SlideME provides the option for developers to add descriptions to Applications in other languages your Application supports (compiled with other locales). Currently the Short Description, Long Description and Application Name title, can be translated into such other languages (locales) supported by the compiled Application.

Note: the main title of the Application as it exists from the Android Manifest cannot be edited. This comes from the Android Manifest.

To add Translations, developer can visit the Application profile from the Translations tab.

The translated textual information will appear within the SlideME Market App (SAM) and appear within the "Local Apps" listings dependent on the language SAM is used in and users country. The purpose of this feature is to present localized Applications to users from such countries and in their native language.

The username that you use when you register is also used as your developer profile name and is displayed under each application. If you wish to change it, please contact us through http://slideme.org/contact

Please note that special characters or spaces are no longer allowed in the username. Only latin characters and numbers can be used.

The title of the application is not editable in SlideME. The label name is extracted from the Android Manifest of each application. If you wish to change the name, edit the Android Manifest and re-upload the application. Do not create a new node, update the existing one by replacing the old apk.

For applications that have additional language locales, you have the option to add 'Translations' based on the supported languages your application has been compiled with. From this option you are able to add foreign text to your title of your application in addition to the short and long description fields. Your application can appear in users native language with this "Local Apps" feature from SlideME.

Login to your SlideME developer account and go to the application you wish to update. Click on edit. Replace the apk with the updated one.

Please note that if the updated apk has a new package name, application name, label or permissions, your application will go back to the approval queue.

Your application will be checked and approved by the SlideME staff. Please note the following that will help speed up the approval process:

• Application permissions – try to keep the permissions to a minimum. If your application requires extensive permissions do explain why on the application description, especially for permissions requiring access to personal data or cost money.
• Application icon – An application icon has to be uploaded as well.
• Application description – Make sure that you have entered a short and a long description, explaining what your application offers.
• Developer – If you are a new developer on SlideME, make sure that the information within the application matches the info of your developer profile, as we need to make sure that the person uploading the application is the actual developer or company who has the rights.
• Types of application – Some types of applications are not allowed on SlideME. These are real gambling applications and applications with adult content. We might deny other types of application on our discretion. If your application has questionable content, please contact us to make sure that it is allowed.
• Duplicate applications – Duplicate applications will not be approved. Updates should always be made on the existing application node.

No.

http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?answer=142471&...

Yes, indeed. SlideME's SlideLock can help you with this.

No, this fee will be paid as soon as funds get credited to your MasterCard debit card.

Non-US tax residents, require to complete a W-8BEN form and submit it to SlideME. This completed form is only kept internally for SlideME's records. This form simply confirms to SlideME you are not a US tax resident.

To find out, click on the link below to go to Wikipedia’s article on the W-8BEN form.

Depending on your jurisdiction, this may very well be requested prior to any remittance to you. Non-US providers should research further what a W-8BENis.

SlideME currently supports payouts via Paypal & Bank wire transfer.

The process for a developer to publish a paid application and receive payout:

1. Create an account on SlideME as a developer.
2. Stock your applications to SlideME's inventory
3. Choose if you wish to protect your applications with SlideLock
4. Publish your applications for resale
5. SlideME will issue a report on the number of applications sold, so developer can raise an invoice to receive payment.

Update: The new updated agreement process will not require developer to issue an invoice per Payout. The system will also automate payouts to your chosen account.

For our "Rate Schedule", refer to http://slideme.org/rate-schedule

The Payout dues, are based upon the payment method used by the consumer. This model has been implemented to maintain highest payouts to developer and to permit SlideME to adopt multiple type of Payment methods the consumer can utilize from any parts of the world or entity. Every payment method has its own processing fees. E.g, introducing carrier billing by X carrier, the carrier could set a fee of 20%. A prepaid card from country Y could have processing fees consisting of a % and a fixed rate per transaction.

