Great news for all Windows and Windows Phone developers, starting this month, all already registered developers will not have to pay to renew their membership on the Dev Center di Microsoft. For all new registrations as a Developer you will need the payment of a registration fee (19$) only one.
Below is the email sent in these days by Microsoft:
Lifetime Dev Center subscriptions
Starting September 16, 2014, all Windows and Windows Phone developer accounts in Dev Center will transition to a one-time only Dev Center registration fee.
With this change, you will no longer have to pay an annual renewal fee to maintain your Dev Center account.
If you recently received an account renewal notification via email or in your Dev Center dashboard, you can ignore it as it was generated prior to instituting the change.
All current Dev Center accounts will continue, without interruption. For more detail, please refer to today’s announcement for further detail.
Thank you,
The Windows Store team
Happy Coding 😉