PhonePe Launches Appstore To Rival Google

Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Mohit Bisht

PhonePe has launched its own App Store called Indus Appstore to rival Google.

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The company says that developers can host their apps without being charged any commision.

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Google and Apple charge up to 30 per cent commission for hosting apps.

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PhonePe says it will not have any listing fee for the first year and then move to a nominal charge.

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The Indus Appstore will look to promote and publish apps in 12 Indian languages.

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It will also come with support for feature phone-based login system.

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Google has the absolute majority with the Play Store running as the default app store on Android.

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But it faces competition from the likes of Indus Appstore which is a third-party app store.

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Users will be able to sideload the app store on Android to download the apps.

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