Developers Can Offer Alternatives To Facebook Credits
Facebook Credits surrendered its stranglehold on digital coinage on the social network, as developers can now have their own in-app currency.
Facebook Credits surrendered its stranglehold on in-application coinage as developers can now have their own in-app currency.
This past July 1, Facebook Credits became the mandatory currency for most apps, and developers were also required to funnel 30 percent of app revenue to the social network.
While the social network will still take its 30 percent cut, developers will now have the flexibility to pursue revenue via methods other than Facebook Credits.
Zynga, Playfish from Electronic Arts, Playdom, and a few other select developers had the ability to offer in-app native currency due to their exclusive five-year commitments to Facebook Credits, and that freedom is now extended to all developers.
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