Marketplace/Free
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The Marketplace has been placed into maintenance mode. It is no longer under active development. You can read complete details here.
This page is try and remove any confusion between free and price tier zero.
Price points compared
| Payment needed | Receipt generated | API | In-app possible | Searches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | No | No | Install API | Yes | shows up as a free app in all searches, lists, reviewer queues etc |
| Price point zero | No | Yes | Receipt API | Yes | shows up as a paid app in all searches, lists, reviewer queues etc |
| Price point greater than zero | Yes | Yes | Receipt API | Yes | shows up as a paid app in all searches, lists, reviewer queues etc |
Notes
- When an app moves between free and paid, a re-review of the app is forced.
- Any app can do in-app payments.
Reason
Most of the confusion revolves around price tier 0, because the cost of this price point is $0.00. An app in this price point is not *free*. It is a paid app, it just requires no payment to install it. The point of this price point is to allow flows like:
- Allow promotions when the app can be reduced to no charge
- Allows developers to make an app that is no charge at the beginning and charge when they feel its ready
This is important because it means that:
- A receipt is always generated. If you had some users without a receipt (because at one point the app was free) and then other users with a receipt (because at one point its no longer free), its hard for a developer to figure that out.
- Changing price from price point 0 no longer requires a re-review.
Suggestions
- Try to avoid the use of the word "free" when referring to price point 0, instead try "no charge" or "no payment".
- In the zamboni code there are multiple premium types: ADDON_FREE, ADDON_FREE_INAPP, ADDON_PREMIUM and ADDON_PREMIUM_INAPP see: https://github.com/mozilla/zamboni/blob/master/apps/constants/base.py#L270
