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By Alekh M on 7 Comments / 1793 views

I am thinking of an idea in which I will sell e-contents(magazines/books) from apps.

However, I am facing problem in payment gateway. I researched a lot and these are the things I want to discuss

1. iOS Apps

Apple guidelines say that you don’t require to integrate our own payment gateway in case you are selling non-physical goods. That said, my goods comes into digital goods. So, If I integrate Gateway then would apple reject the app?

– Is selling ebooks not allowed in iOS app?

– What if I want to sell something for rs 20 or rs 90.In in-app purchase I am  tied to apple price band  like .99$(approx 60Rs) and in multiple for that ?

2. Gateway

I was in favour of carrier billing but they have hell lot of charges. 30%+15% DOT charges+ 5%service provider. How can I support 70%(50%+20% my margin) margin in e-content ???

Please share in your experience.

Thanking you in advance

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  1. We faced issues like this. 

    Apple will 1000% reject the app if you integrate any payment gateway other than In-App purchases. They are pretty serious about this and will go to all extent possible to protect their own revenue source. Also, In app is not cheap – 30% charge + 60 day settlement period. But on the flip side – this will provide an awesome customer experience and paying customers will love your app. And yes, you have to follow Apple price bands. Look at it this way – if you paying 30% margin, you’d better sell high ticket items rather than 20 rs items. 

    Don’t have much experience in carrier billing – but personally think it’s not very evolved in India.

  2. Carrier billing is going back to the dark ages. Don’t even think about it.

    Payments take months to come and they are always lesser than the records

  3. Though Instamojo and Easemysell and many more are on the same Domain. 

    You should check up mYwindow.me By RH Veer Mishra from Nagpur, also his recent startup SellMouse, is all about helping businesses convert better on social networks. Its about converting your fans and followers into real customers also on Mobile as an App.

    You can sell digital products like an ebook, logo, short-film, music albums, software code or anything you can think of, as a digital file. Both of which combined could help you To Buy anything you see in any ad or post just type “#BuyThis” into the comments section underneath the ad or post. They are looking at a 7 Day rollover payment time too for Indian banks as well as the other countries and currencies likewise or paypal.

    A few more here 🙂 We also have Fb STORE BUILDERS from Sellmojo.com (Nameet Potnis) and zepo.in (Tanya Rao) They are helping sellers to create a store on Facebook in just 60 seconds.

    Guess specifics to the iOS platform the experts already penned it down, but surely you would also be looking at other   Mobile OS with BB, Android, Windows being a contributor too.

    For gateway we have CcAvenue, Atom, PayUMoney (Eashmart), Citrus Pay (Managing Director – Satyen Kothari at the Fish and Chips Chat session in Mumbai OH recently) in the house too, you can check with them as well (Use the search box above with the keywords). 

    Hope this Helps! Cheers!!

  4. We dont have any other options left. What should we do when we want to reach to lot of people ? still lot of people dont have cards with them

  5. Hi Alekh,

    Truth be told, Apple won’t allow any other payment for digital content other than through IAP. Honestly, tying up with IAP will give you a lot more power than doing it yourself. Here’s why:

    1. One click payments. Users know how this works, and trust Apple, more than they will trust your app. Failed payments are like unknown.

    2. Works seamlessly.

    3. Available on all devices. You don’t have to worry about who bought what. Apple’s APIs will do that for you!

  6. Hi Alekh,

    Do check out http://www.kyash.com if you have cash paying customers. We currently have ~20K payment centers across India and will be aggressively expanding our network in the coming months. Charges are much lower and settlement is faster. 🙂 Happy to provide more information if interested.

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