Apple Developer Account not activated 5 days after purchase

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Created Jan ’24

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Hey everyone, I purchased an Apple Developer Program for 99 USD on January 1 2024, filled out my credit card that I use for iCloud+ storage plan, got my confirmation email that within 48h my developer account should be activated, but it never did. Plus after waiting more than 48h I wrote to support, describing everything, but never heard back from them.

One thing I noticed during the checkout was I was asked for everything (name, address, CC number, expiry date) but not the CVV number. Is this normal, and would Apple be able to process the payment without it?

I though about going through the enrolment process again, but am afraid of a double charge, in case my original enrolment gets accepted... Please advise and share your experiences when enrolling to the developer program. Thanks!

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Onset-Athletica OP

Jan ’24

Dealing with the same issue, have you found a solution yet?

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rohit___ OP

Jan ’24

enrolled 2 days ago, but developer program not activated yet.

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AwaisQadir OP

Mar ’24

i made am also facing same problem , i paid amount about 15 days ago but still yet my account did not activated

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thankslogan OP

Feb ’25

I've been reading a lot about people encountering this. I'm in Cali and it took about ~12 hours for it to enroll me. I was definitely scared at the beginning when it just took my money.

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Djama OP

Feb ’25

same issue here. i have even sent a mail to support team but nothing.

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samagan888 OP

Feb ’25

hey, did you solve this?

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anaeugenie OP

9h

I want to add my voice here, because I’m experiencing exactly the same issue as many others in this thread.

I paid the $99 Apple Developer Program fee. The payment was successfully charged. However, my developer account has still not been activated.

It has been more than several business days — in my case, almost a week — and there is:

• no activation

• no clear status

• no way to check what is happening

• no response to emails

The money was taken immediately, but the service that was paid for has not been provided.

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