Alternative in-app purchase system supports Apple Pay for smooth process

Two payment companies have teamed up to let developers sell in-app purchases outside the App Store, offering a single service that works across iOS and web. Even small businesses can save money on the deal, paying 10% on payments of under $10, and 5% plus $0.50 above that threshold. For users, the experience is almost as seamless as Apple’s own system when you opt to use Apple Pay … Following the Epic Games court rulings, Apple has to allow developers to use external payment services without charging its own commissions. That could potentially be a clunky process, but two payment companies have teamed up to make it almost as smooth. Paddle first announced its own in-app payment platform back in 2021, ready to take advantage of an anticipated victory by Epic. While the games company mostly lost its case against Apple, it did win on the key issue of requiring the iPhone maker to allow developers to use external payment links. The Verge reports that Paddle has now teamed up with subsc ... Read full article.