Offer your subscriptions to businesses and schools
Starting today, organizations and educational institutions can purchase subscriptions to apps in volume with multiseat purchasing.
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Offer your subscriptions to businesses and schools
Starting today, organizations and educational institutions can purchase subscriptions to apps in volume with multiseat purchasing. This makes it easy for organizations that use Apple Business or Apple School Manager to discover and purchase your auto-renewable subscription. Organizations can purchase the seats they need through a single Apple In-App Purchase, then assign and manage those seats using their existing device management tools. Organizations can also add and remove seats at any time depending on their needs. Multiseat purchasing for subscriptions is enabled by default in App Store Connect, unless you’ve previously adjusted this setting. This makes your subscription available for purchase through Apple Business, Apple School Manager, and the App Store. You can change these availability options at any time. Note about multiseat purchasing and groups Multiseat purchasing in App Store Connect also supports subscriptions for groups. Starting in November 2026, you can configure and test your group purchases in your Sandbox Apple Account to prepare for launch. This winter, group purchases will be available on the App Store, letting people buy multiple seats for your subscription and invite others to access it. Manage purchase options for an auto-renewable subscription App Store Connect API: Configuring multiseat subscriptions for organizations Offer subscriptions to groups and organizations
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Offer your subscriptions to businesses and schools
Starting today, organizations and educational institutions can purchase subscriptions to apps in volume with multiseat purchasing. This makes it easy for organizations that use Apple Business or Apple School Manager to discover and purchase your auto-renewable subscription. Organizations can purchase the seats they need through a single Apple In-App Purchase, then assign and manage those seats using their existing device management tools. Organizations can also add and remove seats at any time depending on their needs. Multiseat purchasing for subscriptions is enabled by default in App Store Connect, unless you’ve previously adjusted this setting. This makes your subscription available for purchase through Apple Business, Apple School Manager, and the App Store. You can change these availability options at any time. Note about multiseat purchasing and groups Multiseat purchasing in App Store Connect also supports subscriptions for groups. Beginning October 28, 2026, you can configure and test your group purchases in your Sandbox Apple Account to prepare for launch. This winter, group purchases will be available on the App Store, letting people buy multiple seats for your subscription and invite others to access it. Manage purchase options for an auto-renewable subscription App Store Connect API: Configuring multiseat subscriptions for organizations Offer subscriptions to groups and organizations
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Apple has enabled volume purchasing of app subscriptions for organizations and educational institutions through Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. Buyers can purchase multiple seats through a single in-app purchase and manage assignments using existing device management tools. Seats can be added or removed as needed, and the feature is active by default in App Store Connect unless previously disabled.
Developers can control where their subscriptions are available for purchase across Apple Business, Apple School Manager, and the App Store. These availability settings can be adjusted at any time through App Store Connect. Organizations maintain full control over seat management through their standard device management infrastructure.
Group subscriptions will launch in a separate phase. Starting in November 2026, developers can configure and test group purchases in their sandbox environment. Group purchases will become available on the App Store this winter, allowing individuals to buy multiple seats and invite others to share access to subscriptions.
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Starting today, organizations and educational institutions can purchase subscriptions to apps in volume with multiseat purchasing. This makes it easy for organizations that use Apple Business or Apple School Manager to discover and purchase your auto-renewable subscription. Organizations can purchase the seats they need through a single Apple In-App Purchase, then assign and manage those seats using their existing device management tools. Organizations can also add and remove seats at any time depending on their needs. Multiseat purchasing for subscriptions is enabled by default in App Store Connect, unless you’ve previously adjusted this setting. You can change these availability options at any time.
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