Recently I have read the news of an Update to subscription notifications, according to it, when an auto-renewable subscription price is increased, subscribers must opt-in before the price increase is applied.
So Subscribers are required to opt-in before the price decrease, or it is only for price increases?
Your answers will be helpful.
Ref. https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=tpgp89cl
Thanks
It's only for price increases.
And FYI, rules have changed 2 days ago concerning price increases: https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/16/app-store-increased-prices-auto-renewable-subscriptions/
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My new app has certain features that require auto-renewing subscriptions. I set up my subscription and set its pricing on AppStore Connect.
I also want to offer a promotional offer which discounts the monthly subscription fee. I also set this up on AppStore Connect.
When I test the app on my iPhone, the subscription prices comes up at full price and not discounted promotional price.
Is there anything special I need to do for promotional price to apply? Do I need to use "Introductory Offers" instead? I thought "Promotional Offer" was the right one for me because it applies to all new users for a set period. The introductory offers seem to have a set start/end dates.
Summing up my R&D free trial via introductory price only meant to be free for specific time after customer bought subscription.
I want that feature to be initially free for a month and then user buy the subscription.
How can I achieve this ?Is it achievable via Introductory price?
Yes It is achievable by introductory price. You can choose free trial
duration for a month inside introductory price's.
With Free trial, New subscribers access content for free for a
specified duration(say month). Their subscription begins immediately but theywon’t be billed until the free trial period is over.
Check it out for more details : docs
If you are asking that, if user can get free month trial subscription without going for IAP subscription purchase. You need to set logic for that by your own, that after user has installed your app, he/she should be able to use services for a month and after a month all those services should get blocked. and it will be again enabled only after user purchase subscription.
I'm developer of iOS / OS X app.
I would like to make two auto-renewable subscriptions (in one "family" of subscriptions).
1) Monthly subscription + 1 month trial
2) Yearly subscription + 1 month trial (or, may be, 3 months trial)
My quastion:
If a user switches form a monthly subscription to an annual subscription plan will she or he get an additional trial period which it set up for an annual subscription plan?
Edit: The answer is "No". User may get trial period only one time. He wouldn't get additional trials after plan changing/resubscribtion etc.
I have an app on the app store that has been out for a few months with iAd banners and I get a few dollars every month ( not very much ) and I heard that you need a minimum of revenue to actually get paid. if this is true, how much do I need? do they cumulative every month or do I need that minimum every month and therefore won't get any of the money I earned these past few months? thanks for your answers!
Your revenue is cumulative. Check this FAQ entry for the payment schedule and minimums.
When will I be paid? Payments are made within 45 days of the last
day of the month in which app purchases were made. To receive payment,
you must have provided all required banking and tax information and
documentation, as well as meeting the minimum payment threshold.
If your bank and bank account currency is listed in this table, you
must exceed a minimum payment threshold of $10 USD. All other bank
countries and bank account currencies must exceed a minimum payment
threshold of $150 USD.
If I decrease the price of an in-app (iOS) auto renewal subscription would the existing subscriber continue to use service at discounted rate? Or would their auto renewal subscription get cancelled?
Quoting Apple docs : Link Here
When their subscription renewal date approaches, customers are notified if the price of an auto-renewable subscription has increased. After their subscriptions expire, they are opted-out of the subscription and must manually renew their subscription at the increased price.
If the price of an auto-renewable subscription decreases during the subscription period, customers are not notified and the subscription automatically renews at the lower price.
So it seems that if price goes down, the subscription is renewed at the reduced price, without notification.
Apple's docs ( https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/StoreKitGuide/Chapters/Subscriptions.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008267-CH7-SW6 ) cover the case of a price increase. Since it does not explicitly cover the price decrease case, I would assume that the users will continue at the new, lower rate.
From "Expiration and Renewal" on that link:
Note: Increasing the price of a subscription doesn’t disable automatic renewal for all customers, only for those customers whose subscription expires in the next ten days. If this change is a mistake, changing it back to the original price means no additional users are affected. If this change is intentional, keeping the new higher price causes automatic renewal to be disabled for the rest of your users in turn as they enter the ten-day renewal window.
This is a (very) late response to the question but if anyone is looking for the updated docs and/or how to Manage pricing for auto-renewable subscriptions, here is the link for it.
Decreasing price is simple, auto renewal takes places as it would normally do.
Increasing however is a tad complicated than the prior, I'll just quote from the above link:
If you choose to increase the price of your auto-renewable
subscription, you have the option to preserve prices for existing
subscribers.
If you increase the price of a subscription without preserving prices,
all existing subscribers must consent to the new price before their
next renewal date. If they do not consent to the new price or take no
action, their subscription expires at the end of their current billing
cycle.
After your price increase goes into effect, Apple will automatically
inform existing subscribers through email and push notifications, and
attempt to obtain consent to the higher price. The timing of these
notifications depends on the length of the subscription, and there is
a minimum required notice. If a price increase occurs within the
minimum required notice period, subscribers will renew at their
existing price for one more billing period, and will be notified
before the end of their next billing period.