I'll publish an application on the store. If I will make a iPhone program standard (99$) account, can I put the name of a society and my name as a developer? (enrollment by a company and not individual ?)
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You can only have one name assigned to the developer account. Apple will require some form of legal documents that proves that the name is valid and that you are allowed to act on behalf of that name.
Your own Apple-ID can be assigned to many developer accounts.
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I have an individual membership with the Apple developer program. When I submit my app to the app store, will my name show up as the seller, or will I be able to put a different name, specifically, a company name?
If I remember correctly, the name of the individual is what appears as the seller through an individual account. If you had a business membership, then the name of the business would appear there. That's one of the perks of the business option, aside from team management.
This may have changed in the last year since I last submitted an app, but I'm fairly confident it has not. Please feel free to correct me if it has.
Yes, you can. The Seller info is what you put under itunes connect.
Say an independent US-based developer creates an Apple Developer account as an individual contributor. They choose a company/organization name "XYZ Apps". They never create an LLP or file any type of business paperwork other than reporting taxes.
Now the developer wishes to change the company/organization name. Apple requests "court/business" documentation verifying the new name. The developer doesn't have said docs because there hasn't been any official business name change or anything.
How can the independent developer update their company/organization name in this case?
Perhaps they can tell Apple it's just an aesthetic name change. Any feedback from people with experience is greatly appreciated!
Edit: after reading around the web it seems like creating another developer account might be the easiest route. This assumes you don't have apps with the original account where the exact name is important.
Apple does not appear to allow any "aesthetic" name changes, only a legal incorporation name or a legal corporate name change. So you may need to incorporate your business, and request Apple change your developer enrollment to a company enrollment, in order to change the name on your developer account.
I have created an application for my customer. We have published the application with my account. Now, they want to change the developer name as their company's name. Is there a way to change the developer name? Can I move my application to their business account so that Developer name changes to their business name?
Yes, you can transfer the app to other since WWDC 2013.
Also, you can call the Apple Support to change the Seller Name.
Here is a video about this: App Transfer Tutorial.
My apps initially appeared in the App Store with the wrong seller name. I don't personally own a credit card, so a family member who did paid my developer subscription. While my correct name appeared elsewhere, under Seller it showed the name from the credit card. I used one of the contact options in iTunes Connect to request a name change, which was applied within a few days.
On the current Contact page, the Contracts and Legal category includes Request Name/Address update. Try that.
You'll certainly find it easier to rename your account than to move the app to a different account. Here's what they say about that.
I sold my app to another developer and can no longer distribute it on the App Store. Can I transfer the app to the new developer's iTunes Connect account?
No, you can’t transfer the app to another developer account on iTunes Connect. To add the app to another account, remove the app from the current account and upload it to the new iTunes Connect account.
Note that uploading the app to a new iTunes Connect account will disable current customers from receiving automatic and free updates of your application. All customer reviews, rating, and ranking information will be reset. You will not be able to reuse the app name and SKU in the old account. If you have uploaded a binary or used the app with the iAd Network, your Bundle ID will not be reusable either.
This is only applicable for the part of the OP's question:
Is there a way to change the developer name?
The most simple way I found to CHANGE the developer name was by filling out a request on this page:
Contact Us Page
Then select from the option:
Enrollment, Membership, and Account -> Account Updates and Renewals
I just told them which names I would like to user, First name and surnaame.
Here is Apple Support email regarding same question;
As an individual you cannot change your first and last name, you can
only have your legal name appear in the App store. I can suggest to
you to enroll as a company, witch would mean you can use your company
name instead of your own name, but first you would need to check that
you meet our initial migration requirements:
You are a founder or cofounder of your company.
Your company does not already hold an active or expired company membership.
Your company does not operate as a sole proprietorship, DBA, fictitious name, trade name, or branch.
If you have paid apps, you have agreed to the latest Paid Applications contract in Agreements, Tax, and Banking in iTunes
Connect.
You are eligible to obtain a DUNS Number for your company: https://developer.apple.com/support/D-U-N-S.
If it is the case and you meet our requirements please feel free to
contact us again so we can migrate your account into a company.
If you need to transfer your app to another developer account, that is now possible. Since WWDC 2013, iTunes Connect now supports transferring apps from one developer to another, keeping exactly this situation in mind. Go to the iTunes Connect homepage for more information. There is also a video tutorial that Apple has provided on this matter.
Personally I wanted to changed my real first & last name to a company/brand name, having an individual account. That's what, as of 2020, Apple's support says:
"Developers enrolled as individuals will sell apps on the App Store using their personal legal name. There are two ways to change your name to a company name:
Have your company enroll in its own Apple Developer Program membership, and then transfer your apps to that membership.
Migrate your membership from an individual to an organization."
I've created an iOS Developer individual account because I want to upload an application that I've got developed from another developer. I want to allow the other developer to upload the application to my profile.
Can I manage users and add him as an admin to my iTune Connect? Is this facility available only for company accounts?
I saw this which says "You are the only one allowed access to Program resources." under individual registration.
http://developer.apple.com/enroll/selectEnrollmentType.php?t=nm
Only company accounts can allow multiple users.
Edited: This is based on experience. If you register as a company you can add additional accounts (via the Member Center). If you sign up as a user, you can only have a single account for logging into iTunes Connect.
This is what it means by "You can add additional developers to your team who can access Program resources." under the Company column on that select enrollment type page.
You can also add team members in an individual license. I am enrolled in the iOS and Mac OS program and have added two of my friends to work together with me on an app. The UI shows that this is the way it should be (in the upper right corner is written "Florian Pilz, Florian Pilz", whereby the first name is the name of the team agent [me] and the second name is the name of the user currently logged in [me in my case, another in the case of my friends]).
I have been developing and testing an iPhone app under a family members Apple Developer account. He paid for the account and it's registered under his business.
When it comes time to publish, will it appear in the App store (and for that matter anywhere else where the author name is published), under his name or his company name?
Can this be changed? Is it possible to publish an app on a developer account but under a different author name?
Yes, it will appear in the App Store under his name (if registered as an individual) or his company name (if he's registered as a company).
Can this be changed? Is it possible to publish an app on a developer
account but under a different author name?
No, and no. The name the developer account is registered to is the name that appears in the App Store for any apps published by that developer account.
If the person named on an individual iOS developer enrollment incorporates an app business and obtains a DUNS number for that corporation, Apple may allow changing the developer account to a company enrollment using that corporation's legal name. This would then allow publishing apps in the App Store under that corporation's name, instead of under the original individual's name.
It will appear under the account used to submit the app. It's possible to develop it under one account and submit it under another, but that's the only way to change the displayed author name.
Note that if you did a partial submission with one account, you won't be able to easily reuse the app name: you'll have to wait for it to expire on the first account, wait some unknown amount of time for it to become available again, and then register it under the second account before anyone else does.
If you've not locked down the name with the first account, though, there's nothing to it.