You’ve taken the first step in submitting an app to the Amazon Appstore – you’ve created a compelling app or game for Android! Either that or you’re reading this post to learn more about what’s to come in the store itself – we understand, it’s exciting. Regardless – if you’re an app developer or you’re just plain old curious, we’ll bottom line the submission process for you. It’s straight forward – you did the hard work and we want to make submitting to the store easy.
There are three steps to getting your app into the Amazon Appstore for Android: create an account, submit your app, and make your app available.
The first step is creating an account. This is the easy part – you can create an account directly on the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal.
For a limited time, we’re waiving the $99 program fee to make getting started even easier (or at least cheaper … free)
. It’s free to register for a developer account. Go to the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal to create your account.
You’ll be asked for the following information:
After setting up your account, you’ll need to submit your apk file as well as marketing materials that complement your app. Marketing materials include details about your app, images, and video.
We will ask for the following details about your app:
You can find out more about what’s specifically required for images and video online here. It’s important that the images and video you submit are yours (you have the rights to use these images and video) and that they’re reflective of the app itself. An image with some upset birds for a finance app that helps with taxes wouldn’t do anyone any good.
That’s it – after you open up your account and submit your assets you’re app and details will be in review. You can track the approval status of your app at any time by logging into the Developer Portal and finding your app in the “Dashboard” on the portal home page.