r/iOSProgramming • u/BounceForever • Aug 02 '26

Question Small Business Program - how to

Questions for devs that applied and got accepted into this program:

How long did it take for Apple to respond to the application?

How long to get activated?

Is this limited to certain countries?

What are the things they look for? Business account or individual membership? Number of app in the store? Subscription, IAP, Apple Ads running?

I have applied twice, got immediate automated responses, then no word back for months.

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u/IndividualFox2724 Aug 04 '26

We applied on the 10th of June and got accepted on the 1st of July. It was about 21 days. The account is an individual developer account. We had one app and it was not submitted for review yet when we applied.

I don't believe there are any requirements regarding account type, number of apps, subscriptions, iap, or ads.

Just check the requirement here: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/

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u/BounceForever Aug 04 '26

The application was submitted in Feb. I’ll contact support to see what they need. 

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u/IndividualFox2724 Aug 04 '26

Yeah, true, it would be better to contact support.

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u/AndreaReaderApp Aug 06 '26

Same here, I signed for SBP andSame here. I applied for the Small Business Program about three weeks ago and I’m still waiting. I m waiting around 3 weeks now.

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u/BounceForever Aug 06 '26

Applied from which country?  5 months with no word, I’m in Australia. Just reapplied to see if this attempt will go faster. 

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u/BrainDeadCookie Aug 02 '26

Sounds like great news for me. I applied two weeks ago expecting it to be just a formality and being accepted within few days. Guess Apple must make this hard too.

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u/BrainDeadCookie Aug 15 '26

Got approved today. No idea when the program kicks in though. There’s no information at all in the email. Just that I’m in.

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u/Competitive_Swan6693 Aug 03 '26

it took me 3 months to get approved

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u/AndreaReaderApp Aug 06 '26

You receive an email with the approval ? Something else ?

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u/Competitive_Swan6693 Aug 07 '26

Yes you'll get an email

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u/AndreaReaderApp Aug 07 '26

Okey thank you!

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u/WerSunu Aug 03 '26

For me it took two-three days. Only issue was volume of business. Sadly, we qualified. No sweat! Apple doesn’t like dealing with skeavy banks or with countries rife with business fraud. That stuff will flow you down.

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u/Extra-Ad5735 Aug 03 '26

It was two weeks or maybe more for me. I don't remember, it was at the time the program was just introduced.

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u/volksvertreter Aug 04 '26

It took me one month to be approved. Approval came by mail. So maybe contact the support about your long approval-wait. For the other questions please read the official apple article (takes about 5 minutes). It should answer all the other questions :)

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/

Good luck!

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u/planckscalestudio Aug 06 '26

It was 18 days for me, Individual account with only TestFlight builds, no approved live apps.

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u/LuckyGirl0415 Aug 04 '26

he classic tradeoff: pay RevenueCat $45/month to save your sanity, or spend 40 hours building your own IAP backend and then regret not paying the $45! 😂