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Comment by victorantos | Hacker News Reader

$8 registration fee for the next 8 days, instead of $99

But oddly enough, you pay $99 first, and get $91 returned in 'the next 30 or 45 days'. Why not charge $8 in the first place?

They just mentioned that they're working on updating the page right now on build live, I think.

I'm disappointed to see that there is no option for students to waive the entire fee. Microsoft does this on the Windows Store (students get a free year), so it would only make sense to carry over to Windows Phone 8.

Of course, that would require actual inter-department consistency at Microsoft. And we all know how impossible that is.

"To become a member you need a valid credit card, PayPal account, or promo code. Students with a verified DreamSpark account can register for free. "

From the registration page.

This works even if you are not a current student as long as you have a valid e-mail address from your college/university.

Yikes, looks like I didn't investigate quite far enough. Thanks for the information :)

I registered as a student (via DreamSpark) for a WP7 developer account back in december 2011. My account is about to expire in a month. In the meantime I received an email (january 2012) about a DreamSpark account migration. (Which is said to make my DreamSpark account active for another 12 months) - I haven't done the migration process yet. I am curious will this let my WP7 developer account be active for another year? Or should I just create a new account taking advantage of the 8$ fee?

If this is true I'm definitely jumping on the bandwagon. I can afford 8$ for the first year to test the market. I have a lot of ideas I wish to mesh into Windows Phone applications. :)

Now, the market lets people from my country, Bolivia, create applications but do I still need a credit card to pay? Can I use a direct wire transfer or moneygram?

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