Today I received a pop up and then I saw that below my name and email on the seller’s portal this appeared.
But I only sell themes and watch faces, now I have to make this request too? But wasn’t it only for those who make and sell ANDROID apps, except apk themes and watch faces?
When clicking, it speaks of the mandatory registration D-U-N-S® until March 2023
If I click on no, that I don’t have DUN registration, I will have to go through account registration again and that may take a while, right? And maybe I will lose access to my account?
But they said that for sellers of THEMES and watch faces it was not necessary to make these changes and that it would change nothing for us!!
@r.liechty_SDR and now, what I need to do?? Or do I simply ignore the warning and am not obliged to request this change to the corporate account? I don’t have a company!
Okay, I get that, but now will I be required to be corporate? Starting a company just to sell themes and watch faces? Even though there is no obligation to have a DUN as already mentioned by email and information note and from what I understood, it was not necessary to be a company either.
Or do I just ignore it since it’s for everyone? And from what I understand, if the user has an ANDROID app (not being a theme or watch face category), and the person does not transfer the account to the corporate, the apps will be automatically deactivated.
In short, just seeing themes and watch faces (tizen and wear OS for China), I don’t need to do ANYTHING?
The notice in red is showing for everyone that signs into the store I see it on my test account with nothing in the store.
This is a “translation” issue. It should say Free and Commercial not corporate.
You are already a commercial seller and have verified seller information entered you don’t need to do anything as a Watch Face (any version), Tizen Apps or Theme Seller.
If someone was previously a free only watch face seller they would be upgraded to commercial and need to provide verification information; even if they have not intention of selling commercially.
Hello, private vendors must change to Corporate Vendor before March 1, 2023 or you will not be able to upload themes and not update them, inform yourself well.
I saw that the website https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-themes/overview.html has a notification about a new policy that will be announced in June 2023. I hope it’s not for something to implicate the lives of those who are already registered as a theme developer and private developer. I hope they don’t force us to become corporate developers.
I don’t think there are many free Theme sellers in the system. You can still publish free content but you need any Free sellers will be upgraded to commercial sellers and need to provide Business information but do not need a DUNS number.
Corporate is the category for commercial sellers. I think it is a legal term they use, it does not mean you have to be incorporated. You have to provide your business information if you are already a paid seller then you’ve done that.
The Notice you refer to is about the procedure for the recruitment of new Theme designers. This does not affect current Theme designers.
I just want to upload an android app to the store, I donot have a DUNS Number, My app is free and my App doesnot have any in app purchase How can I successfully upload an app?
Unless you are a corporate commercial Seller you can not publish your Android app in Galaxy Store. You must have a business registered with Dun and Bradstreet and a financial institution, Pay Pal works. There are no exceptions.
You can distribute it on Play Store if it meets there guides.
There are a LOT of private developers out there, including Freelancers, Digital nomads, etc., that do our jobs in the name of Person, not business, and do not have DUNS number.
Please consider give the small people the rights to publish the Android app on the Galaxy Store. The validation, or any samsung concerns solved by DUNS number can be solved by the other way around ?
There are two reasons for the DUNS requirement that cannot be solved in another way.
In the US and many other countries you just go to the local government agency (county clerks office) pay them some money and they register your business name a DBA (doing business as) that allows you to use that name as a business and open a bank account with that name, etc.
[Hint] There is a non Android company that requires the DUNS and you can use that DUNS number for Samsung too.
