Taking payments in app & website
Hey, I’m building a platform for Personal Trainers to offer their services online and to take payments through the app and website - of which I take a 10% service charge.
Once a user subscribes to a Personal Trainer they can see all their posts / workouts. Users can also do a one time purchase for a Personal Trainers group - this is all shown in app.
I had planned to use Stripe, but after reading apples IAP rules i will need to use their IAP for any online content.
I have 2 options and would be grateful for any advice.
- Accept that I have to pay the 30% fees to Apple and offer the option to subscribe to PT’s in App - Best for User experience IMO
- Take a Netflix style approach and do not provide the ability to subscribe to PT’s through the app and make all payments go through the website (and Stripe)
Thanks in advance
How well this answer works depends on the terms of service for Apple, which I’m not very familiar with. But one idea could be:
Start with accepting payments through your app, maybe find a way to identify those users as having been Apple users. Accept a certain number of users via this model so that you can get rankings in the App Store and some easier revenue. Once you have a good base established remove the ability to sign up through the app and do the Netflix model. You might have to still pay royalties on the first cohort that signed up through the store, but hopefully the benefit of having those first paying users will be worthwhile.
Thank you for the suggestion, I will double check the terms of service for Apple - but seems like a good and valid solution to the problem!