What am I being build for?

[Jeremy Thibeaux]

For several months I have been receiving a bill for $2.10 for an one
of the apps that I have deployed for an organization a while back.
This cost just arrived without a clear explanation of what "resources"
I was being billed for. I have several other apps for which I am not
getting billed anything for, so I guess I want clarification on what
about that app has incurred the cost. It makes me uncomfortable to
receive a bill for something without any clear break down of why, even
if it is for only $2.10. The app really doesn't consume much data or
bandwidth. If either of those were the problem, perhaps I could
optimize the app. But without any explanation, I am not sure what to
do.

Jeremy

[Wilson MacGyver]

If you enable billing on an app, that's the minimal charge

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[Barry Hunter]

Its the $9 a month minimum charge for paid apps

http://www.google.com/enterprise/cloud/appengine/pricing.html
https://developers.google.com/appengine/kb/billing

[Erin Hastings]

This min charge is dumb, and I got snagged on this too. Why can't you just be billed only if you go over? 

[Brandon Wirtz]

> This min charge is dumb, and I got snagged on this too. Why can't you just be billed only if you go over? 

Because Google is losing money on you already. I don’t have insight in to the exact numbers, but much like banks with Checking and Savings Accounts. Banks lose money on accounts with less than $20k a year in transactions.

 

Google loses money on accounts with less than $X a year in usage. I’m guessing that number is something like $800 a year.

 

The Free quota is a marketing loss leader, and away for you to do test development.  If you can’t afford $2.10 a week you are doing your app wrong.

 

Works out that on my primary sites my Appengine Costs are $0.032 CPM Even if you totally suck at monetization you should be able to make this back.  ($6.70 eCPM is the current English Site Average CPM according to Ad Age)

 

-Brandon