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There used to be.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/money/

"The web has come a long way in the 11 years since we launched the Chrome Web Store. Back then, we wanted to provide a way for developers to monetize their Web Store items. But in the years since, the ecosystem has grown and developers now have many payment-handling options available to them."



Just want to put a plug in for https://extensionpay.com/ - I've used it in extensions in the past. It takes away the headache of setting up a backend for payment. They do take an extra 5%, but it's worth it especially. for smaller projects


Another failed Google product...of course every company has huge back catalogs of deprecated products but the sheer % of fails by Google is almost unbelievable.


This is the reason I removed my extension from the Chrome Web Store.




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