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Yandex Store

Tags:

android, appstore, Russia

Launch Date:

February 25, 2013

Parent Company:

Yandex

Overview:

The Yandex Store is an Android appstore launched in 2012 by Yandex.
At launch the store offers:
* Over 50,000 apps
* Fast and easy app search through a native client
* Payments through mobile billing or with a bank card
* Kaspersky anti-virus protection
* Automatic app updates

In the first instance the Yandex.Store will give developers strong opportunities in Russia.

The Yandex Store is the first to adopt the One Platform Foundation format (http://www.onepf.org/) to facilitate the submission of apps into multiple appstores for Android developers.

App Store Stats and Facts

Countries Served:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.s., Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Potential Reach:

400 Million Android users

Number of Users:

Unknown

Number of Apps In Store:

50,000 (Feb 2013)

Number of Downloads to Date:

Unknown

Pricing Options:

Free, Paid

Content Focus:

General

Consumer Site URL:

http://store.yandex.com/

Developer Submission Facts

OS and Runtimes Supported:

Android native and Dalvik apps

Devices Supported:

Android devices

Time to Market (stated time from submission to publication):

Unknown

Program Joining Fee:

Free

Application Signing Fee:

Free

Revenue Share %:

70% developer 30% store

User Billing Options:

Operator Billing, Credit Card

App Store Developer URL:

https://developer.store.yandex.com/

App Submission Info

Maximum Number of Characters In Title:

30

Maximum # of Characters In Short Description:

80 or lower

Thumbnail used?:

Yes

Thumbnail specific dimensions:

512x512

Are screenshots used?:

Yes

Minimum number of screenshots:

2

Screenshot file types supported:

PNG