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10/21/12 10:02 PM (13 years ago)

Easy iAP Plugin now available! by theMonster

Hey everyone! Very exciting news. My In App Purchase plugin is in the marketplace! https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=16E7586E9E8D437768AEE84 This feature has been long awaited for by many BuzzTouch Users. And it's finally here! You can sell things like: - PDF's - Videos - ANYTHING that can be made with a Plugin! The way it works is you use my plugin to present the user with the iAP page, then once the user unlocks the plugin/screen your keeping locked, it'll be open, and the user can now get to it from my plugin! PS: Thanks David for working hard with me on this plugin! PPS: My last plugin is a photo editing plugin that allows your user to edit their photos: https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=C871F8FC25CB90AF7FE97A3 PPPS: Remember you need to import the StoreKit framework for my plugin to work. PPPPS: (last one) Remember you cannot test iAP without a real device and a iTC profile (all of this is in the readme.txt file)
 
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10/21/12 10:29 PM (13 years ago)
$9.99? Are you crazy? This is worth way more! :-) By far my favorite plugin so far, bought, reviewed, loved. Excellent idea, THIS is something the buzztouch people will be talking about for months! Now to spend countless hours tinkering and updating.. So much for homework, english will need to wait another day or two. Cheers mate, David https://buzztouchmods.com
 
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10/21/12 10:32 PM (13 years ago)
Very awesome looking plugin! Now I just need to think of an app that involves some extra content! Mark
 
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10/21/12 10:42 PM (13 years ago)
woooohooooo buying it right now
 
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10/22/12 12:38 AM (13 years ago)
Ace idea... This really changes Buzztouch...
 
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10/22/12 01:04 AM (13 years ago)
I agree with the above. This is a game changer. I am so excited about the possibilities with this. Thanks in advance for your work (and extremely reasonable pricing!)
 
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10/22/12 02:16 AM (13 years ago)
Very very nice @theMonster. Once I get my macbook up and running Ill be sure to get this plugin
 
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10/22/12 03:02 AM (13 years ago)
Wow!!!!! Really cool. Congratulations on this one! Buzztouch is growing again..... Best regards, Danny
 
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10/22/12 03:55 AM (13 years ago)
very nice, buying and testing right now :-)
 
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10/22/12 04:29 AM (13 years ago)
Excellent stuff! Unfortunately i don't own a mac right now but will be sure to buy this when i do. Another fantastic step forward for buzztouch apps.
 
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10/22/12 04:51 AM (13 years ago)
Superb work! Top of the class!
 
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10/22/12 05:51 AM (13 years ago)
Game changer indeed! So will this work with perhaps a Menu screen (button menu, list menu, etc) so that the entire contents of the menu (and its sub-screens) will be unlocked with an IAP? If so, you just made one of my clients VERY happy.
 
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10/22/12 06:56 AM (13 years ago)
Wow good job you beat me to it. I was working on a similar setup, but wow yours is way better I must admit. Very dumbed down...which I like!!!. My version was too complicated:( AWESOME AWESOME JOB! EDIT: #1 seller by the end of the day.....
 
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10/22/12 07:34 AM (13 years ago)
awesome. looks quite useful. it's almost like the login screen tied to the iTC back-end in a way.... I've tried to figure out exactly what you can sell with In-App purchases thru Apple. Everything I wanted to sell seemed to be a no-no. like a bonus video or song in an app. I stalled out when i hit the part where you Apple required every item you want to seel to go thru the portal and set-up the item. I couldn't find the 'video' content option and they kep trying to point me to sell it on iTunes instead. So hopefully that has changed and this plug-in can be used to do that now! Band will love that. PAID - Bonus Audio and Video content! Thanks!
 
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10/22/12 11:12 AM (13 years ago)
@ATRAIN53 I'm pretty sure they'll let videos slide, but I dunno. Apple is pretty predictably unpredictable when it comes to app store approvals.
 
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10/22/12 02:10 PM (13 years ago)
OMG! I needed pushing to self hosting....thanks for this, you have done it! How easy would it be to add this to a non buzztouch created app??
 
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10/22/12 02:39 PM (13 years ago)
@Alex I made a pretty good tutorial on APN's a little while back here it is: http://steaminghotcocoa.thecodemonsters.com/2012/08/06/urban-airship-tutorial-ios-integrating-apns-pt-1/
 
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10/22/12 03:20 PM (13 years ago)
No, sorry, I meant would it be easy adding this IAP plugin to a non bt app? Many thanks.
 
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10/22/12 03:21 PM (13 years ago)
@Alex Oh, haha. It shouldn't be to hard. I'll help you do it if you'd like.
 
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10/22/12 03:31 PM (13 years ago)
I'll pay for that!!! In seriousness that sounds great. I'll wire the payment, you let me know when you are free :)) How does this work, is it in the normal IAP way? It's a mine field that I've wasted many an hour on and eventually conceded defeat :( All the best
 
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10/22/12 03:35 PM (13 years ago)
I'm free Wednesday at 2-ish (same time as the webinar I just presented). Does this work for you?
 
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10/22/12 03:49 PM (13 years ago)
I'll pay for that!!! In seriousness that sounds great. I'll wire the payment, you let me know when you are free :)) How does this work, is it in the normal IAP way? It's a mine field that I've wasted many an hour on and eventually conceded defeat :( All the best
 
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10/22/12 03:50 PM (13 years ago)
Can you PM me instead?
 
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10/22/12 10:24 PM (13 years ago)
Does this plugin allow users to restore purchases via their apple id?
 
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10/23/12 12:44 AM (13 years ago)
@Jake Not yet... I plan on adding that in though. Thought about that like 5 hours after it was released into the marketplace.
 
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10/23/12 09:37 AM (13 years ago)
Purchases with this plugin are subject to Apple's 70/30 split, right? Thanks, Andy
 
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10/23/12 09:40 AM (13 years ago)
@Andy Yes, iAP's have a 70-30 split.
 
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10/23/12 09:41 AM (13 years ago)
@Andy good question, wondering same thing! David https://buzztouchmods.com
 
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10/23/12 09:44 AM (13 years ago)
That's good, in that Apple won't object. It's also bad, because you lose 30%. But 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing! :) Thanks for the quick answer though! Andy
 
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10/23/12 09:57 AM (13 years ago)
When we submit updates to our app, will the users have to re-buy the in app purchase?
 
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10/23/12 10:07 AM (13 years ago)
@theMonster should definitely set up a FAQ for you're plugin ;) David https://buzztouchmods.com
 
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10/23/12 10:27 AM (13 years ago)
@Jake for now, yes, but I'm going to add the restore iAp feature. And that will allow them to restore the iAP.
 
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12/13/12 05:33 PM (13 years ago)
hi buzzOnaughts is it possible to add the iAP to an existing APP that did not have in-app purchasing originally? phil
 
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12/13/12 05:33 PM (13 years ago)
double comment removed ;]
 

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