Google Play Store evolved from Android market in 2012 and is currently home to more than two million applications, motion pictures and books. Today, you can buy applications and other digital content from the Google Play using a wide variety of methods. Google keeps adding a new payment method every once a while to make sure that apps and other content are made accessible to everyone. Be that as it may, it can be small befuddling to make sense of what installment strategies are accessible in your nation. In this way, I chose to scoop through the Google help pages and rundown all the acknowledged installment strategies on the Play Store:

Check If Paid Apps Are Available in Your Country

To start with, the simple stride is to ensure that the capacity to purchase applications is accessible in your nation. I have assembled a rundown of nations where you can authoritatively purchase applications from the Play Store. The present rundown incorporates more than 134 nations, so it’s very conceivable that paid applications are accessible in your nation.

Note: Google keeps adding support for new countries. In the rare case, your country is not listed, you may want to check back again later. I’ll try my best to keep this list updated.

Now that you’ve verified that your country is supported, we shall proceed to learn all the accepted payment methods on the Play Store in your nation. In any case, before that, a critical question must be replied.

How to Add a Payment Method?

There are two ways to add a payment method — from the Play Store app and the Play Store web interface. First, let’s see how to add a payment method from Play Store app:

•  Open the Play Store on your Android device. In the app, tap on the hamburger menu.

• In the drawer that opens up, tap on “Account “.

•  Now, click on the “+” floating button on the lower right side of the screen.

Here, you can see all the payment methods you can add.

You can also add a new payment method from the Play Store web interface as described below:

• Head over to the Play Store website and click on “Account” from the left-hand sidebar. Next, click on “Add a payment method “.

Google Play Payment Methods:

Today, that we’ve learnt the basics of adding a payment method, let’s see what are the accepted payment methods on the Play Store:

1. Credit and Debit Cards

The Play Store supports the following types of credit/debit cards:

• American Express
• MasterCard
• Visa
• Discover (US only)
• JCB (Japan and US only)
• Visa Electron (Outside the US only)

Note:

• Brazil: Play Store doesn’t support any type of debit card, Elo credit cards are supported, though.

• India: Most of the Indian debit cards rely on 3D secure/verified by Visa which is unsupported on international merchants, including Play Store. Only a few Indian debit cards from banks like Axis bank, ICICI bank etc. work on the Play Store.

2. Direct Carrier Billing

In 2014, Google presented another transporter charging alternative, where in making any buys from Play Store will be charged to your telephone bearer’s bill. Google has been effectively working with bearers worldwide to bring direct transporter charging to whatever number nations as could reasonably be expected. As of now, direct carrier billing is available in about 45 countries. You can seek underneath and check whether your nation is upheld. Bolstered transporters are specified on the correct side.

3. Gift Cards

Play Store gift cards date way back to late 2012, but the country support was very limited back then. Gift cards are accessible in around 30 nations starting at now. Sort in your nation name to check whether blessing cards are accessible in your nation.

These gift cards are available in various denominations and you can buy them directly from various retail partners. See the supported retail partners in your country here.

• To redeem a gift card, open Play Store on your device. Next, tap on hamburger menu icon.

• Next, click on “Redeem“.

• Enter the code from your gift card here.

You can also redeem your gift card from the web interface. To redeem using the web interface:

• Head over to the Play Store website and click on “Redeem” from the left-hand sidebar.

• You should enter the code from your gift card in this pop-up window.

4. Google Wallet Balance:

Google Wallet is Google’s mobile payment system which enables you to store the computerized adaptation of your credit or debit cards securely on your phone. Wallet eliminates the need to store plastic version of your debit or credit cards. Since the Google Wallet administration is accessible just in the US and the UK, purchasing applications from the Play Store is additionally restricted to these nations. In the long run, as Wallet dispatches in more nations, we might have the capacity to purchase from the Play Store utilizing it.

5. PayPal:

Google expanded the payment option for the Play Store by adding PayPal in 2014. So, if you have already linked your bank account with PayPal, it makes sense to purchase apps, books, music using PayPal. You can now buy advanced substance from the Play Store utilizing PayPal in around 22 nations while of composing. The following is a rundown of nations where paying through PayPal is supported. Once more, utilize the hunt choice to check whether your nation is  supported.

Unsupported Payment Methods:

Google Play doesn’t support payment through the old-school wire transfer/bank transfer or the Western Union. Also, using Virtual Credit Card (VCC) is not officially supported, although it may or may not work. I used to buy content on the Play Store utilizing Entropay, yet clients have revealed that utilizing VCC may bring about the exchange technique being declined. Utilizing VCC two or three years back appeared well and good, however Google offers a great deal of exchange installment strategies now.

Which Google Play Store Payment Method do You Prefer?

I hope this list saves you from the hassle of flipping through the Google Play support pages. I’ll try my best to keep the list of supported countries up-to-date. If you happen to notice a newly supported country, just comment below and I shall add it to the list.