Accepted payment methods on Google Play

You can purchase apps and digital content on Google Play using payment methods from your Google account. If it's your first time making a purchase, your payment method will be added to your Google account.

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Available payment methods vary by country. If your country is not listed, scroll down.

Credit or debit cards

You can add the following credit/debit cards to your account:

American Express
Mastercard
Visa
Visa Electron

Note: The types of cards accepted through Google Play may vary. If your card doesn't work when you think it should, contact your bank or card issuer for help. You may notice temporary authorizations on your account when using a credit or debit card.

Mobile phone billing

With some mobile devices and service plans, you can charge purchases to your carrier bill.

Participating carriers in Taiwan:

遠傳電信 Far EasTone Telecom
台灣大哥大 Taiwan Mobile Telecom
亞太電信 Asia Pacific Telecom
台灣之星 T Star
中華電信_Chunghwa Telecom

When you buy something, you'll see the charge on your carrier account after 15 minutes.

Note: You may see an SMS (text message) starting with "DCB" or "DCB_Association" on your phone when you sign up for mobile phone billing. The message is automatically generated and sent to complete enrollment in mobile phone billing for your Google Play account.

Mobile phone billing troubleshooting

If you don't see a carrier billing option, keep in mind:

Mobile phone billing is only available using the Google Play Store app. It isn't available on the Google Play website on a computer or mobile browser.
Your account with your carrier must be in good standing.
If you use a device with dual SIM cards, make sure to put the right SIM card in slot 1 and leave slot 2 empty.
Mobile phone billing is not available on rooted devices.
Some mobile phone carriers can't be used to pay for subscriptions.

Check with your carrier to make sure:

You haven't exceeded your carrier's monthly spending limit.
Your device and service plan allow premium content purchases.
Your device can use mobile phone billing.

Cancelled purchases

Purchases that aren't successfully authorized with your carrier are immediately cancelled. For help with unsuccessful mobile phone billing purchases, contact your mobile service provider.

PayPal

You can use PayPal to buy apps and digital content on Google Play.

Important: If you have PayPal Security Key turned on, you have to add PayPal to your Google Play account using a computer or mobile web browser. You can't link it using the Play Store app. To add PayPal, select "Add a payment method" under your payment methods in Google Play. Once you've added PayPal, you can use it to buy things from the Play Store app and the Play web store.

Unsupported payment types

Google Play can't be used with:

Wire transfers
Bank transfers
Western Union
Money Gram
Virtual Credit Cards (VCC)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Transit cards
Any escrow type of payment

Pay at convenience stores or user bank transfer

Important:

Users must link a valid E.SUN account to their Google Account before they can generate Reference Numbers for purchases.
- If you don't have a valid E.SUN account and want to use this form of payment, please create an E.SUN account.
This form of payment (FOP) doesn’t support subscriptions.
If the Reference Number fails to generate, it may be due to a monthly transaction limit imposed by E.SUN. To check your account status, log in to your E.SUN account or contact E.SUN.

Stores	Validity of Reference Numbers	Length of Reference Numbers
7-Eleven	3 days	12 characters, with an additional QR code
Hi-Life	3 days	16 characters
FamilyMart	3 days	14 characters
Virtual Account (ATM or mobile banking)	24 hours	16 characters

Other countries

If your country is not on the list, available payment methods are listed below: