We finally registered for Windows Mobile Marketplace. We received multiple confirmations that registrations for Current Windows Mobile Marketplace will be valid for Windows Phone 7 development.
We registered for Windows Mobile Marketplace mainly to get more documentation and benefits related to Windows Phone 7. We also stake claim on Developer version of Windows Phone :)
Signup process for Windows Mobile Marketplace was simple :
- Requires a Windows Live ID
- You get to pick whether you are registering as : Business, Individual or Student. We picked as an individual to get rid of sign up woes. Signing up as business requires Company related documents which as a new company we don’t have. We are in process of applying for the same. We signed up as an individual and hope that we may be able to change it in future.
- They charge $99 fee to signup. I don’t know how but $99!=Rs.5010. I don’t know how MS converts the currency! $1=Rs.46 at the time of signup.
- They sent your order to GeoTrust to Verify you as a legitimate person.
- For India, Geotrust asked us about Passport or Driving License copy faxed to phone number.
- We are still awaiting a “verification” call from them. It’s been already 4 days.
One mistake we did while Signing up and I hope you guys don’t do that is : I didn’t provide cell number as Phone #2.
Once the signup will be complete, we will be shown as Verified Publisher :)
Now on to good stuff, submitting my video to claim WP7 developer Handset :). It is coming in 1-2 days.
BTW, We did email Brandon Watson about our business ideas. I think with posting of Video on YouTube, we will be done with staking claim on that developer Phone :)
UPDATE : We are now approved in Windows Marketplace. Waiting for Microsoft to start accepting applications 
