Greetings, in today's blog post, we'll delve into the account types available on the Play Store console. Google Play provides two developer account options:
- Personal Account
- Organization Account
Both account types grant access to identical features and enable monetization on Google Play.
- Opt for a Personal Account if you intend to use your account for personal purposes, such as being a student, hobbyist, or amateur developer. Even in this category, you can still generate income on Google Play and extend invitations to others to join your account.
- Opt for an Organization Account when establishing an account for a business or organization, particularly if involved in commercial, industrial, professional, or governmental activities. Creating a developer account for an organization necessitates a D-U-N-S number, a mandatory requirement for identity verification by Google Play in relation to your organization or business.
Required information to create a Play Console developer account.
Creating a developer account for personal use :
When creating a personal account, you must provide the following information:
- Developer name; can be different from - - your legal name
- Legal name
- Legal address
- Contact email address
- Contact phone number
- Developer email address
- Developer website
Your legal name and address will be taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play.
Google will display your legal name, your country (as per your legal address), and developer email address on Google Play. If you decide to monetize on Google Play then Google will display your full address.
Your contact email address, contact phone number, and developer email address must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
NB: Any personal account created after November 2023, You will need at least 20 testers who must be opted-in to your closed test when you apply for production access. They must have been opted-in for the last 14 days continuously. You can start a closed test once you have finished setting up your app. Open testing allows you to surface your app's test version on Google Play. This means that things have changed on Play Store Console account. Be aware of that and make sure to gather at least 20 people as a standby group who will always help you test and enable production access for your apps.
Creating a developer account for an organization :
When creating an organization account, you must provide the following information:
- Developer name; can be different from your legal name
- As per your linked Google Payments profile:
- D-U-N-S number
- Organization name
- Organization address
- Organization phone number
- Organization website
- Contact name
- Contact email address
- Contact phone number
- Developer email address
- Developer phone number
Your organization name and address is taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play.
To help improve transparency and user safety on Google Play, Google will display your legal name, legal address, developer email address, and developer phone number on Google Play.
Your contact email address, contact phone number, developer email address and developer phone number must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
NB: An Organization Account does not require any testers before enabling production access for you. This is because we assume that the account is created by a group of people, not an individual, as in the case of personal account creation. Therefore, with an organization account, you can upload apps without the need for 20 closed testers.
FAQ
1. There is difference between personal and organization account? Yes! which are the 20 closed testers and respect for each accounts, because respect for a group of people (Organization Account) is not the same to an individual (Personal Account).
2. Which account type is best for you? If you are an individual, create a personal account. If you are a group of people with a legitimate business certificate confirming your official status, then you can create an Organization account.
3. Personal and Organization Account have same features and rules governing? Yes, all features and rules are the same for every account type, ensuring none violate the Play Console policy
4. As personal account how can I dodge 20 closed testers to enable production access for my apps? There is no direct solution for that; the best approach is to hire 20 people to handle the job for you, boss.
5. As an individual can I create organization account? Yes, creating an organization account is based on having a D-U-N-S number and a legitimate business certificate.
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