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Monetization for foreign companies on RuStore

Foreign companies that are registered within RuStore can now enable monetization and receive income from both paid applications or in-app purchases, including subscriptions.

Monetization is available under the terms of a standard Additional agreement. The actual settlement currency will be displayed in the form when submitting the monetization request.

Create and fill out a monetization request

  1. Open the RuStore Console.

  2. Click the Company tab at the top of your screen.

  3. Select Monetization in the left side menu.

  4. Then click Apply for monetization.

  5. Fill in the data in the pop-up window.

General info​

  • The Trade and legal name field is filled out by default according to your constituent documents. If the data is incorrect, contact support and submit a new request once you fill in the correct data.
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We may ask you to verify your rights to the specified trade name. You are not required to have your rights legally registered, however, in this case, we will ask you to ensure that the use of this trade name does not violate the rights of third parties.

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Signatory differs from company owner.​

If the representative is different from the company owner on RuStore, fill in the information according to the representative authority document. Attach the decision on appointment, power of attorney, etc. д. Make sure that the person who will sign the Additional agreement on behalf of your company is indicated here.

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Company information​

  • Make sure that Tax number and Legal address match the information in your constituent documents.
  • If the legal address does not match the actual one, you must also indicate the actual address where the company operates.
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Contacts for user feedback​

  • When filling in the Contact person section, specify the up-to-date contact details so that users can get back to you quickly regarding app support, as well as financial claims (refund / payment cancellation requests, fraudulent payments notifications).
  • The Phone Number and Email sections are intended for internal communications with RuStore and will be visible to users. Please enter the international phone number in the Representative number field.
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Contract information​

  • Company's chief accountant full name.
  • Accounting statements: income statement, balance sheet.
  • Documents confirming tax residency. A tax residency certificate is provided to avoid double taxation. Going forward, we will ask you to update this document annually.
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Bank details​

  • Provide the company bank account details in either a Russian or foreign bank, where the settlements will be processed.
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  • If you want to make payments through a specific correspondent bank, please specify the required details in this section. We will send your income to these details for further transfer to you. Otherwise, we will transfer your income to the details specified above through our standard correspondent bank.
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The Additional agreement outlines the process for currency conversion during payment.

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RuStore charges a fee on paid apps and in-app items (subscriptions, in-app purchases). The fee for non-residents is 15%. In cases where RuStore is required to be a tax agent of a non-resident, apart from the fee, the amount of taxes payable in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation will be withheld.

  1. Click Submit a request.
  2. Check the request text and click Go to submit. Your monetization request will be reviewed and approved by a moderator.
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  • You can withdraw the request at any stage and make the necessary changes whenever so required, and then re-submit for review.

  • Attention. In case of discrepancy, we will notify you by email and ask you to attach the correct documents, while we reserve the right to reject the request and / or either block the monetization option in exceptional circumstances.

Once you have submitted the moderation request, we will send the Additional agreement to your email. Read the agreement and sign it to enable monetization.

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Please note that the Supplementary Agreement must be signed by the person whose information you have indicated in the Company Representative section above.

Once monetization is enabled for you, you will be able to set up subscriptions, in-app products and publish paid apps. You will receive a monthly report on accepted payments. We will transfer payments to you in accordance with the Additional agreement.

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Payments are scheduled once a month at most, provided that the minimum amount has been reached since the previous payment.