#1799 - Q&A: Why do so many apps push in-app payments?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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A listener is making her first app and wondering about the best way to structure payments. Also: a free idea for an app to help you unsubscribe from apps!
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| 0:34.8 | If you have a smartphone, you have probably been to the App Store. |
| 0:38.8 | Either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. |
| 0:42.5 | And you have probably seen lots of apps for download. |
| 0:45.3 | Some free, some paid, and some that are free to download. |
| 0:50.2 | And this is increasingly the case. |
| 0:51.8 | Free to download, but then they offer in-app payments. |
| 0:54.9 | So what's the deal with those payments? |
| 0:56.9 | Well, the deal is they're making a lot of money for app developers, |
| 0:59.6 | and of course for Apple as well, which takes its cut of everything on an iPhone. |
| 1:03.9 | So it's much more common these days to have that model with limited features, |
| 1:08.8 | and then you pay to unlock its full capabilities. |
| 1:11.6 | We've got a listener here who is making his first app. |
| 1:14.1 | Pretty cool. He'll tell you more about it. |
| 1:16.4 | And he's wondering about the best way to structure payments. |
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