Types of payment prohibited on IOS

Question

What types of payments are exactly prohibited on IOS, I have heard that everyone should use the in-app Purchase... In my case I want to release a free version with limited functionality for the user and if he likes, he buys the full version using credit card, I want to add the possibility of the user to buy items that will be delivered to his house, something like, t-shirts, water bottles etc. Am I required to use the in-app Urchase? Or can I receive card data and process it in a payment gateway?

Answer 1

The summary is simple:

• You must use In App Purchase (IAP) for purchases of virtual goods, such as extra features or special in-game items and phases.
• You must use a different payment system to purchase real goods such as shirts, tickets for shows, parking tickets and the like that are very common in AppStore.

To implement the second type of purchase, you need to use a gateway of a digital payment company such as Paypal or the Pay me..

Answer 2

According to the section 11.2 of App Store Review Guidelines for iOS(Login required - you can also read here) any application that does not use the In-App will be rejected.

Applications using a different system than In App Purchase(IAP) for the purchase of content, functionality or services in an application will be rejected.

Also note that any purchase of real-world goods or services is not permitted according to the section 11.3.

Apps using IAP for purchase of physical goods or goods and services used outside the application will be rejected.

However, according to Soen it is possible to use third party services.

For example, the Paypal Express Checkout for mobile devices works this way.