Google cuts Play Store fee on first million dollars to 15 percent

From July 1, small developers will only have to hand over 15 percent of their Google Play Store revenue to Google. Now it’s thirty percent. Google claims that 99 percent of all developers are seen as ‘small developers’.

As of July 1, Google will charge only 15% of the first $1 million a developer earns through the Play Store. These are digital goods or services sold through the Play Store. All developers will therefore benefit from July 1. The remittance above that first million dollars remains unchanged at 30 percent. Google says it will help developers grow with the new policy.

Earlier, a South Korean news agency already claimed that Google would lower the payment. Google is said to have been pressured by the South Korean government. Why Google decided to set the new policy globally rather than just South Korean developers is not clear.

Google is following Apple with the new policy. App developers who earn less than a million dollars a year through the App Store have only paid 15 percent to Apple since January 1. The difference is that developers who earn more than a million dollars annually from Apple have to pay 30 percent of the entire turnover. App developers who have more than a million dollars in revenue in both app stores, ‘win’ at Google’s app store $150,000.