Cross in-app purchase subscription

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Created Jun ’15

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Hello everybody,

My app is almost a reproduction of my website, just to give the user some possibilities to access their services and make some alerts.

I would like to allow the user to subscribe the service via app too.

The service is about tracking, so there is another hardware that the user must buy before, the app is free but not the subscription.

I would like to allow the user pay for its subscription via website, or app.

Questions:

1 - Am I obligated to use In-App Purchase ?

2 - If not, may I ask the user Credit Card inside my app ?

3 - If not, may I send the user to webpage to fill billing information ?

4 - If I'm obligated to use IAP, how can I recover its subscription in my site ?

If there is something not asked but you think is important for me to know, feel free to bump on it.

Thank you !

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Answer 1

PBK OP

Jun ’15

You wrote:

"I would like to allow the user pay for its subscription via website, or app.

Questions:

1 - Am I obligated to use In-App Purchase ?

2 - If not, may I ask the user Credit Card inside my app ?

3 - If not, may I send the user to webpage to fill billing information ?

4 - If I'm obligated to use IAP, how can I recover its subscription in my site ?"

If the subscription will be unlocking some code within the app you must use IAP. Once the user has made the purchase the app can send some signal to your website indicating that the purchase has been made.

On the other hand, if the app is just a window to your website and the subscription does not unlock stuff in the app then you do not need to use IAP. Whether or not you can use a credit card within the app depends on an interpretation of 11.2 - it's not clear. You may send the user to your website for billing information.

And finally, read 11.14 - it may move you into the 'does not need to use IAP' category.

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Answer 2

sparkgo OP

Jun ’15

Hello PBK,

Thank you for your answer.

In fact, the app is not a window, but the user (normally) can login only if it has a subscription, so don't know how to interpret it, if its a app feature or not.

I'll read the docs and try to figure out how implement it without making a mess in my backoffice.

Thank you

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