I have few queries regarding iPhone app submission.
1) I have an account and want to make my application available for US.(I have seen the options which allows to select the countries in submission process document). So is it possible to show my application to US users with my india account.
2) I want to show the different names for Seller and copyrights. In future If I submit another app, I should be able to show the same seller name but copy rights name will be changed. So is it possible to show in this way.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Malleswar
1) Yes, it's possible.
2) You can only choose Seller name once (At the time of your first app submission). The copyright info should be submitted with every app you submit.
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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.
I have been stuck in a strange situation, according to my requirement, I need to track the resellers of my app, i.e. I will be publishing link of my app in the iTunes-Store on 3 or more different sites(The re seller's sites).
According to my promise which I made to these resellers, I will provide a share of my profit.
So here I have to track from which link did the user came to the APP-Store.
Any suggestions or solutions will be Thankful.
I think the only way to do it will be server-side. Links at your resellers should point to your server, where you log the source of link (resellers web page) and redirect request to AppStore. But you'll have no way of knowing, which of this requests ended up with a purchase.
The only way to do this for real is to get them to become iTunes affiliates and provide reports back to you. They should use the iTunes referral to make the sale (they will get a small cut from Apple) -- Apple will report that back to them, and then they can prove to you that they made a sale, and then you pay based on that.
Reserve the right to audit them -- meaning that they will have to show you the report directly from the iTunes affiliate site.
I assume that iTunes actually tells them what they sold, but you would need to check that.
Another idea (which may or may not make sense based on what your app does) is to make personalized versions of your app for each reseller. If there's some way to incorporate a very simple feature that is personalized (and makes sense), then you can upload the same app multiple times and assume all sales are coming from that reseller.
So, for example, if the app were an exercise tracker, and the resellers were gyms -- you could customize the app for each gym and add their schedule and contact info to it. Then, sell the app as an Excerise Tracker for XYZ Gym and let them promote it and get a cut of sales.
Today my app is ready for sale on app store but unfortunately I made a mistake when providing my company name. Is there any way to modify the company name? If anyone has any idea then please share.
Thanks in Advance
The company name is set permanently when you submit your first app. You cannot change it once your app has been submitted. You should've been more careful. Read the docs which clearly state this. Your best bet now is to contact Apple and see what can be done.
At Last i came to know after calling apple developer support that it's one time setting for PERSONAL ACCOUNT and can not be changed only we can edit the company name to seller name .We can not make any other change So please be careful while submitting your first app.And if your account is COMPANY ACCOUNT in that case it's possible by following some tedious procedures.As my account was personal account so i left it as it was by taking a lesson.Thanks to all who guided me in the process.
I have an app that aggregates apps from the app store for a specific audience, and I use the iTunes Affiliate program (via LinkShare).
When a user taps the download button, it opens safari with the affiliate link and redirects to the AppStore. That's how I see it happening in other apps as well ("Free App Tracker", for example).
However, while LinkShare counts the clicks, I don't see any "orders", and I know there should be a few.
The clicks count gets updated the same day, while the orders count didn't get updated at all (still 0) for 3 days now.
Do I need to call the url in any specific way? or do LinkShare take their time with orders reports?
Thanks!
LinkShare track the orders in different way: there is the transaction date which is the date when the purchase was done, and then there is the "process" date which is when the transaction has been processed by the LinkShare system.
You can read more about it.
A few notes:
Are the purchases you that know happend via your link happen in the US store?
- The LinkShare program only support the US and CA programs so if the sale was made in another country you won't see any sales data.
iTunes advises that you wait three to five days for your sale to show up. I've seen sales the next day and sometimes they take longer. Typically, however, they are no later then a few days after you get the receipt for the sale.
You can call your link in a way that the redirects are processed in the background. Check out this resource for details - http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa1629/_index.html
Hope that helps.
I am considering using In App Purchase for our iPhone app. But since we will offer a larger quantity of content items (>10 video items each day added), I would like to automate the new product registration in iTunes Connect.
Is this possible ?
If not: how long does it typically take before Apple approves a new registred product in iTunes Connect ? Since the content looses quickly it's 'freshness' (news broadcasts...), it is crucial to be able to have new content available ASAP.
Would you recommend using In App Purchase for this scenario or would you recommend developing our own payment & account system ?
As far as I know, it is not possible to automate it, unless you develop your own script (in AppleScript, for example, to operate safari and I am not sure if it will work as expected.
A new app will be reviewed and approved typically in 7 days. In-app purchases will go live when the app is approved.
In-app purchases can operate in two ways:
you include the content inside the app
you put the content on your severs and include the mechanisms to make the magic work. When the user buy the app, Apple server will communicate with yours and vice-versa, and a signal must be sent to Apple servers, during the process, so they will know the content was delivered. You will have to read the docs, as this is too complex to explain here.
I automated the input of a large number of in-app purchases using the Firefox extension iMacros. The free version is absolutely sufficient for this.
You have to create a CSV file containing all the data, then record the workflow in iTunes Connect and press start!