I have lost INR 3,00,000- INR 4,00,000 because of @Google & @billdesk - and 100s of other developers across India are facing the same issue. >I build mobile apps with In-app purchases & Subscriptions. >Users download the apps for free and pay for features in-app >I publish these apps on Apple App Store & Google Play Store >Majority of my installs come from Google, organically Now here is what happened: >Google Play in India requires you to be verified via a 3rd party agency, mandated by @RBI >The third party agency is BillDesk >2 months ago I started my verification process with BillDesk >My application got rejected 10-12 times without any feedback, frustrated I asked them to give me callback to explain the issue >On the call they said I had to cancel and restart my entire application - 5 weeks ago. >I completed all online verification formalities 5 weeks ago, Google stopped users from purchasing all IAPs in my apps because my payments account was not verified. ❌ At this point I have ~$2,000 in my Google Play account that cannot be deposited in my bank account due to incomplete verification. ❌ Unknowingly I was also spending money on paid-ads - which all went to 0 because of this. >Now for the past 5 weeks, I have been mailing them everyday to get an update on my application >I only get template responses >I reached out to them via X, LinkedIn, Mail but no response >My downloads are growing everyday but my Google Play revenue is 0 (which is supposed to be ~3L for the last 30 days now looking at the growth) And this is not just me - if you go on Reddit and type "Billdesk verification" you will see what I mean. >Some have even mentioned they ask for bribes lol Srinivasu MN Parul Verma Viswanath Kuppa (tagging whoever I find from BillDesk) I usually avoid writing rant posts but I don't have anything to lose at this point :))