title: What is the cost of entry/membership in the Android Marketplace?
body: <p>I don't recall this information being immediately accessible.</p>
  
  <p>Last month I read</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>In Google's Android application market, no pre-approval is required, though registration is 
    needed for distribution. Developers need to register as developers (cost $25/year) with a 
    Google account and sell their products through a published site. NonDfree applications can be 
    sold after configuring the bank information. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>source: bada_development_guide_for_android_developer_modified_final.pdf pp5, date 10/7/2011</p>
  
  <p>while bada was free. I suspect I was reading old information, bada cost £1 for seller registration last time I checked. But I don't think Android ever cost £25/year and this was just Samsung pushing their own alternative OS.</p>