What-s-New-in-App-Store-Connect.md

What's New in App Store Connect

📅 2019.12.09 (SUN)

WWDC2018 | Session : 301 | Category : App Store Connect

🔗 What's New in App Store Connect - WWDC 2018 - Videos - Apple Developer

App Store Connect API

🆕 Overview

• RESTful
• JSON Web Token(JWT)
• Strict convention
• Extensive documentation

🆕 Provisioning

• Generate provisioning profiles
• Create and revoke signing certificates
• Manage devices and bundle IDs

🆕 Manage Users

• Invite new users
• Modify app access
• Manage user roles
• Updae user profiles

👉🏻 App Store Connect

🆕 App Delivery

Adding Linux as a supported platform for Transporter.

• Transporter
• Validation before delivery
• API token authentication

TestFilght Update

🆕 TestFilght Public Link

• Unique URL
• Represents an invitation to your beta app
• Can be shred anywhere
• Anyone can use the link to become a tester

Sales and Trends

🆕 Free Trials for Paid Apps

Guildelines

• Free IAP naming convention: 14-day Trail
• Customer communication
  • Cost to unlock
  • Features or content lost when trail ends

New Feature Summary

• App Store Connect API
• Unified user managemaent
• App delivery on Linux
• TestFlight public links
• Sales and Trends overview
• App Store Connect for iOS
• Free trials for paid apps

Introductory Pricing and Pre-Orders

Introductory Pricing

Users who use subscriptions, is a great way to incentivize new customers to sign up for your subscriptions. By offering customers a discounted introductory price at the beginning of your subscription.

Free Trial

Customers sign up for free, they use your services for the introductory period. And at the end of the period, they move on to your regular subscription price.

Pay up front

Customers sign up and they pay one time at the beginning of your introductory period. And at the end of the period, the regular subscription pice kicks in.

Pay as you go

Customers pay a recurring discounted price during the introductory period. Now once the entire period has been completed then they move on to the regular subscription price.

Related : Best Practice and What's New with In-App Purchases (WWDC 2018) Engineering Subscriptions(WWDC2018)

Pre-Orders

A great way for yo uto drum up excitement for your app before your app is actually available for download or purchase.

App Review Best Practices

• Keep contact information current
• Submit demo account information
• Use App Review notes
• Show customer experience in screenshots
• Explain permission requests