Marketplace feature removal
The functionality described on this page no longer works — Firefox Marketplace has discontinued support for Android, Desktop, Tablets, and payments (and other related functionality). For more information, read the Future of Marketplace FAQ.
This section describes the options you have for handling In-app Payments (IAP) within your apps and provides the technical information you need to deploy either of the options. You've two options: fxPay and mozPay.
IAP with fxPay
- Status: Removed; no longer works.
- fxPay provides a complete mechanism for implementing In-app Payments that includes purchase receipts and product management.
- Key points
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- You don't have to provide your own server to implement in-app payments.
- In-app product details can be managed in Firefox Marketplace.
- In-app payment receipts are stored on a user's device.
- Purchases cannot be restored to or moved between devices (see bug 1045228 ).
- Will work in Firefox for Android, Firefox for Desktop and Firefox OS.
IAP with mozPay
- Status: No longer works.
fxPay is the recommended API for implementing payments.
- mozPay provides a mechanism for implementing just the payment part of In-app Payments. All other details about the payment must be implemented with custom code.
- Key points
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- You have to provide your own server to implemement in-app payments.
- In-app product details must be managed and stored on your own server.
- You must implement how purchases are verified and restored.
- You must implement your own way to issue purchase receipts.
- Will only work on Android and Firefox OS.