Can I charge end users for a custom app?

The scenario:

  1. We have thousands of users who are not employees of the company
  2. We are developing a proprietary (custom) app that will only be available to those Users - it will be optional for them.
  3. We have no MDM capabilites - All our users own their own devices
  4. We want to charge a fee for the app, paid directly by each user who uses the App.


Questions:

  1. Is this scenario compatible with Business Manager?
  2. What is the end user discovery and download experience if we do not have any type of MDM?
  3. Can we charge for the app using our own payment methods (in-app credit card pmt) and without paying apple Rev Share? (According to this there is no in-app Payment so we should be able to charge in whatever means we choose)

Replies

We have thousands of users who are not employees of the company


Full stop. Enterprise Distribution is for employees...only.


So, no, there is no Apple-provided scheme that allows you to sell apps directly to users.


Ken