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Microsoft Windows Phone Dev Center Individual Account Registration for $8

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Microsoft Windows Phone Dev Center Individual Account Registration for $8
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eDust on 31/10/2012 - 12:14 dev.windowsphone.com (352 clicks)
Last edited 31/10/2012 - 14:16

Windows Phone Dev Center Individual account registration - you need this if you want to publish a Windows Phone app. Usual price is US$99, but for the next 8 days it's US$8 (not sure what it works out to be in AUD or if GST affects the price). Not valid for companies. NOTE that you first pay $99 then after 1-2 months they reimburse you the difference (this could work out well if you can claim it in your tax return). Registration seems to last 1 year then you will be charged US$99 to renew.

Terms & conditions here, https://cmsresources.windowsphone.com/devcenter/en-us/legal/… . Australia is included in this deal.

It says the end date is 7 Nov but I believe it works out to be 8 Nov our time.
Details about the whole Dev Center registration process and what you get, http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/publish

Also, it's free for students via their DreamSpark program.

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  • Aaroninau on 31/10/2012 - 12:35

    Dont own a WP8 phone, is there any good deal out there?

    • brent3000 on 31/10/2012 - 12:36

      When the phone is released I think you can then start asking for them :P

  • Kaboda on 31/10/2012 - 12:53
    +7

    It's funny cus the biggest criticism was the lack of apps on the windows store. You would think they would be giving it free to encourage development.

    • sane on 31/10/2012 - 23:32

      They should be paying the devs $99 a year - what was the market share, 3%?, or have they pushed it to 4% by now?

  • Nezuji on 31/10/2012 - 13:08

    When I saw this, I thought I might do it just to have it, in case I decide to do something in the future. But $99 up front with a $91 PayPal credit (not actually a refund?) after 30-60 days? Nope.

    • cyssero on 31/10/2012 - 13:40

      You can withdraw your $91 from PayPal easily.

  • Ads on 31/10/2012 - 13:20
    +19

    Australian developer's can get an account for free anytime here: http://wp.msdeveloper.com.au/.

    • doperst on 31/10/2012 - 13:54

      Registered, thanks!

  • hugo. on 31/10/2012 - 13:38

    $8 for the first year, then $99/year?

    • Ads on 31/10/2012 - 13:44

      I haven't had to pay a renewal and I have had an account for almost 2 years. I subscribed with a free token as well.

    • eDust on 31/10/2012 - 13:48

      Yeah it seems it's for 1 year, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windowsphone/help/jj206714(v=vs.105).aspx

  • brenwildman on 31/10/2012 - 23:13

    M$ shot them selves in the foot with their dev scheme, that after boarding the user friendly smart phone ship years too late.

    They should offer this for free given how much they are struggling. I 'attempted' to dev apps but their program is broken - ages to submit/approve apps and forget any support esp. with hardware, programming and account creation.

    I have never heard of some1 liking their w7 phone, i certainly didn't.

    • Ads on 01/11/2012 - 01:10

      I have apps in both the Apple app store and Windows marketplace. Both took about the same time to be approved for release, around a week. I found Apple's hoops a bit harder to jump through tbh. Poor support doesn't surprise me but I would imagine that to be pretty common for the small time devs. I really like my Win phone 7. Clean and uniform interface. Live tiles are great, better than a static standby screen. But each to their own.

    • Duff5000 on 01/11/2012 - 10:17

      i have a w7 phone. easily prefer it to my wifes android…..

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