Example:
An applications is published by the developer at a fee of $1.00
The consumer uses Amazon Payments as a payment method (fees: 5% + $0.05). The developer will receive $0.90
If the same application purchased via Amazon Payments and is sold to the UK since the UK has a Sales Tax rate of 20% VAT, the developer will receive $1.00 / 1.20 - ($1.00x0.05+0.05) = $0.73

**SlideME handles the Sales Tax complexities. With SlideME the developer is not required as set out in the Android Market Terms & Conditions to apply sales tax, collect the sales tax and remit to the country authorities the collected sales taxes.**

More details:

If you reside outside the USA, all SlideME will need is for you to sign a W8BEN form. This form needs to be sent to us before we can remit payment to you. This is quite a simple form to confirm to SlideME that you are a tax citizen/resident of your country and that we do not need to withhold any fees from your payout when paying your invoice.
http://slideme.org/faq/payout-non-us-developers/what-w-8ben-form

We payout once you reach the minimum of $100 USD (request if you need a payout sooner*). We send you a report of sales and what is owed to you and based on this report you generate an invoice that you send to us, so we can remit payment to you. On this invoice you state how you wish to receive payment from SlideME, like a normal business transaction. Along with report, you will also receive a template invoice to assist you to format the invoice according to our requirements.

The process is very much like a normal business transaction. You provide us items to resell > we report to you what we have sold > you issue an invoice for your items SlideME has sold > we pay against this invoice.

For any applications that have VAT applied to them or a sales tax, we purchase your item minus this sales tax. The rate you wish to sell your application will be the final price to consumer. SlideME takes care of collecting applied sales taxes to customers invoices and remits accordingly to the acquiring authorities.

Further terms are in the developers agreement, when you upload an application.

Please note: The system does not yet automate and issue a report for when you reach the $100 minimum. Please contact us if you believe you have reached this minimum to process a report. This feature should be implemented so content publishers/developers can generate the reports on their own and issue invoices accordingly to SlideME to receive remittance.

* The payout limit set to $100 is only for keeping administration resources to a minimum and making it worthwhile for developer to receive the highest payout with minimal remittance fees. If you would like to receive payouts sooner, do contact us at SlideME and our friendly staff we will be glad to accommodate your requirements.

The payment flow is as such. Buyer selects application, submits payment details and upon authorization we deliver the application.

If for some reason the application fails to install, we are not prepared to absorb the processing cost. Therefore such nominal processing fees will be debited from your account, viewable in the transactions section of your account.

For details on such fees please refer to the the http://slideme.org/rate-schedule

A chargeback is when a real card owner claims they never made such a payment or dissatisfied with product. We will present all the relevant information on the details link of the transaction appearing in your account. The chargeback if any will be deducted from your account.

Most of the payment methods we're deploying will not have a chargeback risk. For credit cards transactions, unfortunately such risks exist.

SlideME has partnered with Retail Decisions, a world leader in credit card fraud prevention, in order to combat fraud and further reduce chargebacks. More information about ReD is available at http://www.redplc.com

For rates and chargeback fees, refer to: http://slideme.org/rate-schedule

We gave this matter serious thought. With so many countries having their own sales, value added, state and consumer taxes, and being in a competitive landscape, we suggest it is best to set a final selling price for your applications globally and have sales taxes deducted where applicable.

Example:
$10 including sales taxes set as final price, selling in x EU country (e.g 17.5% VAT) equates to your actual selling price excluding VAT as $8.51 (formula: $10/1.175)

This sales tax is not related to any income tax or possible withholds from the US tax office.

Related links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_European_Union

An important part of our offering, is that we handle the sales tax issues on behalf of you (the developer) and there will be no further sales tax declarations required from your side in the US & EU, since we handle the submissions including WA state sales tax & VAT in all EU member states.

Sales Tax Rates
20.00% Austria
21.00% Belgium
20.00% Bulgaria
20.00% Czech Republic
15.00% Cyprus
25.00% Denmark
20.00% Estonia
23.00% Finland
19.60% France
19.00% Germany
23.00% Greece
25.00% Hungary
21.00% Ireland
20.00% Italy
22.00% Latvia
21.00% Lithuania
15.00% Luxembourg
18.00% Malta
19.00% Netherlands
23.00% Poland
23.00% Portugal
24.00% Romania
20.00% Slovakia
20.00% Slovenia
18.00% Spain
25.00% Sweden
20.00% United Kingdom
9.50% WA,USA

Yes, you may upload more than one application! When uploading your application try to choose the most suitable category available. If you feel that you must upload to multiple categories you may do so. For now, you are only allowed to select a maximum of two categories for each individual application.

Remember that you can always tag your applications with keywords to make them easier to search for. A search function is available on the SlideME site, and will also be on SAM, our mobile client application.

Currently, uploads are limited to 40MB in size. Try to keep them to a minimum though.