How to Beat Google Play's Developer Account Rejection Using ADR

## What You Will Build Not an app this time — a legal case file. I am going to walk you through the exact process I used to challenge Google Play's developer account rejection through the EU's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. By the end, you will have a repeatable playbook for forcing a human review when Google's automated systems get it wrong. Google reversed their decision, approved my account, and paid 250 EUR in proceedings costs. The whole thing took about a month. ## My Story I applied for a Google Play developer account. I submitted high-quality passport photos, had a DUNS number for my business, set up a payment profile, added every supporting document I could think of. Everything was done professionally and by the book. Google rejected the identity verification. No explanation. No details about what was wrong. I contacted Google support. Five times. Each time I asked what specifically was wrong with my application. Each time I got zero useful information — gener