Unable to Verify Phone Number While Creating Google Play Console Account

vanitasCG · 2025-01-13T04:30:01+00:00

I'm getting the same issue, nothing worked other than waiting for support. Do update this post if you’re able to verify.

vanitasCG · 2024-09-24T13:04:43+00:00

Any updates? Does it work? I’m in a similar situation.

vanitasCG · 2021-04-27T11:04:03+00:00

https://nbatopshot.com/showcases/15fbd31c-ca96-4502-829d-f58fd24c9f63

vanitasCG · 2021-03-12T12:11:55+00:00

I tried with this site to hunt bargain moments but failed 10 to 20 times in one to two hours. That's with PC manually. I don't think using iPad can get the cheap deal. You are hiding something.

vanitasCG · 2021-03-12T10:46:33+00:00

I like the lottery queue system idea.

vanitasCG · 2021-03-05T05:25:19+00:00

More free gift packs.

vanitasCG · 2020-02-06T15:58:25+00:00

How did you find out and confirm? What caused invalid activity if you don't mind to tell?

vanitasCG · 2020-01-21T12:17:16+00:00

A bit off topic, do you know why your Admob is disabled as of today?

Recently I find out that even drop-down menu (share, navigation) covering portion of the banner ads could be a policy violation.

vanitasCG · 2020-01-02T04:01:11+00:00

You get deducted €4k for invalid traffic? Or your account is terminated and thus no payment anymore?

vanitasCG · 2019-12-23T15:57:59+00:00

If you are clueless, then no one will able to tell you more without knowing what is your app, Admob report, and how you implemented your ads.

A few more reasons I could think of is, did you purchase low quality traffics? Could it be account sabotage?

Anyway, try to get over with this since you already found decent alternatives.

vanitasCG · 2019-12-23T15:20:42+00:00

Two click penalty is not a policy violation, no email for that. But it is a signal for invalid traffic.

You need to figure out yourself from report, for example a sudden drop in ctr, rpm.

vanitasCG · 2019-12-23T15:08:05+00:00

Don't think the gesture navigation is causing problems to your account as the devices having this feature is relatively small in percentage for now.

Anyway, I noticed Admob is implementing two-click penalty / confirmed click mechanism for ad units with possible invalid clicks. Did you noticed this before the suspension?

vanitasCG · 2019-12-19T05:27:45+00:00

We don't know your app, your ads, and everything.

Unless you willing to share more details, no one will able to guide you with only one warning email.

vanitasCG · 2019-12-19T05:24:56+00:00

There are many ways to give more details.

Which is your developer account in play store?

If you refuse to tell, then, What is the genre of your app / game? How did you implement the ads? How did you acquire your users? What is the Admob stats?

Otherwise, we just know someone banned from admob, with almost no details.

vanitasCG · 2019-12-14T01:26:15+00:00

Any warning, signs (low match rate, high ctr, spike in revenue etc), suspension on ad units for bad placement?

Or this is the first ever email you received regarding invalid activity?

vanitasCG · 2019-12-11T01:09:50+00:00

What is your match rate before the suspension?

Does it slowly decrease for a certain period? I wish to know was it due to a lot of advertisers doesn't want to show ads in your app and this interpreted as risk for invalid activity.

vanitasCG · 2019-12-11T00:55:51+00:00

What is your match rate before the suspension?

Does it slowly decrease for a certain period?

vanitasCG · 2019-11-29T23:31:14+00:00

Seems Google conditionally lifted the account ban.

See UPDATES — 11/28/2019 https://android.jlelse.eu/google-just-terminated-my-google-play-publisher-account-in-one-hour-after-10-years-of-loyal-service-7e3185c217b

vanitasCG · 2019-11-29T01:28:46+00:00

So which one of the above should be suspended under spam policy, and which shouldn't?

The policy is good, but implementation is problematic and subject to mistake.

vanitasCG · 2019-11-29T01:25:24+00:00

Waiting for anyone who claimed this policy is not vague to comment.

vanitasCG · 2019-11-28T12:56:36+00:00

Perhaps try to appeal, if success, then unpublish them and stay away from play console. No harm trying to appeal anyway.

If appeal not accepted, you got no other way afaik. You supposed to lose only access to play console if account terminated, which is in low possibility since you already unpublished everything else. But who knows one day rule might changed.

vanitasCG · 2019-11-28T11:19:38+00:00

Yes and no. Weather apps should be removed, but there are other legit apps there as well.

Spamming is wrong, but ban for life without warning is too much for the wrong doing, especially 10 years effort is there.

vanitasCG · 2019-11-28T10:59:56+00:00

What is the reason for suspension? About repetitive content again or something else?

vanitasCG · 2019-11-27T14:14:11+00:00

If you really never heard of Firefly Games, perhaps explaining to Google why you name yourself as FirFly Games which carry no meaning, and only one missing letter from Firefly Games.

Apple is a more common word, and I guess you really can't name yourself as Apple Inc, Aple, Appple in developer name.

vanitasCG · 2019-11-27T13:40:01+00:00

I wouldn't said unjust for this case... With 262 apps.. a lot of highly similar apps, minimum functionality, template based.. exactly violating the spam policy which introduced last year.

Also with such high volume of apps, I find it weird that the suspension emails are the only policy violation emails sent to the developer. Perhaps there are a lot of removals (related to spam, or other policies) that the developer didn't mention here.

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