Hello Ron
I don’t know things have changed recently. But, a few years ago, when I created my personal developer account, as I didn’t have a company, Samsung support recommended that if I didn’t want my name to appear in the store but rather that of my studio, I could just enter the name from the studio at Copyright Holder.
Let’s assume that a person named Jhon Smith decided to publish an app on the Galaxy Store a few years ago. If he simply published the app with an empty Copyright Holder, his full name would be displayed in the developer name. If his app were the app below, instead of the name of the company Scopely Inc appearing, it would say Jhon Smith:
Therefore, if he wrote the name of his studio in the Copyright Holder, such as Scopely Inc, only then would the name of his studio be displayed and not his full name.
It was that way for years. However, since Samsung decided to adopt the DUNS Number as a requirement and forced everyone who wanted to continue the partnership to create a business account, the problems began and have lasted for a year.
I created my DUNS Number, but the information was imported incorrectly. My Company Name is the same as my Representative’s Name.
Returning to our friend Jhon’s example, let’s assume he opened a company called “Smith Amazing Apps”
When importing his company information, Samsung should import it as follows:
- Company Name: “Smith Amazing Apps”
- Representative’s Name: “Jhon Smith”
Right?
However, Samsung is importing as follows:
- Company Name: “Jhon Smith”
- Representative’s Name: “Jhon Smith”
Therefore, in the galaxy store, instead of your app being shown under the studio name: “Smith Amazing Apps”, it is being shown as “Jhon Smith”.
Jhon, confused, when trying to make his app sound more professional, fills in the Copyright Holder as “Smith Amazing Apps” to not sound so amateurish, after all, he has a company open in his country and pays taxes. He is not an amateur who develops apps in his spare time, he is a professional developer and dedicates himself every day to promoting his apps and providing the best experience for his users.
Still, even with all these problems importing DUNS Number information, Samsung is rejecting apps submitted with Copyright Holder and instead of showing the Company Name in the developer name, many developers will have to leave their personal names in the Company field. .
Imagine if the Samsung Browser logo below, instead of saying “Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.”, said “Ronald Williams Johnson”.
Well, that’s exactly what’s happening to me.