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# com.apple.developer.marketplace.app-installation

An entitlement that enables an app to vend other apps as an alternative app marketplace.

## Discussion

The system requires that your app have this entitlement to implement an app marketplace and install other apps using <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/MarketplaceKit>. Apple approves your use of this entitlement based on a set of criteria. To request the entitlement, see <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/marketplacekit/participating-in-alternative-distribution-for-specific-regions>. For more information, see <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/marketplacekit/creating-an-alternative-app-marketplace>.

If your account receives this entitlement, provision your app with the entitlement according to: [Provisioning with managed capabilities](https://developer.apple.com/help/account/reference/provisioning-with-managed-capabilities/).

> Note:
> This entitlement isn’t available for Enterprise or Developer ID distributed apps.

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