Paytm takes on Google Play Store, launches its own mini-app store
Paytm said the store will also provide listing and distribution of these mini-apps within the app at no charge and developers will be able to offer users a choice of Paytm Wallet, UPI, Paytm Payments Bank, card payments, and net banking
- Oct 5, 2020,
- Updated Oct 5, 2020 10:18 AM IST
Digital payments giant Paytm has launched its own mini app store which will allow Indian app developers take their applications to the populace.
This is seen as the digital payment provider's latest move to counter Google's monopoly in the app store space. Mini apps are custom-built mobile websites that offer users an app-like experience without having to download them, thereby helping users save their data and memory.
The store launch follows the Paytm app being temporarily removed from Google's Play Store on September 18 for breaching its gambling policies.
Meanwhile, Paytm said the store will also provide listing and distribution of these mini-apps within the app at no charge.
Google's rebuttal came in its bid to refute criticism that it selectively imposes 30 per cent mobile app store tax.
Applications sold on the tech leaders' stores are required to use their payment systems so that they can collect a portion of sales, which developers describe as a tax.
Paytm claims to have over 50 million monthly active users. It also competes with Google's payments app, Google Pay, in India.
Digital payments giant Paytm has launched its own mini app store which will allow Indian app developers take their applications to the populace.
This is seen as the digital payment provider's latest move to counter Google's monopoly in the app store space. Mini apps are custom-built mobile websites that offer users an app-like experience without having to download them, thereby helping users save their data and memory.
The store launch follows the Paytm app being temporarily removed from Google's Play Store on September 18 for breaching its gambling policies.
Meanwhile, Paytm said the store will also provide listing and distribution of these mini-apps within the app at no charge.
Google's rebuttal came in its bid to refute criticism that it selectively imposes 30 per cent mobile app store tax.
Applications sold on the tech leaders' stores are required to use their payment systems so that they can collect a portion of sales, which developers describe as a tax.
Paytm claims to have over 50 million monthly active users. It also competes with Google's payments app, Google Pay, in India.