Hello all. We have an application where users can post their used cars and other users can see it and possibly communicate with the owner and actually buy the car outside the application. We use exteranl payment gateway for making one time ad purchase. However, this appearntly violates apple Guideline 3.1.1. You may see the Apple message at the bottom.
But I see in other application, for example Letgo, people can pay to post their adverts and they do not use apple in-app purchase. Any idea how could they do that? Or how can we somehow continue to use external payment gateways without violate the In-App Purchase guidlines?
Thanks alot.
**Apple message: ** Guideline 3.1.1 - Business - Payments - In-App Purchase
We noticed that your app includes or accesses paid digital content, services, or functionality by means other than in-app purchase, which is not appropriate for the App Store. Specifically:
- The Premium Package can be purchased in the app using payment mechanisms other than in-app purchase.
Next Steps The paid digital content, services, or subscriptions included in or accessed by your app must be available for purchase using in-app purchase.
If you have any additional information to provide regarding the digital content and services in your app and how the guidelines apply to them, please reply to this message in App Store Connect and let us know. If there is information you’d like us to consider in our review of future submissions, please feel free to include it in the App Review Information section of App Store Connect.
Resources
- See how to implement in-app purchase with the StoreKit framework.
- Review step-by-step instructions for creating in-app purchases in App Store Connect.
- Learn more about our policies for apps that offer paid digital content and services.
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App Store Review