Dear fellow developers,
We have finished the implementation of the new subscription model in one of our apps and submitted the app and the new IAP items for app review. A few days later the app build got approved but the IAP items got rejected with the note below:
We have begun the review of your In-App Purchase(s) but aren't able to continue because your submitted In-App Purchase(s) indicate a change of business model for your app. Therefore, we need to verify the implementation of your submitted In-App Purchase(s) in the app to ensure your app, and its In-App Purchase(s), are in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
Please upload a new binary for review and resubmit your In-App Purchase(s) with the binary so that we can continue the review.
At that time that made sense and we have tried submitting a new build and link the new IAP items with it. To our surprise, we realized that the IAP items can only be linked with a new build when they are in "Ready To Submit" status. As our IAP items now had "Developer Action Needed" status, iTunes Connect does not allow us to link the IAP items anymore, and yet the app review team asks us to do so.
We are exchanging emails with the support team for three weeks but they are unable to help at all. Is there anything that can be done aside from creating new IAP items with new product ids and messing up our cross platform IAP scheme?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
Burc