Earn Money with Alexa Developer Rewards in India

Indian Developers Now Get Paid for Eligible Skills that Customers Love Most

Alexa Skills Kit Expands to Include Hindi in India

Developers can now start building skills for Hindi speaking customers in India. Learn more‘

1. Who is eligible for the payout?
   Only Indian developers (i.e. developers who registered their country of residence as India at the time of developer account setup) are eligible for this offer payout. Make sure your country/region is correctly set to India in the profile section of the Alexa Developer Portal. 
   
   
2. What Alexa skills are eligible?
   We will select skills to be rewarded from among the top performing custom skills based on customer engagement, that are correctly categorized in any of eight eligible skill categories:
   • Education & Reference
   • Food & Drink
   • Games, Trivia & Accessories
   • Health & Fitness
   • Kids
   • Lifestyle
   • Music & Audio
   • Productivity
      
3. What If I am an Indian developer and publish my skill in non-IN store (e.g. US, UK, Germany)?
   You will be rewarded based on the customer engagement metrics for your skills only live in the India Alexa Skills Store.
   
   
4. How will I know if my Alexa skill has earned money?
   If your Alexa skill qualifies, you will receive an email from the Alexa team by the middle of the following month.
   
   
5. How much will I get paid?
   Payment is based on the skill’s customer engagement. If your skill qualifies, the email you receive from the Alexa team will include detail about payment for your skill live in the India store.
   
   
6. Will I continue to get paid every month?
   We evaluate customer engagement on a monthly basis. As customers discover and share new skills, the top engaging skills will change, allowing new developers to earn money.
   
   
7. I have skills in the US, UK, Japan, and Germany. Am I eligible to receive payments for each geography? 
   No. If you have eligible skills published in the US, UK, Japan, and Germany and they are among the top engaging skills, you will not receive payment for them as part of this limited-edition payout offer.
   
   
8. How will I get paid?
   Indian developers receiving email from the Amazon team will need to register at a third-party portal to setup their payment information.
   
   
9. When will I get paid?
   If your payment information is up-to-date on the third-party portal, you will be paid no later than the last day of the month in which you were notified that your skill has earned rewards. You will need to ensure that your payment and tax information is up-to-date on the third-party portal.
   
   
10. What happens if I do not provide my payment information?
    If you do not provide payment and tax information within 30 working days from when you were notified by email that your skill has earned rewards, you will forfeit the reward.
    
    
11. How do you measure customer engagement?
    We consider a variety of factors to measure customer engagement such as minutes of usage, new customers, recurring customers, sessions, and more.
    
    
12. How can I monitor my skill’s engagement?
    Developers can sign into the Amazon Developer Portal to view skill engagement data. The Alexa Skills Kit section lists your skills, whether completed or in-progress. Click the Metrics link for each skill to see data about: unique customers, sessions, utterances, and intents. You may view data for a select time interval (e.g., within the last 30 days, within a custom range) or aggregation period (e.g., hourly, weekly). You can also monitor customer reviews of your skill in the India Alexa Skills Store.
    
    
13. Can I make money through in-skill purchasing and Alexa Developer Rewards for the same skill?
    At this time, yes, you can. Please note, that in-skill purchasing is currently only available in the US.
    
    
14. I work for Amazon, can I earn Developer Rewards?
    No, at this time Amazon employees are not eligible to earn Developer Rewards.
    
    
15. What is the duration of this program?
    Alexa Developer Rewards in India is a limited-time program and Amazon reserves the right, at any time, to discontinue the program, to add/alter/modify/change or vary all and/or any of the program terms and conditions or to replace, wholly or in part, this program by another program.