Converting Mac App from Paid to Freemium (Price Change)

I currently have a paid app in the Mac App Store and am about to release a freemium version - free with three auto-renewing subscriptions.

Is there a way to set things up in App Store Connect such that this next release of my app becomes free at the point when it goes live? I need to synchronise the changeover.

I've read posts suggesting you just set the price to zero, but that doesn't synchronise the change (as far as I can tell).

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: I see you can schedule a price change. Is the answer to not auto-release the app when it's approved, and to then coordinate its release date with the scheduled price change?

Converting Mac App from Paid to Freemium (Price Change)
 
 
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