement which is displayed before paying the fee of $25 let me wonder if a developer account can be associated with a company at all.
Your registration fee enables you to publish software in the market. The name and billing address used to register will bind you to the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement. So make sure you double check!
If I understand this correctly, then this means that the person whose credit card is used to pay the fee will be the person how accept the developer agreement and therefore will be legal responsible for the apps that are published under this account.
If this is correct then this is not exactly what we want, as we cannot make one of our developer personal legal responsible for the company's product.
So what are our options to avoid this? How could the account be legally bound to the company instead. Or did we miss understand the whole statement?
Answer
You need to create a google checkout account.
If you're interested in selling priced applications, you'll need to be registered as a Google Checkout Merchant as well. To do this from the Android Market publisher site:
- Log into your Android Market account at http://market.android.com/publish/
- Click on the "Edit profile" link.
- Select "Setup a Merchant Account at Google Checkout."
This will take you to the Google Checkout site to sign up as a Merchant; you'll need to have information about your business handy to complete this step. Learn more about the requirements to be a Google Checkout Merchant.