Google Play Store Product

Google Play Console is the platform for managing your Android applications, including in-app purchases and subscriptions. In Crosspay, you can create products that correspond to the in-app purchases or subscriptions you have set up in Google Play Console, and link them to entitlements to manage access to features or content in your apps.

There are 2 types of products you can create for the Google Play Store in Crosspay:

1. Subscription: A product that grants access to features or content for a specific period
2. One-Time Product: A product that can be purchased multiple times (consumable) or only once (non-consumable), such as in-game currency, one-time use items, or premium features.

Requirements

To create products for the Google Play Store in Crosspay, you need to have the following:

• A Google Play Console account with the necessary permissions to create and manage products.
• An app published in the Google Play Store in internal, closed, or open testing tracks, or in production. This is required to create subscription and one-time products.

Creating Subscriptions

Subscriptions in the Google Play Store are created as subscription products. To create a subscription product in Crosspay, you need to first set up the subscription in Google Play Console, and then link it to an entitlement in Crosspay.

To create a subscription product in Google Play Console, follow these steps:

1. Go to Google Play Console > Select your app, on the sidebar go to Monetize with Play > Products > Subscriptions.
2. Click on the Create subscription button. The form to create a new subscription will open.
   1. Product ID: a unique identifier that you will use to link this subscription to an entitlement in Crosspay, e.g. com.example.example.base_subscription.
   2. Name: a good reference name for your subscription, e.g. Premium Monthly.
3. Add subscription benefits by clicking on the Add subscription benefit options and filling in the required fields.
4. Now we need to create a base plan for the subscription.
   1. Click on the Add base plan button
   2. Put the unique base plan ID, e.g. premium_monthly
   3. Select the Type of the base plan as Auto-renewing
   4. Configure the billing period for the base plan, e.g. 1 month
   5. Scroll down and Set the price for the base plan by clicking on the Set price button, and filling in the required fields.
   6. Save the base plan and you should see it in the subscription details page.

Now the base plan is in DRAFT state, you can activate it to make it available for purchase by users. You can also setup offers for your subscription if needed. Read the official Google documentation for more details on how to set up subscriptions in Google Play Console: Subscriptions.

Note

In Google Play, Subscription products are the subscription group equivalent of Apple AppStoreConnect. Base plans are basically the real products. Only one base plan can be owned by a user at a time in a single subscription. So if your subscription model is tier based, e.g Basic Monthly, Standard Monthly, Premium Monthly etc, you can create a single subscription with multiple base plans representing each tier. This way, users can only be subscribed to one of those tiers at a time, and they can easily upgrade/downgrade between them.

Creating One-Time Products

To create a one-time product in Crosspay, you need to first set up the in-app product in Google Play Console, and then link it to an entitlement in Crosspay.

To create a one-time product in Google Play Console, follow these steps:

1. Go to Google Play Console > Select your app, on the sidebar go to Monetize with Play > Products > One-time products.
2. Click on the Create one-time product button. A form in a new page will open
   1. For Product ID: use a unique identifier that you will use to link this one-time product to an entitlement in Crosspay, e.g. com.example.example.100_coins or com.example.example.lifetime_access.
   2. For Name: a good reference name for your one-time product, e.g. 100 Coins or Lifetime Access.
   3. Fill out the description and give an icon if you want.
   4. Press Next and to create a price, click on Add purchase option
   5. For Purchase ID use a unique identifier for the purchase option, e.g. 100_coins_option
   6. Make sure Purchase Type is set to Buy
   7. Now set the price for the purchase option by clicking on the Set price button then Bulk Editing
   8. Select All the nations using the top checkbox or select them one by one
   9. Press Continue on bottom right corner which will open the price dialog
   10. Set the price and select the base currency
   11. Apply the price and you should see it in the purchase option details page.
   12. Finally, save the one-time product and you should see it in the list of one-time products.

Now the one-time product is in DRAFT state, you can activate it to make it available for purchase by users. You can also add offers for your one-time product if needed. Read the official Google documentation for more details on how to set up one-time products in Google Play Console: One-time products.