Apple Ups App Store Prices in Certain Countries

Apple is elevating the worth of apps and in-app purchases in some nations in Europe and Asia as of Oct. 5, although auto-renewable subscriptions will probably be excluded.

“Your proceeds will be adjusted accordingly and will be calculated based on the tax-exclusive price,” Apple stated in a blog post for builders on Monday (Sept. 19). “If you offer subscriptions, you can choose to preserve prices for existing subscribers.” 

The new costs will have an effect on Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea, Vietnam, Sweden, Poland and all territories that use the euro foreign money, in addition to Chile and Egypt.

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“In Vietnam, these increases also reflect new regulations for Apple to collect and remit applicable taxes, being value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) at 5% rates respectively,” in keeping with the submit.

The cause for the will increase in different nations wasn’t offered within the submit, however might be attributable to a mix of a robust greenback in opposition to a weakening euro and yen, excessive inflation and rates of interest and a weakened world economic system. Apple didn’t return PYMNTS’ request for remark.  

Price hikes within the Euro market are roughly 20%, whereas the will increase in Japan are about 30%, in keeping with a report in The Verge. The yen just lately dropped to a brand new 24-year low in opposition to the U.S. greenback.

The App Store pricing will increase comply with Apple’s transfer to lift the costs of the brand new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 fashions in lots of markets outdoors the U.S. 

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Apple’s general income progress slowed 2% yr over yr to $83 billion; nonetheless, income from Apple’s providers enterprise — which incorporates the App Store — rose 12% to greater than $19 billion, PYMNTS reported in July. That’s a slowdown from the roughly 27% progress seen in the identical quarter final yr.

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