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Thu, 10/01/2009 - 20:48 — Visitor

Ovi Store commission is incorrect and over-simplified

Nokia's Ovi Store's commission is 30% if the user pays with a credit card and ~65% if the user pays with operator billing (40-50% to the carrier, 30% of the remainder to the Nokia). The developer also has to pay all the banking fees (including fees for converting Euros to USD). A conservative estimate of Ovi Store fees would be 50% of each sale, assuming ~50% operator billing.

It would be great if you could include carrier app stores in the comparison. I believe many carriers are providing (or planning to provide) free downloads (user doesn't pay GRPS) and free operator billing (so their 30% cut is really 30%).

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